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Category: History

family history, History

Week 18: Social

May 23, 2022 The Weekend Historian

Week 18 is all about being social. In Wisconsin it isn't being social unless you have a beer in hand!

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, Beer, Clyman, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Fraedrich, Frederick, Fredrich, genealogy, Hoeft, Juneau, Kaul, Lebanon, Social, Sugar Island, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical SocietyLeave a comment
family history, History

Week 17: Document

April 29, 2022 The Weekend Historian

Week 17 if about documentation and how I am writing a family history book.

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, Book, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Fraedrich, Frädrich, Frederick, Fredrich, genealogy, Last Names, Lebanon, Prussian, Sugar Island, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical SocietyLeave a comment
family history, History

Week 16: Negative

April 27, 2022July 14, 2023 The Weekend Historian

Week 16 is all about family "negatives". I interviewed my folks and older siblings about their memories and emotions of the terrible barn fire they had in 1987.

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, Barn Fire, Dairy Farm, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Fire, Frederick, genealogy, Juneau, Markesan, Wisconsin2 Comments
family history, History

Week 15: How Do You Spell That?!

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 The Weekend Historian

Week 15 - How Do You Spell That?! The Frederick family has several variations of our last name's spelling.

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Fraedrich, Frädrich, Frederick, Fredrich, genealogy, Last Names, Lebanon, Prussian, Sugar Island, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical SocietyLeave a comment
family history, History

Week 14: Check It Out

April 20, 2022 The Weekend Historian

Week 14 - Check out some great resources I've used!

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, ARC, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Frederick, genealogy, Jack Russell Historical Society, Lebanon, Lebanon Historical Society, Sugar Island, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical SocietyLeave a comment
Courthouse, History, Projects

Courthouse Lights Restoration Update—Video!

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 The Weekend Historian

https://youtu.be/Xezf9tBENgw Pardon my awkwardness…

Tagged Art Deco, Courthouse, History, Light Fixture, Oshkosh, Westinghouse, Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, WisconsinLeave a comment
family history, History

Week 13: Sisters

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 The Weekend Historian

Week 13 is all about sisters.

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, Church, Clyman, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Fischer, Frederick, genealogy, half sister, Hoeft, Kaul, Lebanon, Little Falls, Monroe County, Prussia, sisters, Wisconsin, ZillmerLeave a comment
family history, History

Week 12: Joined Together

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 The Weekend Historian

Week 12 Joined together--a Frederick wedding.

Tagged #52ancestors, 52Weeks, Church, Clyman, Dodge County, family history, family tree, Frederick, genealogy, Hoeft, Joined Together, Lebanon, Sugar Island, Wedding, WisconsinLeave a comment
Courthouse, History, Projects

Winnebago County Courthouse Lights

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 The Weekend Historian

We are saving more historic light fixtures from the Winnebago County Courthouse!

Tagged Art Deco, Federal Moderne, Light Fixture, Oshkosh, Preservation, Restoration, Westinghouse, Winnebago County Courthouse, WisconsinLeave a comment
family history, History

Week 11: Flowers

March 27, 2022 The Weekend Historian

My Grandma Gubin the Gardener

Tagged 52Ancestors, 52Weeks, baking, County Cooking with A-Peel, Dodge County, Flowers, gardening, Gubin, Margarets Pepper, Wisconsin1 Comment

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