I have met my match today. I took a look at this family tree which can be found on Ancestry.com and just threw my hands up in dismay. I am flabbergasted. Today is the birthday of Marie Fredericke Steffens who was born in 1883 on March 23rd. She can be found in the left … More Flummoxed by a Family
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
Since I started writing for this blog a little over a year ago, I have learned some valuable lessons. I have discovered resources of which I was previously unaware. I will share one of those resources today. I have always had our Starzinger Family Research Library here at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum as … More Useful MO Genealogical Resources
A Correction: Today’s post will be quite different than normal. First of all, after hearing from some people that know a whole lot more than I do about the history of Perry County, I have to correct a piece of information that was in yesterday’s blog. I mistakenly identified the Stueve farm on the map … More A Correction and a Collection
The latest addition to our Research Library is the church record book of the Lutheran congregation in a little community known as Lixville, Missouri. This community is located in Bollinger County, not far from the town of Friedheim. Back in August of 2016, we posted a blog about the records from the Friedheim church titled, … More Lixville Records
The 4th biennial immigration history conference is now a piece of our history. It was a wonderful three days of reunions with research patrons, a celebration of art and music, as well as an opportunity for our Historical Society to bring the leadership of the LCMS to the Altenburg region. The Lutheran Heritage Center team … More 2016 Conference
As director, I try to consistently express my thankfulness for all of the people and efforts required to keep this incredible site moving forward. However, sometimes I’m so busy being “present” in the moment that I forget to reflect on the gifts that are showered upon us on a typical day at the Lutheran Heritage … More With a Grateful Heart
If you were like the congregation here at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, you may have heard a sermon on today’s Epistle reading from Hebrews 12. Here is verse 1 of that chapter: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which … More Cloud of Witnesses
Our research library has copies of church records from many local Lutheran churches which are often used by our visitors to study their family histories. We are excited that we will soon also have the church records of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, Missouri, about twenty miles away from Altenburg. The majority of the work … More Friedheim Records
We are eagerly approaching our fourth biennial Immigration History Conference. What a wonderful Reformation trip to visit us in East Perry County, Missouri October 27-29. We still have room available for your participation. Come and join us! The $250. conference fee covers a wonderful chartered bus fieldtrip, great home cooked meals, world-class historic and genealogical presentations, research … More Conference Time is Upon Us!
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