Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2012

• 2012 Membership Dues Reminder — p. 1

• New Book to be Published on Schedule — p. 1

• GCRA Category Summary Report by Homer Rudolf — p. 1

• Prairie Lights: Every Legend Contains a Grain of Truth, by Carol Just — pp. 2-5

• Don’t Think Old, poems by Bea White — pp. 5-6

• Communication Regarding Graf Article by Patsy Ramberg — p. 7

• Life Passages–Brief Notes on Life & Family as experienced by Old Johann Adam Kuch, translated by Alex Herzog, editorial assistance by Nancy A. Herzog, Ph.D. — pp. 7-11

• Family Histories & Stories — pp. 11-21

  • • • Jacob & Rosina (Schilling) Kemmet by Herbert Thurn — pp. 11-17

      • Some Things I Remember about our Kemmet Grandparents by Esther (Thurn) Olmstead — p. 17

      • Summer Kitchen Stories submitted by Bernadine (Lang) Kuhn — pp. 18-21

      • The Summer Kitchen Addition by Theodore Lang, typed & edited by Bernadine (Lang) Kuhn — pp. 18-19

      • A Summer Kitchen Anyone? by Rose (Lang) Sylling — pp. 20-21

• State Archives of Odessa Region File 6-1-4479, Regarding conversions of colonists’ faith–1837- 1842, edited with commentary by Thomas A. Stangl, Russian translations by Serge Yelizarov, German translations by Thomas A. Stangl & Allyn Brosz — pp. 22-31

• Biographies of Interest: James D. Klein, Jr. — pp. 31-33

• From Volk auf dem Weg extracted by Homer Rudolf — pp. 33-34

• Special Thanks — p. 33

• In Memory — p. 33

• Upcoming Conventions — p. 35

• GCRA General Information [including] GCRA Publications, GCRA Archives, Newsletter Copyright & GCRA Online — pp. 35-36

• Surname Index — p. 36

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