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About Schwabenlender/Schomisch Family Tree
This site is the combination of the Schwabenlender/Schomisch family trees. I have taken the hard work of both Jack Stenz and Tom Schomisch and combined them into an online family tree. This site is enormous. With the help of my mom Maggie Schwabenlender and cousin Don Schomisch I have been updating and adding to this site since 2006. Thanks mom for all the many many pictures and fun times finding gravesites! Even my sister Nancy got into the fun! Ruth Dudarenke.
Creator of Schwabenlender Family History - J.F.S. (Jack F. Stenz)
May the smoldering embers of courage and bravery by our ancestors, once again glow ever so brightly, thus lighting the patch for their descendants in which to follow.
Let us not forget that our ancestors tried ever so hard to place every stone exactly right, thus creating for their descendants a smoother path through life.
By their faith, courage and determination, applying mind and muscle, our ancestors brought about the transformation of a vast wilderness into a great agricultural nation.
Be it remembered that our forefathers left their homeland and came to this country hopeful of achieving for themselves and future generations independence and freedom of religious worship.
Creator of the Schomisch (OUR FAMILY HERITAGE) - Tom Schomisch
To single out several individuals to thank on a project of this magnitude is risky business. I sincerely appreciate the assistance, encouragement and cooperation everyone gave me in completing Our Family Heritage. I only hope the finished book matches your expectations.
At the risk of omitting someone, I would like to make a few special acknowledgements. First, my wife Gail, and daughters, Kathleen and Kristin, deserve a special thank-you. Without their patient tolerance of my over indulgence in this project the book would never have been completed on time. Thanks to mom and dad (Jeanette and Paul Schomisch) for instilling a genuine appreciation for the importance of family. Dad's "reflections" adds a priceless dimension to this project. He also provided immeasurable help in tracking down leads, searching dusty old records and interviewing family members.
This project began at a family picnic in 1965. Thanks to the gentle prodding along the way by cousins, Mary Schomisch (Mrs. John) Graf and Sister Judy Schomisch, the effort remained alive. Mary's study of genealogy last fall sparked the interest to begin the search in earnest.
I am particularly indebted to several individuals in each of the family groups. In the Dougherty- Schomisch family, Georgie (Mrs. Marvin Halbach) collected family facts in 1971 and has corresponded with West German officials to seek out our family ties to Europe. Generous thanks also to Aunt Betty (Mrs. Carl) Luedeke for sharing may of the Schomisch and Grogan photos you will find in these pages.
In Madison, Aunt Gen (Mrs. Bernard) Grogan has patiently answered many, many questions about this fascinating family. Her travels with Uncle Barney, before he passed away, to relatives across the country were a precious key to the whereabouts of family members. Cousin Kathryn Gallagher gave us a valuable link to the first generation of immigrants. Dorothy Grogan filled in many of the "missing" people for us. Their help was much appreciated.
In the Frankman family, Janet Frankman (Mrs. Wilbert) Richter, Colletta Frankman (Mrs. Clarence) Schutz and Alvis Frankman were instrumental in pulling together information from this diverse family.
A final note of appreciation to my sister Carol's husband, Ken Spitz, who generously donated his time and printing facilities at their firm, Young World Travel in Milwaukee. I hope our hours of effort to produce a relatively small number of copies within an affordable budget is rewarded with a maximum number of people reading OUR FAMILY HERITAGE.
To anyone I inadvertently neglected to mention - thank you, especially the 136 relatives who returned the survey questionnaires without a reminder!
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Getting Around There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.
In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool. |
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