The Redmer Family: A Brief History is an illustrated genealogical and historical booklet documenting the origins and descendants of the Redmer family of Dundee and Barrington, Illinois. Descending from German-speaking settlers of Krojanke, West Prussia (now Krajenka, Poland), the booklet traces the family's journey from eighteenth-century Prussia to their establishment in northern Illinois following Wilhelm Hermann Emil Redmer's immigration in 1883.

Drawing upon original church registers, civil records, passenger lists, newspapers, military records, family photographs, and other historical sources, the booklet presents concise biographies of multiple generations of the Redmer family, including Martin Daniel Redmer, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Redmer, Wilhelm Hermann Emil Redmer, and the descendants who settled throughout Kane County. Historical maps, archival documents, translated records, and carefully identified interpretive illustrations provide historical context while preserving the family's story for future generations.

Originally prepared for a Redmer family reunion, this volume serves as a preview of a larger, book-length family history currently in development. It is intended for genealogists, local historians, descendants of the Redmer family, and researchers interested in German immigration, West Prussia, and the settlement of German-American communities in the American Midwest during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Subjects: Redmer family; genealogy; family history; German Americans; West Prussia; Krojanke (Krajenka); Pomerania; German immigration; Illinois history; Kane County; Dundee, Illinois; East Dundee; Barrington, Illinois; Prussian genealogy; Lutheran records; local history.