Hello,
I understand this completely. My grandmother who will be 95 this November
remembers going to church and on the 3rd Sunday of each month the service
was in German until WW2 . The citizens of Rising Sun went to the church
asked then not to hold service in German again. The area I'm from has alot
German ancestry. Cincinnati was Zinzinnati until WW1. All streets were in
German until then. We still have an area of Cincinnati called " Over the
Rhine". They are talking about putting the original German names of the
streets back, under the name of what it's called now. My Grandmother's
Grandparents and Great Grandparents were all born in Germany, so she is all
German. Have of her father's siblings were born in Germany. My lines from
Germany are from Hanover, Roedinghausen, Weissendorf, and Buer.
Cindy
Indiana
(Proud of my German Heritage)
[Original Message]
From: HeideB <heideb@uneedspeed.net>
To: Hannover-L <hannover-l@genealogy.net>
Date: 10/5/2007 3:03:10 PM
Subject: Re: [HN] PLATTDEUTSCHKarla, you have to think about the times in America. After both world
wars
there was a lot of anti German feelings in this country. I came in 1953
as
an 11 year old. I was beaten up in school and called a German spry. I
had
a terrible time in school and no friends. Germans would not even admit
they
were Germans. In the 1960's I lost 2 jobs when people found out I was
German. In my case, my parents did not enforce German because there were
only the three of us and we had to learn English. My parents learned from
me. But we approached coming to America differently. We accepted America
with our whole hearts and beings. My father was the only one on the block
to fly the American flag and we were very proud to become Americans. The
last 20 years or so changed this situation. But still if I am asked if I
am
German, I say no, I'm German by birth and American by choice. So don't
criticize your ancestors too much. They did this to protect their
children.
Heide
PS Maybe Sitz mal?
From: "Karla Nurnberg" <muessidenn@yahoo.com>
To: <hannover-l@genealogy.net>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:30 AM
Subject: [HN] PLATTDEUTSCHDear Listers,
My Grandmother used to tell us, when we were little girls to
Sitzemado, which we interpreted to mean sit down there. This is probably
not
spelled correctly in her native Holstein dialect. I do not care, whether
she
spoke High or Low German, but I would have loved to learn any kind of
German
from my Grandfather and her. They did not teach it to us, so both my
cousin
and I had difficulty with the language, when we lived in Germany. Too bad
that the younger generation of German Americans were not taught the
Language
of their ancestors. I am very proud to be of German descent and also on my
mother's side Danish.
Her Mother was born in Denmark and her Father's parents were also.
Mother
and her Aunt were not taught to speak Danish, but they learned a few
words,
so Great-Grandmother and Grandma could not speak Danish without having
some
of their conversation understood.
Does anyone on this list know of someone, who might be able to help
me