Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4 – Winter 2016

On the cover: The inside of the Neudorf Lutheran Church, built by German colonists with blue borders and a high steeple. The image accompanies “Cherries from Neudorf,” by Justin Ehresman, which was a runner-up in the 2016 AHSGR Storytelling Contest. Other articles: “A Brief History of German Settlements Along the Mid-Tom River in Siberia,” by Vladimir Ivanovich Kosovets; “Mama’s Vegetable Garden,” by Ken Koehler; “Speaking in the Personal,” by Ben Jacques; “The Devil on the Church Door,” by Sandy Schilling Payne; “Too Early You Departed: A Mother’s Journal,” by Blanche Stoller; “Cherries from Neudorf,” by Justin Ehresman; “Memories of Easter and Other Times,” by Anne Stang; “Christmas Far from Home,” by Leo Oks; “German Christmas in Siberia,” by Eugen Bachmann; “DNA and Genealogy: The Cindy Macklin Story,” by Lee Macklin