21 January 2018

One Year Later: The Ratzman Family

Nearly a year ago I wrote about the usefulness of writing reports to yourself as a way of helping to move your research along. In that post I noted that
Of my Ratzman ancestors, I know very little. I have traced back to my second great-grandfather, though I only have his and his wife's names. Perhaps they are my focus for the year so that I can catch them up to the others. 
While I did not make them my primary focus for my 2017 research, I did greatly expand my knowledge of my Ratzman ancestors over the course of the year.

My first family summary writeup was less than a single page with only two sources. I had identified only the following individuals:
  1. Edward T Ratzman (? - ?) and Alice Sailer (? - ?)
    1. Gordon Edward Ratzman (abt. 1907 - ?) and Margaret Boelter (abt. 1908 - ?)
 After completing my end of year update, I know much more. My current summary is a little over five pages with fifty source citations. Not that the number of pages and source citations necessarily means better research!

I now have documented the following Ratzmans:
  1. Charles Ratzman (abt 1858, Pomerania - July 1921, Appleton, Wisconsin) and Fredericka Holtz (24 December 1860, Mecklenburg - 1 February 1938, Appleton, Wisconsin)
    1. Anna Ratzman (December 1881, Wisconsin - ?)
    2. Elnora Ratzman (February 1883, Wisconsin - ?) and Howard W Russell (abt 1883, Ohio - ?)
    3. Edward Theodore Ratzman (10 March 1887, Appleton, Wisconsin - 2 December 1946, Appleton, Wisconsin) and Alice Sailer (abt 1887, Wisconsin - ?) and Leone F Kasten (25 June 1898, Appleton, Wisconsin - 1 August 1980)
      1. Gordon Edward Ratzman (29 July 1907, Wisconsin - 7 March 1998, Appleton, Wisconsin) and Margaret Anna Augusta Boelter (20 June 1907, Neenah, Wisconsin - 19 December 1973, Appleton, Wisconsin)
        1. Alyce Ann Ratzman (25 October 1929, Appleton, Wisconsin - 12 November 1998, Lady Lake, Florida)
        2. Gordon Edward Ratzman (22 February 1931, Wisconsin - 17 November 2014, Menasha, Wisconsin)
        3. Barbara Ratzman (? - 4 June 1933, Appleton, Wisconsin)
      2. Howard Ratzman (abt 1919, Wisconsin - ?)
    4. Elmer Stephen Ratzman (12 April 1893, Appleton, Wisconsin - 1 January 1966, Wisconsin) and Elsie M Bosser (24 July 1892, Appleton, Wisconsin - ?)
    5. Lynda Ratzman (August 1896, Wisconsin - ?) and Harold G Holverson (abt 1891, Neenah, Wisconsin - ?)
Among my next steps for the Ratzman family is a trip to Wisconsin to spend time exploring what is not online.

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