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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Ragatz, Thomas G. |
| Title, Monographic | The Ragatz History II |
| Edition or Version | Revised and updated |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Publisher | T. G. Ragatz |
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Extent of Work | 152, 23 pp., ill. (some col.) |
| Abstract | In 1841 Bartholomew Ragatz sent his eldest son, Christian, to America to locate a suitable homestead for the family. The Ragatz family emigrated from Tamins, Switzerland in 1842, settling in Honey Creek Township, Sauk County, Territory of Wisconsin. There father Bartholomew organized the first Evangelical church in Sauk County, and served as lay preacher. Includes a reprint of "Memoirs of a Sauk Swiss: Being an Account of the Ragatz Family's Journey to North America and Pioneer Days in Wisconsin Territory by the Reverend Oswald Ragatz," translated and edited by Lowell Joseph Ragatz (1935). This memoir also provides an account of travel on the Mississippi route after the family's arrival in New Orleans. [See also: Petty, Antje. "New Orleans, the Mississippi River, and German Migration to the Midwest." Max Kade Institute Friends Newsletter, vol. 21, no. 1, Winter 2011-2012, pp. 4-6, 13, ill.] |
| Notes | The narrative presented here has been prepared from materials collected over a long period of time both from family sources and from independent research, and this Revised Edition of The Ragatz History adds to, modifies and updates the materials to reflect additional research. --- Donated by Tom and Karen Ragatz. |
| Call Number | FH Ragatz |
| MKI Terms | Family history/ Genealogy/ Ragatz/ Ragaz/ Swiss Americans/ Wisconsin -- Sauk County |