Monday I fly to Amsterdam, arriving on Tuesday morning. From there I go to the cruise ship that will take me up the Rhine to Basel, Switzerland. Wednesday we will be in Amsterdam, where I plan to visit the museum through the tour company. The tour will end a week from Tuesday, in Basel, where I plan to stay for two days. I will try to post something every day while in Europe.
My fifth great-grandfather, Christian Rupp, in the company of his older brother and sister, Johannes and Maria, and with his future bother-in-law to-be, Michael Schallenberger, went down the Rhine in 1750 on their way to the New World. Family lore has it that they are from Sinsheim, near Heidelberg, where I plan to spend a couple of nights working my way back to Amsterdam. While I don’t really expect to find anything out about those original Roops, I hope, while in Heidelberg to visit the town and its technology museum. I plan another genealogy trip in late September to do more research on these early family members.
Next posting will probably be from Amsterdam. Cheers.