Today’s title is intended to mislead you. To understand why, you must once again understand some more East Perry County pronunciation. Although the name Schade looks like it ought to be a one syllable word that sounds like shades, it is not. This name is pronounced with two syllables and is called Shaw-dee. However, today’s … More Cool Schades
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
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
I am away from the wonderful resources that we have in our museum’s research library, so I cannot do the normal research I do to come up with our blog posts. So today, I am going to merely throw out a few names of interest to see if any of our readers may have any … More Fourth of July Quiz
We had a wonderful morning with our new friends from St. John’s Lutheran School, Arnold. What an impressive group of young people, faculty, parents, and pastor. It always gives me hope about the future of our country when I meet these great groups of young people. The students were “present,” engaged, and enjoyed a little … More St. John’s Lutheran School, Arnold
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