Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2008

• Introducing Our New GCRA Book, by Margaret Freeman — p. 33

• Review of the Most Recent GCRA Book: The Glückstalers in New Russia, the Soviet Union and North America, by Homer Rudolf — pp. 34-38

• Long Years of Research Rewarded, Almost, by Del Rieger Paulson — pp. 38-40

• Glückstal [Lutheran] Church in Kidder County [rural Tappan], ND, by Linda (Werre) Becker — pp. 40-42

• Journey to The Homeland 2008, by Jo Anne (Mertz) Gauper — pp. 42-44

• Our Trip to Odessa, Ukraine, August 2008, by Rita and Laureen Darr — pp. 45-47

• Excerpts from The Hutchinson Herald (SD), extracted by Gladys Metter — pp. 47-48

• Joseph Rott [of Glückstal] Family Story, by Connie Dahlke — pp. 48-53

• Christmas, 1945, Java, SD, by Marvin C. Hoffer — pp. 53-55

• Genealogy Corner: Nazi EWZ Records May Help Family Searches, by Ken Vogele — p. 55

• Internet Connections — p. 55

• Threshing in Glückstal, [photo dating from ca. 1880], by Margaret Freeman – p. 56

• Singing in the Dark, by Alfred Opp, ed. by Connie Dahlke — pp. 57-58

• Excerpts from The Hutchinson Herald (SD), extracted by Gladys Mettler — pp. 58-59

• In Memory — pp. 59-60

• Special Thanks — p. 60

• Here and There — p. 61

• 2009 Conventions — p. 61

• Message from John Teske [re: Irish connection] — p. 61

• Internet Connections — p. 61, 62

• Michael M. Miller, 2008 [ND] Librarian of the Year — p. 62

• GCRA Book Bundle Offer — p. 63

• GCRA General Information — p. 63

• [Surname] Index — p. 64

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