Sometimes you can tell a lot about a family from a single census record. These are key records for anyone doing family history research and are readily available on Ancestry.com (which requires a subscription) or FamilySearch.org (which is free). Take... Continue Reading →
Many Bremen residents will not be aware that the downtown was home to many grocery stores over the years. This includes the principle grocery store in Bremen for many years: Woodie's Supermarket. Woodie Schramm's grandfather Andrew came to America from... Continue Reading →
While yearbooks have been produced for Bremen High School every year since 1940 (and every four years before that, more or less, back to 1902), they were rarer for lower grades. But the 1976 US Bicentennial was a special year... Continue Reading →
Many people wonder how people know other people who are related to them, but are unsure how or, at least, how to talk about them. Here is a handy chart that may help you label your relatives accurately. The basics... Continue Reading →
In short, yes. Surnames, or family names, got started in Europe in the Middle Ages in large part because it was difficult for the government to keep track of people by given name only. This was because given names, or... Continue Reading →
In 1899, horseless carriages were the talk of the town. Studebaker ordered one from the Winton company and soon announced they would add horseless carriages to their carriage offerings. There was general disagreement over whether such contraptions would amount to... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen newest publication is here! Otis R. Bowen; From Farm Boy to Governor: A Life, a 26-page biography of Indiana’s 44th governor (and long-time Bremen physician) has been released for distribution. The book is intended for elementary children, particularly... Continue Reading →
We say goodbye to our friend Dean Kimble, who did three history chats for us on his life and family fur business. He was struck down in the prime of life at the age of 102. Dean was a woodworker... Continue Reading →
Brenda [Grove] Vergauwen visited the history center recently with an interest in the history of her small barn, which dates to around 1900 and must have served as a carriage house when the northwest side of Bremen was sparsely populated.... Continue Reading →
A reminder that the "good old days" are generally just whenever the speaker was a child, and the people who really remember the old days didn't think they were so good. Bremen Enquirer - 21 Sep 1889 Bremen Enquirer -... Continue Reading →
This author had the pleasure to sit down recently with Fran and Arden Druckamiller and go thru the Druckamillers' Bremen relations. The Druckamillers themselves were from the Syracuse, Indiana, area, but they married into the Heyde-Heckaman family. They allowed Historic... Continue Reading →
The next History Chat of 2019 is Larry Kipfer, long-time director of Bremen parks, on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. Please enter by the old bank entrance at the corner of Plymouth and Center. Those who attend find... Continue Reading →
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