Contains information on the Joachim family. It also has information on the Joachim line which took the name Ullrich.
Dr. Conrad Joachim and the Revolution of 1849 A Life of Convictions, Service, and Dangerous Choices Image credit: “Deutscher Bund” map by ziegelbrenner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Introduction…
My grandfather, William Otto Joachim Ullrich, was a complicated man. Even his name was complicated. I never met him because he died of pneumonia at the young age of 43. …
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…
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…