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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticWilson, Verna Forbes
Title, AnalyticLearning the History of Anna Catharina Ruby
Journal TitleThe Palatine Immigrant
Date of PublicationJune 2006
Volume ID31
Issue ID3
Location in Work9-15, ill.
Language or Document TypeEnglish
ISSN0884-5735
AbstractReveals a genealogical search through baptismal and other church records. "The 1907 obituary of Anna Catharina Ruby, my paternal great-grandmother, from an old Illinois newspaper, was what started the search that led us back to 17th century Switzerland. . . . Her birthplace was the mill known as the Weyermuhl near Walhalben." Anna Catharina, her parents, and her siblings immigrated to the United States in 1826. Around 1855, Anna Catharina, her husband, and her children moved to McLean County, Illinois. Includes images of parish and civil records.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGenealogy/ Swiss Americans/ German Americans -- Illinois