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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