Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2 – Summer 2004

Cover: Our ancestors traveled from Russia using a variety of conveyances, as well as by foot over long distances, to reach their destinations in the Americas.

Content:

“The Situation of the Germans in the Countries of Middle-East, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe” by Dr. Horst Waffenschmidt

“House Owner List for Election Gatherings-Data from the Village of Grimm in 1889”

“The Memorable Travel Experience of Johann and Julianne (Pflugrath) Flagel” as told to Arthur Flegel by Julianne Flegel

“Tartars, Cossacks, Kalmyks” by Mildred Pelkey

“Gleanings from the Trails–The Mennonites in Kansas Success of the colony in the ‘Vale of Peace’ in the Arkansas Valley: Their habits of life and ideas of civil and military authority” from the Topeka (Kansas) Commonwealth

Book Review–Die Deutschen in der Moskauer Gesellschaft: Symbiose und Konflikte (1494-1941) by Victor Donninghaus