Join Us, Sat. May 6, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at the Lutheran Heritage Center for a one day family research workshop. Our research team, including renowned family researcher, Ken F. Craft will gather in our state-of-the-art Starzinger Family Research Library for sessions on Your German Family Tree, the resources we have available in our library, DNA … More Attend Our Genealogy Workshop
In 1925, a seven month old baby flew through the air. No, she didn’t have wings. She wasn’t in a plane. She flew through the air because a tornado tore her away from her mother’s arms and she went flying. Thankfully, this little child survived. Today was the birthday of that baby’s mother. Julia Knoll … More A Baby Flies
We have a birthday boy from Wittenberg today. He was the only child in his family to be born in this little river town. The search for his family’s history took quite a few twists and turns. Milton Rudi was born on March 20, 1912, but before we discuss his life, let’s go back to … More Dentist, Doctor, Druggist, and Chaplain
Matthias Wukasch died on March 19th in 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. When he was buried in Frohna, they put a portion of Daniel 12:3 on his tombstone. Daniel 12:3 reads as follows: “And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like … More He Shines Like a Star
***Today’s blog post was written by Fred Eggers, one of the valuable members of our museum’s research crew. Fred is our local expert on the Farrar area, and he shares some of that knowledge in this post. Thanks, Fred. March 18, 1925 will always be remembered as the date of the Tri-State Tornado. A search … More A Tornado Tale of Two Towns
In 1731, in the city of Salzburg, Austria, an Edict of Expulsion was issued. Count Leopold von Firmian, a Roman Catholic archbishop and also the prince of Salzburg, declared that all citizens of that city must become Roman Catholics, and if they chose not to do so, they must leave. It was especially a slap … More Lutherans in Exile, Y’all
I start today by showing the 1930 Altenburg census listing the family of Leo and Maria Lottes. Leo and Maria, according to this census, have no children of their own, but they have three children living with them who are part of their extended family. If we backtrack ten years to the 1920 census, we … More Let the Children Come to Us
The Ides of March (March 15th) in 1938 was a wild day up and down the Mississippi River Valley in Missouri and Illinois. There were several tornado outbreaks, some of them deadly. Altenburg did not escape without damage. A tornado also roared through Altenburg on that crazy day and caused some devastation, but no loss … More Ides of March Tornado Outbreak
For old Math teachers like me, March 14 (3.14) is Pi Day or π Day. So I was hoping to find some sort of evidence of Pi in the German Family Tree. I think I have found the ingredients for baking up the almost perfect Pi, except for the fact that I had to cross … More Baking Up a Good German Lutheran Pi
When a guy wants to get a haircut in Altenburg these days, about the only option he has is to walk into a “style shop” where a female is the “barber”. In my case, my wife cuts my hair. There was once a era when there was an unwritten rule that women would not enter … More The Barbershop – A Man Cave
