Wandering Oderites

    Our friend, BILLY GENSMER, of Wisconsin has written about his family and his journey to the Oderbruch area, west and east of the Oder/Odra River in 1999 and again in 2000. It seems that his 1999 trip was just a few weeks apart from that of Amy KLEMKE Uehara’s the same year. It would

WURL INFORMATION – Research by Dicksie Knight May   Wilhelm WURL (1821-1894) + Caroline Wilhelmine GABRIEL (1826-1906) Alt Custrinchen, Prussia. Both died in Laramie, WY. These are my My great-great-grandparents who, along with their children and spouses, traveled directly to the US in 1879 and 1880.    1. Caroline Maria WURL (1846-1923) + Friedrich Carl

  Ferdinand Christian Johann MATTHES, aka Fred. aka Johann Ferdinand and Christian Ferdinand. Born: 24 Oct 1835at Alt Rüdnitz/Rüednitz, Brandenburg, Germany Died: 4 Jan 1921, Tabatha Home in Lincoln, NE. Buried 6 Jan 1921: Wisner, Cuming, NE.  Married: Marie aka Marea WOLLIN (spellings found in Cuming County records: WOLLIN, /WOLLEN, & WOULIN by Lois Schultz).Gravestone

My name is David KNECHT, born Fayette County, Illinois, now living in East Lansing Michigan.   I am interested in exchanging information with anyone who has background about Alt Rüdnitz or Alt Kustrinchen, Prussia. My Great-Great-Grandmother, Johanna Wilhelmine PRUEGEL was born in Alt Rüdnitz on 30 August 1829 and my Great-Great-Grandfather Johann Friederich MALCHOW was

    Backe backe Kuchen, a traditional German nursery rhyme about baking a cake, unites distant cousins across the seas and generations.   Backe, backe Kuchen, Der Bäcker hat gerufen! Wer will gute Kuchen backen, Der muss haben sieben Sachen: Eier und Schmalz, Butter und Salz, Milch und Mehl, Safran macht den Kuchen gel’! (gelb)