Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1990


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

  • Printed Family Histories — p. 1

  • Reunions — p. 1

  • Passenger Lists [extractions] — pp. 1-2

  • Authenticated Points of Origin [Ahl (All), Aldinger, Bader, Becker, Gohl, Grieb, Gress, Gutjahr, Hägele(n), Henke, Hermann, Hey, Hof, Kaul, Kies, Lauth, Martell, Mathes, Naas, Schaefer, Stebner, Unrath & Wolff] — pp. 2-3

  • Success Story [re: Matthäus Hägele family], contributed by Joy Heil Fischer — pp. 3-5

  • Neudorf News, by Greg Dockter — pp. 5-6

  • Freeman, South Dakota, German Reformed Church Membership [no date given], by Ruben Koerner — pp. 6-7

  • Tyndall, South Dakota Cemetery Records, German Reformed Lower Emmanuel Church, by Patricia Dunn [extracted from “Form 1- WPA GR, South Dakota Graves Registration Project Cemetery Information,” 1940?] — pp. 7-8

  • Walworth County Cemetery Records, by Donnette Sonnenfeld — pp. 8-10

        • Java Cemetery, Java, SD — pp. 8-9

        • Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, Selby, SD — p. 9

        • Pilgrim Congregational Cemetery, Lowry, SD (United Church of Christ) — p. 9

        • German Lutheran Cemetery, Selby, SD — pp. 9-10

  • German Language Newspapers, extractions & translations, by Dianne Ladd — pp. 10-11

        • Java Herald, 14 Apr. 1904 [letter from George Helm, Neudorf] — p. 10

        • Java Herald, 28 Apr. 1904 [letter from Philipp Hausauer, Glückstal] — pp. 10-11

        • Northwest Blade, 12 Nov. 1903 [extraction] & 23 Feb. 1905 [letter from Kassel, South Russia of 10 Dec. 1904] — p. 11

  • In Memoriam — p. 11

  • Canadian [Wartime] Registration [on 22 June 1918 of all citizens 16 years or older, & in 1940 of all citizens who were of, or near military age], contributed by Mary-Lynne Harding — pp. 11-13

  • Parochial Certificate [of the Jakob Merkel Family, Bergdorf, 1889], contributed by Ross Merkel and translated by Gwen Pritzkau — p. 13

  • Book Reviews, by Michael M. Miller — pp. 13-15

        • The Central Dakota Germans by Shirley Fischer Arends — pp. 13-15

        • In Search of Home: The Germans from Russia by Richard H. Walth — p. 15

  • Ashley Reformed Church [60th Anniversary, 1952], booklet contributed by Dianne Ladd & summarized by Margaret Freeman — pp. 15-17

  • Needs — p. 17

  • Special Thanks — pp. 17-18

  • AHSGR Convention [Report – Sacramento, 1990] — p. 18

  • Declarations of Intent from McIntosh County [ND], extracted by Alice Essig — pp. 18-20

  • Tax-Deductible Status [of GCRA] — p. 21

  • Meet the Helpers — p. 21

  • Policy Reminder [re: free availability of information to members] — p. 21

  • 1991 Conventions — p. 21

  • Footnotes & Abbreviations — p. 21

  • [Surname] Index — p. 22


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