John P. Brennan was my second great grandfather. In 1879, he sailed from New York City to Newfoundland and visited with his mother. He boarded a ship to return to New…
Despite an impressive number of documents tracing our Joachim ancestors, Ancestry does not dignify my DNA with any “German” blood. The closest the DNA records identify is “Northwestern Europe”. Perhaps…
My grandfather, Otto Ullrich, took sick in the winter of 1928. He had a bad cold. He may even have had the flu as there were reports of an influenza…
Update (2026):Since this post was written, additional German court records, contemporary newspapers, and archival refugee documentation have clarified Dr. Conrad Joachim’s earlier life in Europe. New research confirms his participation…