Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1990


  • Founding - Purpose - Goals and Objectives - Membership — p. 1

  • Conventions — p. 1

  • Family Histories — p. 1

  • Reunions — p. 1

  • Passenger Lists [extractions] — pp. 2-4

  • Neuglückstal Lutheran Cemetery (Country), Bowdle, South Dakota, extracted by Ardella (Stroebel) Bennett — p. 4

  • Graf Chronicle, 1940, shared by Al Graf [of his uncle, Jacob Graf] — pp. 4-5

  • Neudorf Data [from Greg Dockter] — p. 5

  • South Dakota Newspapers [extractions] — pp. 6-12

        • Leola Blade, 1889-1891 — p. 6

        • McPherson County Herald, 1911-1914 — p. 6

        • Edmunds County Democrat, Ipswich, SD, 1910-1921 — p. 6

        • Bowdle Pioneer, 1902-1910 — pp. 6-10

        • The Northwest Blade, McPherson County, Eureka, SD, 1894-1903 — p. 10

  • The Pied Piper of Leola, SD, from WPA Writer’s Project, 1941 — pp. 10-11

  • [Dakota Territory Kercher family births from the 1885 census] — p. 13

  • Naturalization Records, Dickey, Kidder, Lamoure, Logan & Stutsman Counties – ND — pp. 13-14

  • Births and Deaths, Edmunds County, Ipswich, SD, 1841-1930 — p. 14

  • A Terrible Deed from Der Sendbote, 12 May 1920 [re: the Jakob Wolf family murders, near Turtle Lake, ND] — pp. 14-16

  • Special Thanks, p. 16

  • Authenticated Points of Origin [Huber, Lang, Minderlin, Nuding, Reiner, Schmidt, Schnaidt, Strehle, Unrath & Wanner] — pp. 16-17

  • Parochial Certificate [of Friedrich Bender, Kassel, no date given], from Alice Essig — p. 17

  • In Memoriam — p. 17

  • General Information [re: the administrative structure in South Russia] — p. 17

  • Legend [abbreviations] – p. 17

  • [Surname] Index — pp. 17-18



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