End of the Line: Gottlieb Sayler
The End of the Line: Gottlieb Sayler At a recent South Eastern Colorado Genealogical Society meeting, I suggested that we make an effort to remember and document our…
The German-Russians are Coming
The German-Russians are Coming By: Larry W. Kleingartner “The Germans from Russia are coming to Bismarck’.  One hundred years ago, during the paranoia of WWI, this headline may have scared…
Got Kuchen?
By Susie Wickman at Genealogy Journey Got Kuchen? I’ve been asked for my mother’s Kuchen recipe. Kuchen is the German word for cake. But it is not cake as I…
German-Russians in the Holocaust
By Susie Wickman at Genealogy Journey German-Russians: their terrible ordeal in the Holocaust When my sister and I attended the Germans from Russia Heritage Society 2016 convention, we attended a…
Making Red Borscht
Making Red Borscht from guest writer Sheryl Sayler Wie geht’s! (vee gates) This is a common German greeting we heard at our recent attendance of the GRHS (German from Russia…
Sod Houses & Furnishings
Sod Houses & Furnishings I have not yet found a way to prove it, but the family story is, that my Great-Grandfather, Jacob Sayler, a homesteader, built a sod house…