The Lorenz Family

Five generations of the Lorenz line, from Czaraholand in lower Bavaria through Elkhart, Indiana, to a B-24 over Norfolk and a chemistry bench at Union Carbide. Written by Jim Lorenz, December 1995.

Primary sources

Every fact on this site is cited to one or more of these sources. The majority of the content was extracted from 17 primary documents:

• Lorenz Family Notes · 1986-07-17 · informants: herbert-albert-lorenz, ella-marie-moyer-lorenz
• Family tree, primary chart · 1983-05 · author: mary-jeanne-burton-lorenz
• Family tree, branch charts (Henry, Ernest, Edward, Herbert lines) · 1987-05 · author: mary-jeanne-burton-lorenz
• Jim Lorenz Reminiscences · 1995-12-03 · author: james-henry-lorenz
  "To print what I can remember about my life; it may be useful for some school history projects or for your knowledge of our families."
• Dates of Military Service for Captain James H. Lorenz · 1995-12-03 · author: james-henry-lorenz
• Items sent to 2nd Air Division USAAF Memorial Room, Norwich Central Library, Norwich, England · author: james-henry-lorenz
• Reminiscences: Lt. James H. Lorenz, Pilot at Attlebridge 466th Group 785th Squadron, August 14 1944 to May 6 1945 · 1986-07-20 · author: james-henry-lorenz
• GeoNames place authority queries for Lorenz family historical place names · 2026-05-26
• NARA Catalog API v2 queries for Lorenz family WWII and Buescher Building records · 2026-05-27
• Lorenz family photo album (Brant Hindman) · 2026-05-27 (digitized)
• Edith Johnston Lorenz Family History · estimated 1978-1985
• Lorenz Family History (typed) · compiled 2019 by Brant Hindman
• Eason Family History (typed) · compiled by Brant Hindman
• Lorenz Family Tree (Ancestry.com Family View, printer-friendly) · exported 2026-06-05
• Ancestry.com message thread with Pamela Miller Todd · 2019-04-20
• Find a Grave memorials extracted for Lorenz/Eason/Johnston lines · 2026-06-05
• Parallel agent research session 2026-06-06 · 2026-06-06

Research engine

Beyond the primary sources, this site is enriched by automatic queries against eight free public archives. Whenever the research agent runs, findings are filed and proposed as candidate facts for the spearhead to review.

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How to contribute

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