My hubby,
Dennis, has German-from-Russia ancestors, who lived in Volhynia,
Ukraine. Some immigrated to the United States and lived in North
Dakota beginning in the 1880s.
Last year we
went to the Wells County Historical Museum in Fessenden for Dennis to
finally meet a second cousin, once removed. They compared family
notes for two hours, and I regret that we did not have a tape
recorder with us. Dennis found his first photo of one set of his
great grandparents, and the cousin gave him a 2011 book of plat maps
and directory for Wells County. We also went to the German Baptist
Cemetery, where Dennis found a great-great grandmother’s grave
(1831 – 1914), but not her husband’s grave.
Our
next stop was at the genealogy archives of North Dakota State
University in Fargo. They were
housed at the Institute for Regional Studies, located in the Skills
and Technical Training Center just north of the main NDSU campus and
the Fargo Dome. We spent a day there gathering about seventy copies
of photos, plat maps, and historical data. The best find was the
German Baptist Church Registry called “God Was There.”
Note: CVGS solicited articles from the membership about Research Trips to put in a booklet displayed at the Escondido Family History Fair in March. The authors of these articles are permitting them to be printed in the monthly Newsletters and on the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog.
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