September 12, 2009
Five photos of Hemerten estate, birthplace of Katherina Stalter, have been added to Katherina’s history in the Family Histories section. The photos were taken by me in the 1980’s when Hermann and Gertrude Guth took Del and me to this estate in Bavaria where Del’s great grandmother, Katherina, was born and where his great-great grandparents, [...]
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February 24, 2009
156 year-old Sampler Surfaces and Escapes Auction Oblivion
Co-authored by Donna Schrock Birkey and Donald D. Kauffman
Originally published in the Fall 2003 issue (Vol. XXX, No. 3)
Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly (http://www.imhgs.org)
(Used with permission of original publisher)
1. Introduction, description, present owner
A 10″ x 10″ unframed piece of embroidered linen fabric almost disappeared into “auction oblivion” recently in [...]
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