Amongst my collection are many letters I've gathered over the years; these letters often tell in short brief sentences stories and hints that guide and document this research journey. This post about a 1999 letter from Vanette Mitchell relays part of the story of what happened to the archives of a childless Untiedt who passed more than 50 years ago. Vanette (Untiedt) Mitchell was the daughter of Johanna (Rosenberg) and Henry Jurgen Untiedt; and granddaughter of Emma (Schwager) and Paul C.S. Untiedt. Vanette was one of the creators of the Untiedt Family Fare Cookbook , which in the mid-1980s documented our Untiedt family tree and recipes. The letter from Vanette begins by referencing "Keith [Untiedt's] yearbook, pictures and letters" (the "archives"). Keith was the son of Beatrice (Trunnell) and Clarence Untiedt and grandson of Emma (Schwager) and Paul C.S. Untiedt. Keith had one sibling, Lawrence (Larry). While Keith married, he and his wife, Celeste (Schaef...
Exploring the origins of my paternal Kaski Scandanavian-Finnish line and branches of my Untiedt German-Danish ancestry.