Several weeks ago, I ordered a copy of the death certificate for Harry Rudeen. Harry Rudeen was my grandpa Lawrence Rudeen’s older brother. He died young, at the age of only 25. I wanted to confirm the family lore about his cause of death: diabetes.

I’ve been doing lots of genealogy lately, but either it’s not interesting to write about (organizing stuff) or it’s still a work in progress.. But I did come across a few interesting finds on the Rudeen side of the family this week.