I was born and raised in Sycamore, Illinois. My folks were Leland O. Hansen and Merle F. Rohde Hansen.

I retired a couple of years ago and have spent part of my retirement trying to put together our family tree.

My paternal side of the family - Hansen and Jacobsen/Rasmussen are of Danish heritage, although the Hansens were from the Schleswig-Holstein area which was held by the Germans for some time.

The maternal side is Rohde and Mattern. Mattern in turn is Mattern and Patzschke. As far as I have been able to determine these families all came from Prussia (Germany), but I haven't had much success finding their roots in Germany.

I found this web site while I've been working at the LDS family History center. They have been "talking it up" quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. I have been adding my family's info in hopes that I can stumble across more of the family who might be doing the same thing.

I was born and raised in Sycamore, Illinois. My folks were Leland O. Hansen and Merle F. Rohde Hansen.

I retired a couple of years ago and have spent part of my retirement trying to put together our family tree.

My paternal side of the family - Hansen and Jacobsen/Rasmussen are of Danish heritage, although the Hansens were from the Schleswig-Holstein area which was held by the Germans for some time.

The maternal side is Rohde and Mattern. Mattern in turn is Mattern and Patzschke. As far as I have been able to determine these families all came from Prussia (Germany), but I haven't had much success finding their roots in Germany.

I found this web site while I've been working at the LDS family History center. They have been "talking it up" quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. I have been adding my family's info in hopes that I can stumble across more of the family who might be doing the same thing.