Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Bradley homestead in Wapello County, Iowa
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Widow Patty Smith Swett and six children by two husbands were among the first settlers who staked claims in Wapello County near Ottumwa in May 1843

Eilertsen roots in Farsund, Norway
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Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast

Last Christmas in Berlin
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In December 1937, the Feidt and Lewi family members share a last holiday together

Life on the Western Reserve
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Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s

Mercantile roots in old Danzig
  • 1850 - 1910

Three brothers of the Kleemann family from the Weinberg district of 19th century Danzig operated a coffee and tea import business. Hugo Lewi married into the family and was a dealer in military effects. 

Rosa’s fateful choice
  • 1936 - 1940

Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse