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The Weisert Family Genealogy

Introduction

I believe you will find this book interesting, out of the ordinary, factual and strait forward. All Court records, wills, and letters have been printed in their original form, without corrections. Based on this, you will find many misspelled words and names, especially in the Wills. These original documents are the primary source of accurate genealogical information. These records were created at the time of important events in our ancestors' lives, therefore, to correct what we believe is misspelled would deface their meaning.

In the preparation of this book, we learned that our England ancestors were very consistent at adding an e or th to the end of many words, sometimes both in the same word. On the other hand, our German ancestors vocabulary was apparently more pronounced. I noticed many of their words are spelled exactly as they sound, that is after the letters were translated into English. Their writing is very intense, articulate, and friendly. All of the recent German correspondence reveals an enthusiasm and pride that we are interested in our German Heritage. The Irish contacts were not as precise on the birth, baptism or death records, however, they were very helpful directing us to some resourceful information.

It was interesting to learn that the Southern states kept all birth and death information recorded in their Bibles. Remarkably, they were not required to fill out birth or death certificates until the early 1900's. Our Southern contacts made us feel as if we have always been part of their family and most willingly contributed more to the making of this book than expected. In our search we learned that some records were kept in old family bibles, and then handed down through the years. These records were preserved and made available to others. Photocopies of records were also made, transferred to microfilm and sent to the Mormon Church to be recorded.

All of the Northern States, especially Ohio, were very helpful in gathering information. The Cuyahoga County Archives was gracious enough to look up all Weisert birth and death certificates and sent us copies. Whenever we were in Ohio, we took the opportunity to visit many cemeteries containing known Weisert plots. The cemetery administrators were resourceful in looking up records and finding actual grave sights. We were unable to locate any record of a headstone on Marcia's grave, so Calvary Cemetery graciously sent a caretaker to see if it had been grown over with grass. Marcia was laid to rest in the baby's section, under a beautiful red maple tree. Gustav Weisert is located directly across from her, his grave sight is in the middle of a perfectly straight row of grave sights. We walked row after row looking for Maria Potra Weisert, without success. There were unmarked graves on both sides of Gustav, however, records indicated she was not in Calvary or any other Catholic cemetery in Cuyahoga County. Sorry to say, there is only a marker on Marcia's as well as Gustav's grave, but we were very glad see them. We were very taken by two Weissert/Weisert graves we found in Calvary, husband and wife, however it was only an uncanny coincidence, (to our knowledge) they are not related to us. Brooklyn Cemetery helped us find Franklin Weisert's grave sight, after finding it we saw he also only has a marker.

The Mormon Church Family History Center has the largest resource of information on people all over the world. Their dedication to preserving genealogy is outstanding. Most of the records of the library have been acquired through an extensive microfilming program that began, I believe, in 1938, although their genealogical research began in 1894. Thanks to their hard work and commitment, many of our ancestors and their military records were located. Our Weisert Family book will also be sent to them in Salt Lake City and will be entered into their database. Hopefully in years to come others will benefit from our research. Whenever possible copies of original documents will be added to this book, in its appropriate ancestral place.