I am trying to find info re: Peter and Catherine (nee Biel) Wittman. I don't know what village they came from in Russia. This is what I do know about them: Peter was born in Russia abt. 1853 & died in Leoti, KS on 3 Apr 1936. He is buried in an unmarked grave in the Marienthal cemetery. Catherine was born in Russia 4 Jul 1855. She died 25 Jul 1924 in Leoti, KS & is also buried in an unmarked grave in the Marienthal cemetery. Her parents were Jakob Biel and Maria Storm. Peter & Catherine came to Victoria, KS on 3 Aug 1876, along with their daughter, Anna (my great-grandmother). Anna was born 19 Apr 1879 in Russia. She married John Schupman (alt. sp. Schuckman) on 24 Sep 1904. She died 25 Nov 1947 in LaCrosse, KS. Peter & Catherine's other children, from what I have gleaned from U.S. Federal Census records, were: Peter, b. abt. 1886 Heinrich, b. 23 Oct 1888 John, b. abt. 1890 Joseph, b. 28 Jul 1892 Maria, b. abt. 1893 Conrad, b. abt. 1895 Katherine, b. abt. 1898 Abraham, b. abt 1899 -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

I don't know about a Pleve chart, but I was at the Hays (KS) Public Library yesterday and found a lot of information on Werths...not much on my Werth family, but still a lot...I think most of them settled in the Schoenchen community in Kansas... Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net ---- Charlene Droste <Charlene.Droste@lmh.org> wrote: ============= Does anyone know if there is a Werth chart completed by Pleve? Thank you to all of you for your help. Charlene.F. Droste, MBA Librarian/CME Coordinator, Lawrence Memorial Hospital 324 Maine Lawrence, KS charlene.droste@lmh.org "The more you know, the better you heal" Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

The list of surname charts on the AHSGR web site includes information on charts where someone has personally sent the information to AHSGR. In other words, Dr. Pleve's liason in this country does not pass on information. So if the person receiving the chart doesn't have email and someone doesn't notify AHSGR for them, or doesn't choose to notify AHSGR, the chart info isn't on the list. Gary On 10 Aug 2007 at 10:42, Charlene Droste wrote: > I have checked the site and not found the name. Is it possible that > someone had one made and has kept it for personnel use only? > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > > > From: gpmartens@sbcglobal.net [mailto:gpmartens@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:35 AM > To: Charlene Droste; ger-volga@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GV] Help > > > The list of surname charts completed is here: > http://www.ahsgr.org/surname_charts.htm > > Click on the icon for the surname your looking for, and look through the > list. > > Gary Martens > > > On 10 Aug 2007 at 8:56, Charlene Droste wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there is a Werth chart completed by Pleve? Thank > > you to all of you for your help. > > > > Charlene.F. Droste, MBA > > Librarian/CME Coordinator, Lawrence Memorial Hospital > > 324 Maine Lawrence, KS > > charlene.droste@lmh.org > > > > > > "The more you know, the better you heal" > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Fred Koch's book, The Volga Germans, has an interesting section on the crops grown in the colonies. He writes that sugar beets were grown to meet domestic needs. The settlers processed them into a syrup that served as a sweetner for many cooking purposes. A sugar beet factory was established at Anton on the Bergseite, reportedly as early as 1815, and operated on a commercial scale for sixty years, according to Koch. It would be no surprise to me if the introduction of sugar beets in this country were traced back to the Volga Germans. Koch reports that they also grew wheat, rye, millet, barley, oats and sunflowers. He says that tobacco culture expanced tremendously for fifty years starting in 1830. Orchards were also established, including apples, cherries, wild pears and other fruits. Not many on the list are too young to remember grandma's Schnitzsuppe. My grandfather must have brought some of the sunflower seeds over, because I remember his sunflower garden. They made their own brew, including beer, whiskey and vodka. My aunt tells the story of when my grandmother was cooking the grain for a batch of whiskey. The minister came calling while it was cooking and asked what the smell was. Grandma told him she was cooking some grain for the hogs. Marven Weitzel On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:56:40 -0500 "Ward R Richter" <druquest@earthlink.net> writes: > All > > This listing reminded me that it would be interesting to hear what > crops > were grown back in Russia, especially the more unusual ones. My > family came > from Schulz and in addition to the usual grains, vegetables, > watermellons > and hay, they grew tobacco which was sold to American tobacco > companies. My > father drew a picture of their compound with house, barns and two > tobacco > sheds. How widespread was tobacco as a crop in other villages? > > Ward R Richter > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Dennis L. Sewald > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:13 PM > To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GV] Question on GV crops > > I was told, but don't know if this is true or not. Is it true the > GV > brought with them sugar beets and winter wheat from Russia? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dennis Sewald > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

The original GR Mennonite settlers in Kansas brought the winter wheat from Russia. Gary Martens On 10 Aug 2007 at 13:13, Dennis L. Sewald wrote: > I was told, but don't know if this is true or not. Is it true the GV > brought with them sugar beets and winter wheat from Russia? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dennis Sewald > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All This listing reminded me that it would be interesting to hear what crops were grown back in Russia, especially the more unusual ones. My family came from Schulz and in addition to the usual grains, vegetables, watermellons and hay, they grew tobacco which was sold to American tobacco companies. My father drew a picture of their compound with house, barns and two tobacco sheds. How widespread was tobacco as a crop in other villages? Ward R Richter -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dennis L. Sewald Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:13 PM To: ger-volga@rootsweb.com Subject: [GV] Question on GV crops I was told, but don't know if this is true or not. Is it true the GV brought with them sugar beets and winter wheat from Russia? Thanks, Dennis Sewald ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I was told, but don't know if this is true or not. Is it true the GV brought with them sugar beets and winter wheat from Russia? Thanks, Dennis Sewald

Charlene, You can also check the American Historical Society Germans from Russia (AHSGR) web site which has links to surname and village charts in order. The lists will indicate how you can go about obtaining any on the list. Don Loose Warren, Mich. AHSGR Life Member On Aug 10, 2007, at 9:56 AM, Charlene Droste wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a Werth chart completed by Pleve? > Thank you > to all of you for your help. > > Charlene.F. Droste, MBA > Librarian/CME Coordinator, Lawrence Memorial Hospital > 324 Maine Lawrence, KS > charlene.droste@lmh.org > > > "The more you know, the better you heal" > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

hugh lichtenwald <chief29105@yahoo.com> wrote: Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:17:17 -0700 (PDT) From: hugh lichtenwald <chief29105@yahoo.com> Subject: Meisner in Nebraska To: ger-volga-l-request@rootsweb.com Hallo List: In 1911 Fridrich Meisner (Fred) a widower b. July 15, 1877 entered the US at Boston with some other Meisners who were relations but just exactly what the relationship was is unclear. He had in tow his mother (?) Ekatharina 73, and some women....Anna either 36 or 17 yrs of age, single; Amalie 11, and Pauline 4. Their nearest relative back home is a J. Meisner who is listed as a cousin to Fred and nephew to Ekatharina and (this is really confusing....as Uncle to the remaining women). They indicate on the manifest that they are from Grimm. 1920 finds them in York, NE where Fred works as a tailor in his own shop. He is now married to Margaret (which might be the above mentin Anna) and has 3 children with her: Lydia 9, Marie 6 and John 4 4/12. Also listed in the census is Pauline now 14. Whoever gave the census taker the infomation told him/her that they were from Norka. This makes me think that perhaps Fred's wife Margaret was at home and gave the info and that she was originally from Norka.....dunno. 1930 finds Fred still in York and still working as a tailor. Wife is the same Margaret, children: Lydia 18, John 14, and Marie 16 married to Frank Byrnes 20. There is also a granddaughter Betty Jean Weber 7. I have to assume that Betty Jean is the child of Amalie and an unknown Weber...dunno. This family is a puzzlement...I can find no more information on them...................... Hugh Lichtenwald, from the farm in Monetta, SC working on Meisner/Meissner/Misner from Grimm for an acquaintance

The list of surname charts completed is here: http://www.ahsgr.org/surname_charts.htm Click on the icon for the surname your looking for, and look through the list. Gary Martens On 10 Aug 2007 at 8:56, Charlene Droste wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a Werth chart completed by Pleve? Thank you > to all of you for your help. > > Charlene.F. Droste, MBA > Librarian/CME Coordinator, Lawrence Memorial Hospital > 324 Maine Lawrence, KS > charlene.droste@lmh.org > > > "The more you know, the better you heal" > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello all, I have been off line for some time, and find the sayings and beet field info interesting, in that two of my older sisters were born in Sugar City. My parents, grandparents and aunt & uncle worked the beet fields. It was back breaking, hard work. My mother told how she was hoeing a row of beets, felt labor cramps come on, and since she was just a few weeks pregnant, went to the outhouse, where she aborted a miscarriage. She cleaned herself up and went right back to the field. It's a wonder more of these women didn't die a lot younger than they did. The question about alzheimers. I would also like to know the outcome of that study, since I have three first cousins who died of Alzheimers, and now have both a brother and sister who are afflicted with it. We are first generation US. Suzanne, VC for Eckheim J Welch <jwelch3@verizon.net> wrote: Dennis, My story is probably a sad one about sugar beets. I was born in Platteville, Colorado and grew up in that sugar beet country because my dad was a farmer. My mother along with her 9 brothers and sisters all had to work the "beet fields" from Nebraska to Sugar City to the Greeley area during their growing up years. Those were not pleasant memories for her. As she aged and dementia began to set in I watched her regress back into childhood and beyond. One of the saddest parts of it was hearing her over and over reliving those hot, miserable days in the "beet fields" and how hard the work was. She would tell anyone that crossed her path about the hard work. It was almost a blessing when she finally regressed beyond the beet fields". My dad's sister did about the same thing. This brings me to a question for the list. Years ago I seem to recall hearing that a study had been done about Alzheimer's (dementia) with the Germans from Russia. The villages of Walter and Frank had an unusually high ratio of it as I recall. Any one have any more information about this? Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis L. Sewald" To: Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: [GV] Beet topping season > Hello all; > > Just came back from a trip to Greeley, Colorado to pick-up some our great > farm grown Colorado produce with my Mom. Being raised in Brighton, > Colorado > on a farm they raised sugar beets. During the drive Mom reminisced about > her adventures working in the fields topping beets with her brothers and > sisters. Guess it was pretty hard work all hand labour working in the hot > sun. Anyone out there have some good ol' sugar beet topping stories? > > > > Dennis Sewald > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.11/944 - Release Date: 8/9/2007 > 2:44 PM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.

Does anyone know if there is a Werth chart completed by Pleve? Thank you to all of you for your help. Charlene.F. Droste, MBA Librarian/CME Coordinator, Lawrence Memorial Hospital 324 Maine Lawrence, KS charlene.droste@lmh.org "The more you know, the better you heal" Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.

I am a few years younger than those of you who actually worked in the beet fields. My father and his family had worked beets and after my father was married he became a share cropper. We grew sugar beets and had migrant Mexican labor who worked them in the early 40s. The German-Russians by that time had prospered and owned their own farms and new families were not immigrating anymore. The Michigan Sugar Company arranged to have migrant labor and we provided a house for them to live in while they were there. They arrived in the spring and did the blocking and thinning of the beets then the hoeing. During the summer they would also hoe and pick cucumbers for other farmers and in the fall top and pile the beets. We also had dairy cattle and my brother and I would have to load the beet tops on a trailer and take them out in the pasture for the cattle so the tops didn't go to waste. We lifted the beets with a 1 row lifter pulled by an A Farmall which I would drive while my dad handled the lifter. We hauled the beets to a piling station about 1-1/2 miles from the field at a railroad siding which then took the beets to a processing facility. Sugar beets need to be handled carefully when piled as then can start to heat and then rot. A series of air tunnels made with 55 gallon barrels were put under the piles of stored beets and air forced in the tunnels to keep them cool. Today they have a more sophisticated system of keeping them cool. The next phase of the sugar beet industry changed. By then, the early 50s, my father had bought his own farm and continued to share crop also. We bought a 1 row beet harvester which was financed through Michigan Sugar Co. We were paid $20 an acre to harvest beets which we did in about a 20 mile radius of our farm. We got half and the other half went to pay off the beet harvester. In a long day, even having to milk cows twice a day, we could harvest 8 acres of beets which at that time, late 40s early 50s, was a lot of beets compared to the old way. Michigan Sugar had sugar plants in Bay City, Sebewaing, Caro, and Croswell at that time. For an interesting look at early history of the sugar beet industry in Michigan take a look at: http://www.michigansugar.com/about/history.php Dick Schmidt Greenville, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank jacobs" <fjacobs@cox.net> To: "frank jacobs" <fjacobs@cox.net>; "List" <Ger-Volga-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:04 AM Subject: [GV] beet field history > Enclosed are a series of Topeka newspaper articles of the beet field > migrations of 1906 and 1907. > They glorify the economic gains but miss the tale of hard labor and human > toil. I found them interesting enough to > retype them for the list. enjoy. > Frank Jacobs > > > Several of the Russians who have been working in the sugar beet fields at > Sterling, Col. returned to North Topeka yesterday, > and have reopened their homes in Little Russia and gone to housekeeping. > They say that their venture proved to be very lucrative to them. > The Topeka State Journal Dec 14, 1906 > > > The Russians who have during the summer , been working in the sugar beet > country, are returning home by the car loads. > This week two coach loads ot them arrived from the west and one car load > of household goods. These people lived in the > vinegar works neighborhood and in Little Russia and left the train on > Curtis street. Topeka State Journal Dec 21, 1906 > > > The United States Land and Sugar Beet Company have arranged wiith Charles > Gerteisen, agent for the > Santa Fe, to place two coaches and one baggage carat the Santa Fe Junction > depot at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning > to accommodate about 150 Russian adults and children and their baggage, > who will leave at noon via the Santa Fe > for Garden City to work in the sugar beet fields. The Sugar Beet Company > pays the expenses. These same Russians > cleared and brought home last year all the way from $300 to $900 per > family and they expect to do as well this > season. The Topeka State Journal April 23, 1907 > > > Charles Gerteisen, agent for the Santa Fe Junction depot, received word > yesterday from the United States Land and Beet Sugar Company at > Garden City, Kansas., that they would arrange to ship 100 more Russians > from North Topeka to Garden City at once. > > > The United States Sugar beet Company of Garden City have arranged with > Charles Gerteisen, agent for the > Santa Fe to have one coach and one baggage car placed at the Santa Fe > Junction depot to take some more > Russians and their effects to Garden City Tuesday afternoon. > The Topeka State Journal May 27, 1907 > > A coach load of Russians and a baggage car of their effects left today for > the sugar beet fields. > J. Statler has charge of the party. Mr. Statler rented his property and > taken his family to the > sugar beet country for the summer. May 1907 > > Adam Degand and George Desch left last night for Sterling, Colorado, to > work in the sugar beet fields there. > The Great Western Sugar Beet Co. at Sterling, Colo., will advise Charles > Gerteisen agent here, in a day or two > as to whether they will need any more laborers or not. If they do there > will be several families more to go. > They get $20 an acre to cultivate the sugar beets. Some families take > care of as much as 60 acres. > This would be $1,200 earned and they can live from May until October when > they return for less than $300, this enables them to bring home about > $1,000 per family. The Great Western Sugar Beet Co. at Sterling, Colo., > has nearly 10,000 acres > in sugar beets this season while the United States Land & Sugar Beet Co. > at Garden city has about 12,000 in sugar > beets this season. The Topeka State Journal May 6, 2007 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.10/943 - Release Date: 8/8/2007 > 5:38 PM > >

Hi Does anybody know if there exist a Boxhorn Descendent Chart or Ancestor Chart? Does one of you maybe have some information in your family trees about Boxhorn from Paulskoye (Saratov area) between 1860 and 1910 ?Would be very happy to hear back from someone. Thanks Have a great day Alex Boxhorn _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

Enclosed are a series of Topeka newspaper articles of the beet field migrations of 1906 and 1907. They glorify the economic gains but miss the tale of hard labor and human toil. I found them interesting enough to retype them for the list. enjoy. Frank Jacobs Several of the Russians who have been working in the sugar beet fields at Sterling, Col. returned to North Topeka yesterday, and have reopened their homes in Little Russia and gone to housekeeping. They say that their venture proved to be very lucrative to them. The Topeka State Journal Dec 14, 1906 The Russians who have during the summer , been working in the sugar beet country, are returning home by the car loads. This week two coach loads ot them arrived from the west and one car load of household goods. These people lived in the vinegar works neighborhood and in Little Russia and left the train on Curtis street. Topeka State Journal Dec 21, 1906 The United States Land and Sugar Beet Company have arranged wiith Charles Gerteisen, agent for the Santa Fe, to place two coaches and one baggage carat the Santa Fe Junction depot at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning to accommodate about 150 Russian adults and children and their baggage, who will leave at noon via the Santa Fe for Garden City to work in the sugar beet fields. The Sugar Beet Company pays the expenses. These same Russians cleared and brought home last year all the way from $300 to $900 per family and they expect to do as well this season. The Topeka State Journal April 23, 1907 Charles Gerteisen, agent for the Santa Fe Junction depot, received word yesterday from the United States Land and Beet Sugar Company at Garden City, Kansas., that they would arrange to ship 100 more Russians from North Topeka to Garden City at once. The United States Sugar beet Company of Garden City have arranged with Charles Gerteisen, agent for the Santa Fe to have one coach and one baggage car placed at the Santa Fe Junction depot to take some more Russians and their effects to Garden City Tuesday afternoon. The Topeka State Journal May 27, 1907 A coach load of Russians and a baggage car of their effects left today for the sugar beet fields. J. Statler has charge of the party. Mr. Statler rented his property and taken his family to the sugar beet country for the summer. May 1907 Adam Degand and George Desch left last night for Sterling, Colorado, to work in the sugar beet fields there. The Great Western Sugar Beet Co. at Sterling, Colo., will advise Charles Gerteisen agent here, in a day or two as to whether they will need any more laborers or not. If they do there will be several families more to go. They get $20 an acre to cultivate the sugar beets. Some families take care of as much as 60 acres. This would be $1,200 earned and they can live from May until October when they return for less than $300, this enables them to bring home about $1,000 per family. The Great Western Sugar Beet Co. at Sterling, Colo., has nearly 10,000 acres in sugar beets this season while the United States Land & Sugar Beet Co. at Garden city has about 12,000 in sugar beets this season. The Topeka State Journal May 6, 2007

Sugar beets----Blah, I hate sugar to this day. I think the minute I started to crawl I was put in the fields to thin beets, then weed, then hoe them darn beets. My older brother did the pulling with a team of horses then the rest of us would pick them up, bang them together to shake off the dirt then throw them into rows on each side a path about 6ft wide made by one of us with a team of horses and an "A". Then they were topped and put in piles. We would then fork them onto a truck and haul them to the factory. I was just ten when I drove a load of beets to the factory myself for the first time. Na, it was fun, that's why when I was 14 my parents moved to town and dad wanted to give my one brother and I the farm. We declined and I am not sorry for that at all. I'm 76 now and retired very early but still work on something every day, all day. My day starts at 4:00am and ends at 11:00 pm So starting to work at an early age and growing up on a farm did not hurt me but I wished I could have participated in a few kid things. Yes it was a tough life, damn tough, hotter than hell in the summer, freezing in the winter, thats why I moved to southern Cal. I cannot tell all the hurts as I have forgotten most of them, but one does not recognize them at the time because it is the normal, but later in life is not so good. Kenny

She also strikes up conversations with total strangers and shares personal information, i.e. divorces, remarriages, family deaths, etc. ---- smcginness1@cox.net wrote: ============= My aunt just turned 60. She is very argumentative, forgets things and then blames someone else for her forgetfulness, and frequently repeats herself during conversations. Someone please tell me that these are NOT possibly early signs of dementia... Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net ---- gpmartens@sbcglobal.net wrote: ============= University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb/ Research Project 2: The goal of this project is to identify genes that modify age of onset of AD. Aims are to identify chromosomal regions containing genes that modify age-of-onset of PSEN2 mutation carriers (Volga German kindreds with the N141I mutation); identify chromosomal regions containing genes modifying age-of-onset in (PSEN1) mutation carriers; and characterize the relationship between APOE haplotypes and familial AD in the presence of other covariates. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

My aunt just turned 60. She is very argumentative, forgets things and then blames someone else for her forgetfulness, and frequently repeats herself during conversations. Someone please tell me that these are NOT possibly early signs of dementia... Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net ---- gpmartens@sbcglobal.net wrote: ============= University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb/ Research Project 2: The goal of this project is to identify genes that modify age of onset of AD. Aims are to identify chromosomal regions containing genes that modify age-of-onset of PSEN2 mutation carriers (Volga German kindreds with the N141I mutation); identify chromosomal regions containing genes modifying age-of-onset in (PSEN1) mutation carriers; and characterize the relationship between APOE haplotypes and familial AD in the presence of other covariates. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Have a great day :-) Sharon McGinness smcginness1@cox.net

Reporter Herald Loveland , Colorado 08-09-2007 Richard L. “Rich” FRANK *FRANK*, Richard L. “Rich” , 72, of Fall City, Ore., formerly of Loveland. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Loveland Burial Park. Publish date: 8/4/2007 *Richard L. “Rich” FRANK* of Falls City, Ore., passed away at his home Aug. 2, 2007, at the age of 72. Richard was born in Loveland, Colo., to Jacob and Molly Frank. He graduated from Loveland High School in 1953. In May of 1971, he married Joyce Wood. Rich worked for Loveland Poultry for many years starting when he was still in school. He worked for Kodak Colorado and retired after 17 years in 1991. He then worked at Sam’s Club in Loveland until he and Joyce moved to Falls City, Ore., in 1995. He worked for Laidlaw Transit Inc. for six years where he drove the school bus at Falls City. He always enjoyed his “School bus kids.” He was a lifetime member of Good Sam Club and an energetic and enthusiastic member of the local chapter “Polk about Sams” in which he held office for several years. He was an assistant director of the state of Oregon Good Sam organization and enjoyed meeting new people and working with the other officers. Richard enjoyed watching the numerous wild animals from his front deck at his home and especially looked forward to the new baby deer every spring. He always wanted to live in the country and enjoy the wild animals. He has been able to do this for the past 12 years. He made many things with his woodworking for friends and family, and always enjoyed the time spent in his workshop. Richard is survived by his wife of 37 years, Joyce. He is also survived by daughter Ellen Frank; son Curtis Frank; stepdaughter Jessica Hopkins; two stepsons, David Wood and Paul Wood; four granddaughters and three grandsons; and sister Elvera Findley. He also leaves behind two very special friends, Ray and Loretta Phillips, and his beloved faithful companion “Gus.” He was preceded in death by his parents, stepson Alan Wood and brother Robert Frank. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Loveland Burial Park. Please view the online obituary, send condolences and sign the family guest book at www .allnutt.com.

Adamson Funeral Home Greeley, Colorado 08-09-2007 In Loving Memory * Dale Robert Oster* 9/6/1944 - 8/8/2007 *Dale Robert Oster* September 6, 1944 -- August 8, 2007 *Age: *61 *Residence:* Greeley, Colorado *Tribute:* Dale R. Oster was born in Oklahoma City, OK to Lewis Jacob and Hazel Mildred (Ginther) Oster. Mr. Oster attended Greeley Central High School and served in the US Army form 1963-1966 and was stationed in Germany. On November 17, 1968, he married Dorthy Jean Leffler in Windsor, CO. Mr. Oster worked for LJ Oster Construction, Windsor Packing Company, Norden & Sons, Mountain Aggregates, Rose Exterminating, Harsh Hydraulics, Farr Feeders and Duran Excavating. He loved camping and fishing and loved being in the mountains whenever possible. Mr. Oster enjoyed tinkering in the garage and adding to his extensive collection of tools. He spent a lot of time with his daughters and grandchildren and loved them dearly. Mr. Oster died Wednesday August 8, 2007 at Hospice and Palliative Care at North Colorado Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer for the last two years. * **Survivors: *His wife, Dorthy Oster of Greeley; two daughters, Tami Haruf and husband Marc of Yuma, CO, Robin Oster of Greeley; three grandchildren, Mollie, Trevor, and Jake Haruf; four brothers, Allen Oster and wife Betty of Greeley, Mark Oster and wife Bonnie of Greeley, Terry Oster of Greeley, and Bruce Oster and wife Rena of Lochbuie; three sisters, Carol Watson and husband David of Milliken, Audrey Oster of Greeley, Linda Burke and husband Bill of Crawfordsville, IN. He is also survived by several nieces, nephews, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, and special longtime friends Bob and Carolyn Welter Family and Bob and the Sherry Kerbel Family. *Preceded in death by: *parents, Lewis and Hazel Oster, in laws, Herman and Esther Leffler and his grandparents. *Memorial Service: *11:00 a.m. Monday August 13, 2007 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Greeley. Note: Memorial Contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado and/or Cancer Society of America c/o Adamson Funeral & Cremation Services 2000 47^th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634. Condolences may be written to the family at www.adamsonchapels.com <http://www.adamsonchapels.com/>