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Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from RussiaThis is a newsletter of the aforementioned international society, which has a very informative website. And because our April session was partially dedicated to Germans from Russia, some of you might find this information helpful. This periodical started to publish articles from Olga Litzenberger’s History of the Volga German Settlements, Part 1. Lutherans and the latest two issues contain articles about Lutherans of Reinwald, now Starizkoje, Saratov Region, and Germans of Konstantinovskaya Volost: From the Kingdom of Poland to Samarskaya Gubernia (1864-1917). This periodical is currently on display at MGC.
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Heimabrief: Stories of German-Bohemians
by The German–Bohemian Society
This is a selection of stories of German-Bohemians, taken from the newsletters published by this society for many years. If your German ancestors lived in Bohemia, Moravia, Mährisch-Schlesien, or Czech Silesia region, you may find this book very informative. It gives you a larger picture than just filling the family tree chart with names and dates.
The Midwest Genealogy Center offers the Czech and Slovak Genealogy Research Class twice a year The next one is scheduled for May 22, 2019, and it may help with tracking your German-Bohemians ancestors.
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The German-American Forty-Eighters, 1848–1998
by Bon Heinrich Holzmann
The German so "Forty–Eighters" played an important role in German-American history. They came after a failed revolution in Europe, usually well-educated, and continued to spread their vision and ideas for a better society on the American continent. They quickly grew to be the leaders in political and cultural life on U.S. soil. They became teachers and professors, and founded newspapers and periodicals. They also contributed greatly to various institutions and branches of life in general. Use this book to see if you have one of these German scholars in your family tree.
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Rediscover the former German town of Hamburg, Missouri, near St. Charles (not to be confused with the New Hamburg, Missouri). Hamburg was a small town founded by German immigrants in the 1800s. The community was thriving until WWII when all the inhabitants had to leave their houses because of the construction of a WWII plant. Nothing indicates there once was a town except a German cemetery which is preserved. The index of some of those buried there can be found on this website. To learn more, visit the Weldon Spring Site and Interpretive Center in St. Charles County, Missouri. The exhibition illustrates the history of this former German town, along with other two others, Howell and Tonnerville. The descendants meet every year and visit the area. Are you one of them? There is a five-minute video online, made in cooperation with the Missouri Humanities Council and Missouri Life. Watch the tribute in remembrance of the descendants of this former community here.
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What is this German word? Dust off that German dictionary from your shelf. - S t _ _ m b _ _ m (Family Tree)
- K _ _ ch _ (Church)
- A _ t (Office, District)
- H _ _ m (Home)
- H _ _ m _ t (Homeland)
- H _ _ r _ t _ n (Get Married)
Christl’s Proverb “Was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen!” which means “Don’t put off for tomorrow what can be done today!” Danke schön. Thank you.
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