Frohes Neues Jahr!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROHES NEUES JAHR!

I am so behind on everything. I managed to buy Christmas cards but didn't get them sent out. So, don't feel snubbed if you didn't get one. I guess this means I have a head start on Christmas 2018, if I don't lose them between now and then.
I also don't usually do New Years Resolutions, but there are a few things on my list to accomplish. Here in the blog, I will just mention a few pertaining to my research on the Rödigers and Eichenauers.

But first, I would like to give a quick shout-out to the Big 10 football teams, who thus far have captured 7 of 7 Bowl games this season.
Iowa over Boston College 27-10
Purdue over Arizona 38-35
Michigan State over Washington State 42-17
Ohio State over USC 24-7
Northwestern over Kentucky 24-23
Wisconsin over Miami 34-24
Penn State over Washington 35-28

and now that we are in post season play I can even bring myself to root for that team up north, so
GO BIG BLUE, beat SC  (Today at noon on ESPN2)

Here are my New Years Resolutions for my Genealogical Research:

1. to be more consistent in blogging
2. to complete my indexing of the Niederthalhausen Church books between 1686 and 1890. (I am about 2/3 of the way through them now)
2. to figure out the connection between the Eichenauers in Niederthalhausen and Oberthalhausen and the Eichenauers in Mühlbach, Breitenbach and Lüdersdorf
3. to upload the myriad of facts that are on my personal genealogy program to ancestry.com, where they will be available to all

4. And if, perchance, Archion.de manages to digitize the records from Tann, Rohrbach, Meckbach and Mecklar, I plan on diving back into the Rödiger side of things again

And if you have questions or clarification on any of this research, please, please, please be sure to ask. It is my joy to educate my extended family on our common roots.

Got to go. The MU/SC game is on in 5 minutes

Mit freundlichen Grüßen (best regards),
Stephen Rödiger