Last Updated 23 Nov  2004

Stories About Our German-Russians German Russian Stories Index Page Note from JAR-H:  Each story gives us a different look at our German-Russians who settled in areas all around the world. If you have a story you'd care to share please contact me at :  Remmick@aol.com. 23 Nov 2004 AMERICAN DRAMA AT SEA  Story of Miller's Voyage on the ship from Germany to NY, USA in 1894 Andreas Hofer b. 1767 Auctions: FARM AUCTIONS & OLD WOOD WORKING TOOLS BLACKSMITH  AND WAGONS by Louise BORODINO: MEMORIES OF BORODINO, BESSARABIA by Regine, nee Hess, Hein DEPORTATION FROM BORODINO IN 1940 by Vina Mayer A TIME TO REMEMBER by Allyn Brosz Brief note about German-Russians deported from Bessarabia in 1940 CACKLE BERRIES & CREAM, PRAIRIE CASH FOR GROCERIES by Marvin C. Hoffer Chickens In Russia by Opal White CHURCHES: A LITTLE MORE HISTORY, by Robert M.Benson CORN COBS, COW CHIPS & THE OLD KITCHEN RANGE by Marvin  C. Hoffer Family Tale of Easter Bunnies GRAIN HARVESTING STORIES Canada Russia USA "GERMAN BLACKBERRIES" [Garden Huckelberries] by Irma A. Waggoner  HARVESTING FROM HORSES TO TRACTOR by Friedrick, Lloyd HEIN STORY: A DETOUR or A VISIT OF THE TSAR WITH COL. DANIEL HEIN Hertinheim / Bess. S. Russia Story:   A JOURNEY OF WOMEN [Dietrich and Loffelbein Families from the village of Hertinheim / Bess] by Harris, Melody Hoffer, Marvin C. CACKLE BERRIES & CREAM, PRAIRIE CASH FOR GROCERIES FARM AUCTIONS & OLD WOOD WORKING TOOLS EVER STROKE A MISERY WHIP?? CORN COBS, COW CHIPS & THE OLD KITCHEN RANGE PRAIRIE BRONC RIDERS POLECATS AND BASKETBALL DON'T MIX SHOCKING OATS WITH A THREE-TINED FORK AND A JUG OF WARM WATER Letter Index By Author Letters, Articles and Newspapers clippings  of Pre-Revouliton and from 1918 to 1925 - Index Page LICHENTEL / BESSARABIA, S. RUSSIA: Where Did They Go? - Story about Lichtental / Bess. by Don Wolf Midwives, Stories of White and Wolves  by Jammie McEvoy   Story about Wilhelmina, nee Erdmann, Littke Midwife, Christina, nee Welz, Warnke by Pat Dunn Misery Whip:EVER STROKE A MISERY WHIP?? by Marvin C. Hoffer OATS  See: SHOCKING OATS WITH A THREE-TINED FORK AND A JUG OF WARM WATER ORDER OF THINGS by Kathy Ott: Gerald Ott's Aunt's Story - In Part Oddessa/ S. Russia [Black Sea Port]:  Remembered by Edward Remick in 1905 & 1918 PRAIRIE BRONC RIDERS by Marvin C. Hoffer POLECATS AND BASKETBALL DON'T MIX by Marv Hoffer REIMANN'S HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS by Opal R. White RENNICH: THE KARL RENNICH'S STORY by Merv Rennich Those Were The Days by Lillian Hein Remmick: Index Page Bread Day Cabbage Patch   Christmas Time Coffee Cake Dog Days Montana 1920s to 1940s Mother's Watermelons Platchinti Russian Wedding Dinner   SEARCH FOR GREAT UNCLE HANS by Roland Wagner SAUERKRAUT, THE MAGICAL POWER of  by Lloyd Friedrick Stories of Supernatural and Witchcraft told by German-Russians, their Ancestors and their Descendants Headless Horseman of Cannon Hills by Ludwig Hein A Trip To Glen Ulin by Opal White  SHOCKING OATS WITH A THREE-TINED FORK AND A JUG OF WARM WATER by Marvin Hoffer Tetz, Christina by her daughter Flossie, nee Gourlay, Libra Page Tetz Family Stories about the Hess family and Borodino from Flossie, nee Gourlay, Libra's letters as told to her by Regina, nee Hess, Hein Letter from Jakob Sigloch to his niece Friedericka Hess in 1903 Weiss: Grandma Weiss and The Cow by Clinton Getzinger Karoline, nee Salzsiedler, Weiss (1808-1908) Wolf Stories White and Wolves  by Jammie McEvoy Story about Wilhelmina, nee Erdmann, Littke Two Wolf Stories by  Margaret Christina and Dorothea Funk LETTERS Letters Sent Which Share Stories About Our German-Russians Around The World , An Index by authors' names: A to Zzz: Benson, Robert M.: CHURCHES: A LITTLE MORE HISTORY Brosz, Allyn : A TIME TO REMEMBER by Dunn, Pat: Midwife, Christina, nee Welz, Warnke Getzinger, Clinton: Grandma Weiss and The Cow Funk Family Margtaret's story about Christian and Dorothea Funk in  Two Wolf Stories Hein, Regine, nee Hess: Memories of Borodino, Bessarabia. S. Russia Hoffer, Marvin C.: CACKLE BERRIES & CREAM, PRAIRIE CASH FOR GROCERIES CORN COBS, COW CHIPS & THE OLD KITCHEN RANGE FARM AUCTIONS & OLD WOOD WORKING TOOLS EVER STROKE A MISERY WHIP?? PRAIRIE BRONC RIDERS POLECATS AND BASKETBALL DON'T MIX SHOCKING OATS WITH A THREE-TINED FORK AND A JUG OF WARM WATER Hubert, Judy A. Remmick-: Scattered throughout myweb sites..... Friedrick, Lloyd: Harvesting-From Horses to Tractor The Magical Powers of Sauerkraut Friedt, Jakob: From his family from Karlsruhe, S. Russia Nov. 4 1921: (The letter was passed on to us by Mike Schaefer, sent by Jakob Friedt, Mandan). Haaf, Valentin :  Letter from Katharinental, South Russia - May 17, 1925 Libra, Flossie, nee Gourlay: Tetz, Christina, Story of - by her daughter Flossie, nee Gourlay, Libra Page Tetz Family Stories about the Hess family and Borodino from Flossie, nee Gourlay, Libra's letters as told to her by Regina, nee Hess, Hein Letter from Jakob Sigloch to his niece Friedericka Hess in 1903 Koenig, Heinrich:  Letter from Donna Koenig about Odessa area 20 Feb. 1923 Lepp's, Christine, nee Hein, Letter telling the Story: Marsh and Sidney Montana Harris, Melody :   A JOURNEY OF WOMEN [Dietrich and Loffelbein Families from the village of Hertinheim / Bess] Mayer, Vina : DEPORTATION FROM BORODINO IN 1940 by McEvoy, Jammie :  White and Wolves   Miller:  AMERICAN DRAMA AT SEA  Story of Miller's Voyage on the ship from Germany to NY, USA in 1894 Ott, Gerald: Gerald Ott's Aunt's Story - In Part Patzner, Richard: The Starvation in Russia - 30 Sept 1921 Renner, John , This letter was written Renner who describes the murder of his  father, Gregor, by the Bolsheviks to his Uncle Joseph Renner - 1 Jan 1922 from Neu Karlsruhe / Od. S. Russia Rennich, Merv : Rennich: THE KARL RENNICH'S STORY by Thauberger,. H. Report on the condition of the colonies in the Odessa district in the Summer of 1919 Reisenauer, Franz and Marianna : Letter from Rastadt- 7 Jan 1922 (The following letter came from Rastadt, direct to Mr. Joseph Reisenauer in Dickinson ). Remick, Edward: Odessa/ S. Russia: Remembered in 1905 & 1918 by Remmick, Lillian Hein: See  THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Index Page Tillius, Nick: Danger of Fire While Threashing Waggoner, Irma A.:  "GERMAN BLACKBERRIES" [Garden Huckelberries] by Wagner, Roland:   Letters Describing the Condition of the German Colonies  During the Early Bolshevik Years,  North Dakota Herold, Dickinson, N.D. translated by Roland Wagner SEARCH FOR GREAT UNCLE HANS Weber, Friedrich : (The following letter was received by Mr. Fred Weber, Mandan, from his friend Friedrich Weber, earlier from south Russia. -- editor) Dec. 12, 1920. Weiskopf,  M.: Sent a letter written from Horstchik, 12-25 Jan 1916 White, Opal R. REIMANN'S HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS  A Trip To Glen Ulin See GRAIN HARVESTING STORIES White, Opal R.: by  Wolf, Don : LICHENTEL / BESSARABIA, S. RUSSIA: Where Did They Go? - Story about Lichtental / Bess. by NDSU [North Dakta State University]: List and Links of thier collection of Stories is found on the following URL:  http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/history_culture/custom_traditions/index.html Special Links Christmas in Germany Great Moments in Pickle History History of Canning Holidays Iron Cross Cemeteries in North Dakota The Plains Folk Home Page Plains Folk columns by Tom Isern These customs, traditions, and memories have been generously shared by persons of German-Russian heritage and members of the Germans from Russia Listserve: * Barnyard Calling * Blueroom Dance Hall in Strasburg, ND * Bridesmaid and Best Man * Brooms * Butchering Day * The Cane Story * Cheese * Childhood Games * Christmas * Christmas Celebrations Long Ago * Christmas Customs in the Black Sea Area * Christmas Memories * Christmas Traditions * Cream Separators and Cows in General * Cricket * Easter Bread * Easter - Mennonite Brethren * Ethnic food on the Northern Plains * Folk Humor * Game of "Shtraela, Maela" * German-Russian Christmas of 1880 * German-Russian Grandparents * Glueckstal/Freudenthal Villages * Gopher Tails * Grandmother Christina nee Schweikert Hein * Holiday Traditions Excerpts from Interviews with Theresa Kuntz Bachmeier, Helen Feist Krumm, Celestina Metz, Sister Joan Nuss, Kathryn Ehli Ternes, Paul P. Welder and Fern Renner Welk * Home Medicinal Remedies * Homemade Toys & Pranks * House construction * Jesser Farm, Baca County, Colorado * Kuga, German-Russian Christmas cooking * Language * Memories of Jack W. Hoffman * Mother's Day * Mother's Day II * New Year * Norka Days at Stony Plain, Alberta & Memories * Old Country * Pickling in Bessarabia * Pied Piper of Leola * Prayer * Roger's Golden Syrup Pails * Root Beer * Schnaepple * Songs * Stoneboat * Thanksgiving * Threshing * Washing * Weddings * A Wedding Celebration * Witchcraft                Hein. Genealogy            Remmick    Borodino/Bess.Site    Hubert                     Schweikert Genealogy