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2008/01/27 00:05:27 Gary Johnson Re: [OL] German heritage in America |
Datum | 2008/01/27 02:55:20 GERALD and VERNEDA GERDES [OL] Rodewald |
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2008/01/26 21:46:16 Frank Hellmann [OL] Prisoner Of War Camps |
Betreff | 2008/01/28 11:23:32 Carel Paradies [OL] reasons for emigration out of Oldenburg ca. 1850 |
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2008/01/26 02:01:23 khreed Re: [OL] German heritage in America |
Autor | 2008/01/19 20:43:02 Kirsch Re: [OL] Danish War with France, 1679 |
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Date: 2008/01/27 00:35:46
From: khreed <khreed(a)cinci.rr.com>
Frank, Are you aware of the Hellmann website run by Steve Hellmann in northern KY? A lot of Hellmanns from that area came here. I'm sure Steve will jump on and tell you about his site if you are interested. Kathy Hellmann Reed ---- Frank Hellmann <frank22(a)mac.com> wrote: > Hello, > A lot of mail this past two weeks has been about German towns in the > United States and in Germany and both before and after World War 2. > I wonder now if there may listers that recall, like I do, the POW > Camps in the U.S. We lived on a farm about seven miles from one in > Wisconsin. During the time to harvest the pea crop the canning factory > had POW's help with the farm labor so we had some at our farm for > several days. Both of my grandfathers were born in Germany. > (Steinfeld, Oldenburg and Pickliessem, Rheinland-Pfalz) I was too > young to know why we couldn't understand them but my mom and dad and > my grandparents sure could. I wonder now if maybe they could have been > from the same area. I know there were other country's soldiers in > camps also but the ones we had were Germans. Anyone that knows of a > website or can share any information please do. > > Thanks, > Frank Hellmann > Oldenburg-L mailing list > Oldenburg-L(a)genealogy.net > http://list.genealogy.net/mailman/listinfo/oldenburg-l