Most of the German language Newspapers that were available in the Dakotas, have been filmed and are available at the State Archives in Bismarck.*** I recommend a visit... Either personally or via the web.*** Articles can be searched for by the staff there, at a fairly reasonable fee,,, or of course U can go and have some fun yourself. Keep in mind that the originals ARE in German, and generally in the old script. We have about 800 such letters, and are busy translating. I would like to go for another visit! But there are other things that need seeing to as well. Are U familiar with the history books that have been published for the various towns around the prairies? There is SAHLI info in them thar books too,,, JM PS from another letter <1911> we read that Theophil Sahli writes: "We always read with pleasure the news from the old homeland. Ed. Wirth perhaps hears from me often on writing about Wolhof and also to not forget to mention in his next letter whether my uncle, Jos. Kreital is also in Wolhof." *** For more information on their collections please logon to the web site at http://discoverND.com/hist and then click on the "Archives and Library" section or contact them with any questions you might have. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Sahli To: JM_on_GR_G Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [GERmanRUSsian] SAHLI obit of sorts What a neat tidbit... thanks a lot. This is good historical and personal information. It appears you have access to some old archives that are bringing yesterdays treasures to light. Regards, John Sahli http://home.att.net/~johnsahli/index.html JM_on_GR_G wrote: How is this one? Not a "standard" obit, but a letter written to the paper : Bismarck, ND: Der Staats-Anzeiger; May 1914 Theophil Sahli writes: Hosmer, South Dakota, May 11, 1914 I would like to take up a few lines of the this paper so that my relatives in Russia and Canada can learn that my dear mother, wife of Siegfried Sahli passed away on the 2nd of May this year in Aberdeen, SD. The deceased was born in the year 1849 in South Russia and emigrated to the United States in 1889 from Russia. She reached the age of 65 years and 24 days. She had lived for the past 13 months in Aberdeen, SD, where she also departed from this life. She leaves behind her 66 year old husband, my father Siegfried Sahli, 5 sons and 1 daughter. Four of the sons are married and one son, 18 years old, is still single. The daughter is married also, to Peter Buckmeier. She also leaves 20 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. Of the brothers and sisters she leaves one brother Joseph Kreitel and one sister Marianna, married to Jakob Eberle. 3 brothers and 3 sisters preceded the deceased in death. May eternal light shine upon her and may she rest in peace! ----- Original Message ----- From: John Sahli To: JM_on_GR_G Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 2:15 AM Subject: Re: Gauer to SAHLI Thanks for this interesting snippet. Now I'll be trying to figure out more about it. John Sahli JM_on_GR_G wrote: John i thought U might appreciate the following snippet i found in a letter: ""Valentin Mack did indeed arrive in Vibank, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the home of his brother-in-law, Georg Sahli. I received a letter from him saying that he brought four neckerchiefs for my wife and daughter as a present from my brother-in-law Alois Mack. "" The letter was written in April 1914 by Jos. Gauer from Craven, South Dakota ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== Any virus infected e-mail via [claiming to be from] a Rootsweb.com list is FORGED.