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PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

My paternal grandparents

Sarah (Watson) & Herman Potrafke

on their wedding day in Clermont County Ohio

September 20, 1935

Two of the most important and influential people

in my life.

To contact me:

Alfreda L. Potrafke

potrafke@comcast.net

(please put “Potrafke” in the subject line of any emails you send)

717/914-0923

www.familyhistoryresearch.net

www.celticgirafferesearch.com

www.thecelticgiraffe.com

POTRAFKE FAMILY HOME PAGE

Anyone visiting this site is welcome to use information or pictures I have provided. I have created this website in hopes of helping others who are researching our family and to get help from others as well; or possibly meet anyone who may know anything about the Potrafke’s. I do ask that you have respect for the family members who are still living; please do not use any information, or any of the documents or items provided on my site in any harmful way. Also, if you use my information in your family tree, please document where it came from, as I have spent a lot of time, money and effort in obtaining these things and in doing this website.

Also, this information is not to be used for anyone to sell or make money from in ANY way.

If you have any information on any of the Potrafke, Potrafka, Potraffke families, please send it to me. I am very hopeful we can learn a lot about our ancestors if we work together to find them.

Thank you.

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From the Closet

I have been researching my family history for several years now, as time permits. My name is Alfreda Potrafke. The Potrafke Family has been my most meaningful line to research. I think that is mostly because Potrafke is my maiden name, because I was very close to my paternal grandparents who were Potrafke’s, and because they left behind so many documents, journals, pictures, scrapbooks, and other items which I am currently in possession of. My dad, who was the only son of my grandparents (he had step-siblings by my grandfather) was in possession of these things for many years and while in his possession, they were boxed up in a shed. I asked him if I could have them and he gave them to me. After reading some of my grandfathers journals and going through some of the documents in the boxes, I became very interested in learning the history of this family… thus began my search!

Now I’d like to find other family members who are also researching, in hopes of us working together to learn as much as possible about where we came from. So if you would like to join me in this adventure, please contact me (more contact information below) or send me any pictures or information you would like to share, and I will be more than happy to post it on this site.

I’d like to thank my Uncle Walter (Potrafke), who has helped me tremendously. I’d also like to thank two cousins who I met through doing research, Carol (Potrafke) McKee, and Dione (Potrafke) Burhkhardt, who shared information and photos with me. And thank you to all my family and friends who have helped me in any way during my years of researching.

This is me…

many years ago!

A little about me: I am 48 years old and have been doing genealogy for about ten years.

I am currently enrolled in a genealogy course through The University of Toronto, and I do research every chance I get! I have experience with hands-on genealogy and cemetery research in the states of OH, PA, KY, and WV.

I have extensive on-line research experience as well. I truly enjoy doing this, it’s exciting, fun, and very fulfilling.

I have two children and five grandchildren (soon to be six!). Besides genealogy and being with my children and grandchildren, I enjoy working on the computer and learning new things on it, I enjoy doing needlework, scrapbooking, sewing, reading, making jewelry, cleaning, and miscellaneous other crafts.