My parents: Brian and Cynthia
Brian and Cynthia: family life, the work of building a home and the stories connecting both sides of my family.
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History and family
Family history starts with people I am connected to. Farm recollections, a wartime diary and stories of skilled work link individual lives to larger events. Begin with a story, then follow the people, places and original records behind it.
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Preserving the record and pursuing recognition
Walter Gates’s Purple Heart effort, recognition for 1st Lt. George W. Foote and ways to help locate the underlying records.
ReadAlbert’s construction work in the Pacific
Albert’s surveying and airbase-construction work in New Guinea and the Philippines, through the documents in the family wartime chapter.
ReadTwo sisters remember Christmas on the Wiseman farm
Two sisters remember Christmas on the Wiseman farm, preserving different views of the same family setting.
ReadAlbert and Eleanor
Albert and Eleanor Schweickart’s lives in the wider history of the family.
ReadWalter Gates’s wartime record
Walter Gates’s wartime record and the documents preserved around it.
ReadJohn’s West Berlin equipment test
John Schweickart’s recollection of testing equipment in West Berlin.
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The Wiseman farm at Buck Creek
The Wiseman farm at Buck Creek and the family life connected to it.
ReadFamily branches
Follow the Schweickart branch through the existing family archive.
ReadInteractive family tree
Explore the relationships between people in the family tree.
ReadArchive and chronology
The biographies, recollections, genealogies and other records behind the family accounts.
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The complete family-history archive remains on my personal website. The Walter Gates remembrance material retains its noncommercial purpose.