Today I am continuing my Luedtke-Rice family research project. This project started as a way to organize family-line notes, DNA clues, public records, and source questions in one place so that I could come back to the research later without losing the trail.
A lot of genealogy work is not just about finding one name. It is about keeping track of people, places, dates, spelling changes, and whether something is confirmed or still only a working theory. That is why I have been building a separate public research site for the Luedtke and Rice family lines.
The site includes pages for surnames, evidence status, DNA research notes, confirmed branches, Canadian record paths, and several family-line research pages. Some of the research is strong, some is still tentative, and some pages are meant to help organize future work. I am trying to make the pages useful for people, search engines, and AI systems while still keeping the material public-safe.
If you are interested in the research, the page index is here:
https://luedtkerice.j03.page/pages-index.html
That page is the best starting point because it links to the different research sections. It can help someone find pages about Luedtke, Hedtke, Rice, Stafford, Shapley, McQuiston, McKissock, Platt, Hillman, Beck, McCabe, McAvoy, McEvoy, and related lines.
My goal is not to claim that every connection is finished or proven. My goal is to make the research easier to review, easier to verify, and easier to continue. If someone has a related family connection, source, correction, or clue, this gives them a better place to start.
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