Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1 – Spring 2017

On the cover: A wedding portrait of Herbert and Leontina (Bohrer) Schramm accompanies “A Family Tree of Roses” by Darrell Schramm. Other articles: “The Schmidt Family Letters Part III: Years of War, 1914-1918” by Jody Burke; “After Collectivization: How Stalin’s Agricultural Policies Affected German Farming Settlements” by Ulrich Merten; “Wilhelm ‘Columbus’ Hieb and His Role in the Third Migration of German-Russians” by Pam Atherstone; “Using Russian and German Records to Research Your Family Back to Germany” by David F. Schmidt