Hugo Schroeder wrote that he hasn't seen a documentary about German immigration to America, and I have not either. But lest our German cousins think we are ignorant of that heritage, let me add that here in Columbus, Ohio, the capital of Ohio, with a metro population of 1,000,000, that heritage is quite visible. Near the City Center is a housing/shopping/restaurant area called, "German Village." Homes of the early German settlers have been beautifully restored, and now sell for high prices, one that I know of for $1,000,000. Streets all have German names, the old St. Mary's Church has German inscriptions, there is a German Mannechoer [spelling?] Society, a singing group, located there, and nearby there is hosted by the City an annual Oktoberfest that, like the one in Cincinnati, draws tens of thousands of people. The area is a tourist destination for some, but mostly a very nice place to live, where residents can walk to the downtown office skyscrapers. Here are two websites that give a little info and photos: http://www.germanvillage.org/ http://www.german-village.com/thevillage/gvhistory.htm
Robert Fathman, Dublin Ohio, [ancestors from the L�ningen area: FATHMANN, WOLTERMAN, and many more]
Robert
A book "Von Huerleuten und Farmern" Kamphoefner, Marschalk & Nolte Schuster ISBN 3-934005-11-x in German and English is worth buying and reading.
Paul
I was interested in the little brick house on that German Village website.
Here in Racine, Wisconsin, we had a number of "German cottages"�little
brick homes like that�in the older section of town. They're all yellow
brick from a special clay available here.
Marilyn
Where would one buy that book. I did a Google search and the only hit was
someone's mention of it in another email.
Marilyn
Hello, Marilyn,
the book in question, i.e.
"Von Heuerleuten und Farmern"
authors: Walter D. Kamphoefner, Peter Marschalck, Bairgit Schuster
publishers: Rasch, year aof publishment: 1999
is available.ex stock.
Pls use internet address http://www.lob.de
(= Lehmanns bookshop, total about 50 shops in Germany)
Best regards and good luck
Peter (Schuette)
Band 12
Walter D. Kamphoefner / Peter Marschalck / Birgit Nolte-Schuster
Von Heuerleuten und Farmern. Die Auswanderung aus dem Osnabrücker Land nach Nordamerika im 19. Jahrhundert
Emigration from the Osnabrück Region to North America in the 19th Century.
120 pages German - English with pictures, 12,50 Euro
ISBN 3-934005-11-X
The puplisher is:
Landesverband Osnabrücker Land e.V. http://www.lvosl.de/
You can order the book via email: info@lvosl.de
Good luck,
Werner Honkomp
I've noticed that a lot of the names on the Wiefelstede CD have the "-ken"
ending. Can someone tell me if the ending has a meaning? It doesn't seem
to be a patronym.
Thank you,
Marilyn
Hello,
the -ken (or -ke)like Stulken, Wemke, Reinke is a diminutive, and yes, the names can be patronymic. They mean "the little one", like Alke or Alken from Adelheid.
Regards
Heiko
<mstulken@wi.net> schrieb:
Thank you, Heiko! There is always so much to learn in this genealogy
thing. 
I've noticed that the "-ke" ending (but not "-ken") was also used in the
West Prussia/Posen area.
Greetings from sunny Wisconsin,
Marilyn