Learning My Genealogy in Baden Baden

Like I mentioned in my previous post, last winter, we were invited to Reiner’s birthday party in a small town in Germany called Baden Baden. So, a couple of months ago, my mother-in-law, Stephanie, got curious about my genealogy. We looked it up and found I had many ancestors from Germany. I got super excited because I was going to be exploring Germany in the summer and it made the trip more special. After doing a little more clicking around on the internet, we discovered that my ancestry not only went back to Germany, but more specifically Baden Baden. It was such a random coincidence! My family lived in Baden Baden, until my 8x great-grandparents, George Rowe and Mary Magdalene, emigrated to the United States (before it was officially the United States). George actually died during the Revolutionary War fighting for the Colonies. It’s funny because he’s not the only ancestor I have who fought for the Colonies during the Revolutionary War — I guess I’m as American as it gets.
We visited the church in Baden Baden that my ancestors most likely went to. Walking around the church was one of the highlights of the trip for me.   Baden Baden will always have a little place in my heart now. It is known for its natural thermal baths that the Romans turned into bath houses. It has turned into quite the spa town and since we didn’t have time to get in the baths, I’m thinking I’ll need to come back.

These next few pictures weren’t taken in Baden Baden but are from the same day on our way to Prague and I had to include them.