Anna’s paternal ancestors (van Raaphorst, Metsch, Dienst)

Published in 2025

Birthday tribute: John van Raaphorst
Birthday tribute: Jansje Barendsen
Family history slideshows: Anna’s paternal line

Published in 2024

Happy birthday, Tante Bets!

Published in 2021

Family history updates

Published in 2020

My van Raaphorst cousins

Published in 2019

Chris and Elisabeth van Raaphorst
John and Nan van Raaphorst

Published in 2018

Jansje Barendsen
Agatha Bisson
Adam Friederich Metsch
Elisabeth Johanna Maria Metsch
van Raaphorst babies
Christiaan Frederick van Raaphorst
Elisabeth Johanna Maria van Raaphorst
Johan (John) Nicolaas van Raaphorst
Theodorus Leonardus van Raaphorst

Published in 2016

Happy Father’s Day, Dad! (John van Raaphorst)

Anna’s maternal ancestors (Riedel, Schreiter)

Nan remembers

Books and music
Christmas
Foods
Four happenings
Nan remembers: Halloween
Horses and cars
Household routines
Modern conveniences
Pets
Anna’s comments on “Pets”
The “red house” (Nan’s childhood home)
Riedel Lumber Company (the business owned by her father)
Visit to Nan’s Schreiter aunts, 1914
Nan’s introduction to family history
Thanksgivings
The Riedel/Schreiter cottage
Anna: Comments on the Riedel cottage
Valentine greetings
“Dear Eliz” – a story from her days as a high school teacher
“The Joy of Travel,” 1995
“Dear Friends” letter, 1997

Published in 2025

Birthday tribute: Adolph Riedel
Family history slideshows: Anna’s maternal line

Published in 2021

Nan and Anna’s trip to Michigan in 1987
Decoration Day
Honoring veterans

Published in 2020

Happy 100th birthday, Kelley Riedel!

Published in 2018

Friederike Luise Dorsch
Isolde Kneschke Schenk remembers: Christmas in Germany
Heinrich Adolph Riedel
Anna comments on Heinrich Adolph Riedel
Louis Hermann Riedel
Marie Augusta Joram
Nettie Augusta Riedel
Anna Maria Schreiter
Ehregott August Albin Schreiter

Published in 2017

Happy birthday, Aunt Selma Riedel!