by Richard Weide (Y.D.)
I am very interested in any information I can glean on my Weide ancestors, as well as Opperman, Liebau, Burger, Stockebrand, Klingenberg, and the list goes on and on. On my Swedish side, I research Johnson, Palmquist, and many others.
I am 70 yrs old (2013), and I am trying to accomplish as much genealogy research on the early years of my ancestors, (and locating their descendants) as I can in the next few years. I want to make this available to any relative that is interested in such things, without having to go thru the same hoops as I am doing!!
My father, Chester Weide grew up on the farm near Yates Center, Kansas that had the Old Round Red Barn as its centerpiece. That barn is long gone, but the memories (and a few pictures)remain. The majority of my Weide relatives began their American experience on farms around Yates Center.
I myself grew up in Lindsborg, Kansas and my ancestry is split between German and Swedish. My wife and I presently live in Colorado.
I lived and worked in Germany from 1978-1998. I only gained access to the former East Germany, where most of my ancestors came from, in 1992. With beginners luck, and help from my Grandmothers notes, I immediately found long-lost relatives, the descendants of the one brother of my gr-gr-grandfather who stayed behind in Germany. The biggest initial problem was convincing them that I was in fact a relative from Amerika!!
It was a long trip from where we lived, to the area around Nordhausen, Germany. For 6 yrs my wife and I furiously visited the numerous small villages and churches in the area, scouring thru old church records and copying down information. We also made some very good friends during the process.
I contributed what information I had to the book about the Weide Family published by Maxson Troyer Weide in 1993. Each year brings new discoveries, and more reason to make another trip back to Germany to make one last round of research, and to visit my relatives again. (Yes, I can speak, read, and write passable German -- and after much practice, I do a fair job of reading the old script in German records, and American immigration records, etc).
Part of my passion for tracing my family tree was to fulfull a request by Maxson Weide to locate his former Weide neighbors near Yates Center, KS, who had moved away so many years ago. (Found them in Illinois)
After discovering "Find-a-Grave" my attention has turned to finding the gravesites of relatives, and the information contained in their memorials.
My special thanks to all who are dedicated to establishing and maintaining these memorials!!

Sincerely, Richard Weide (der Richard)

by Richard Weide (Y.D.)
I am very interested in any information I can glean on my Weide ancestors, as well as Opperman, Liebau, Burger, Stockebrand, Klingenberg, and the list goes on and on. On my Swedish side, I research Johnson, Palmquist, and many others.
I am 70 yrs old (2013), and I am trying to accomplish as much genealogy research on the early years of my ancestors, (and locating their descendants) as I can in the next few years. I want to make this available to any relative that is interested in such things, without having to go thru the same hoops as I am doing!!
My father, Chester Weide grew up on the farm near Yates Center, Kansas that had the Old Round Red Barn as its centerpiece. That barn is long gone, but the memories (and a few pictures)remain. The majority of my Weide relatives began their American experience on farms around Yates Center.
I myself grew up in Lindsborg, Kansas and my ancestry is split between German and Swedish. My wife and I presently live in Colorado.
I lived and worked in Germany from 1978-1998. I only gained access to the former East Germany, where most of my ancestors came from, in 1992. With beginners luck, and help from my Grandmothers notes, I immediately found long-lost relatives, the descendants of the one brother of my gr-gr-grandfather who stayed behind in Germany. The biggest initial problem was convincing them that I was in fact a relative from Amerika!!
It was a long trip from where we lived, to the area around Nordhausen, Germany. For 6 yrs my wife and I furiously visited the numerous small villages and churches in the area, scouring thru old church records and copying down information. We also made some very good friends during the process.
I contributed what information I had to the book about the Weide Family published by Maxson Troyer Weide in 1993. Each year brings new discoveries, and more reason to make another trip back to Germany to make one last round of research, and to visit my relatives again. (Yes, I can speak, read, and write passable German -- and after much practice, I do a fair job of reading the old script in German records, and American immigration records, etc).
Part of my passion for tracing my family tree was to fulfull a request by Maxson Weide to locate his former Weide neighbors near Yates Center, KS, who had moved away so many years ago. (Found them in Illinois)
After discovering "Find-a-Grave" my attention has turned to finding the gravesites of relatives, and the information contained in their memorials.
My special thanks to all who are dedicated to establishing and maintaining these memorials!!

Sincerely, Richard Weide (der Richard)