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What would you ask

So my husband and I were discussing dreams and the question came up if you had like an hour with one in your family member to talk to them again- who is it and what would you ask? Loaded question to a genealogist right: do you break your wall or do you confirm facts or do ask what is was really like? I mean documents and stories can only take you so far- what would you ask? Documents can help but only go so far… this Christmas, an amazing translator and friend of mine found a record for me buried in her work that was an adoption record from Pre 1770 For Andreas- the Infamous Senger who started 4 lines of Sengers world wide- score for a new wall. Do you break this? Or do you ask a more recent relative- how they kept that secret you found buried and was told to rebury that you want confirm?Asking about still births or failed marriages or the child kept from acceptance. Stories from family become a hard conversation especially if the story is biased from the living or it is as awkward ...
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What would you ask

So my husband and I were discussing dreams and the question came up if you had like an hour with one in your family member to talk to them again- who is it and what would you ask? Loaded question to a genealogist right: do you break your wall or do you confirm facts or do ask what is was really like? I mean documents and stories can only take you so far- what would you ask? Documents can help but only go so far… this Christmas, an amazing translator and friend of mine found a record for me buried in her work that was an adoption record from Pre 1770 For Andreas- the Infamous Senger who started 4 lines of Sengers world wide- score for a new wall. Do you break this? Or do you ask a more recent relative- how they kept that secret you found buried and was told to rebury that you want confirm?Asking about still births or failed marriages or the child kept from acceptance. Stories from family become a hard conversation especially if the story is biased from the living or it is as awkward ...
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Our Celebration

Let’s​ ​Celebrate​ ​The​ ​Germans’​ ​Arrival​ ​in​ ​Russia​ ​250​ ​Years​ ​Ago 250 years ago the Germans started to arrive in Russia as part of the invitation by Catherine the Great of Russia to colonize the Steppes. German Russian Albertans will be celebrating their arrival to Canada over 100 years ago! The historical Hope Church built in 1912 by local Volga Germans primarily from the Norka Russian colony stands beside our venue: The​ ​Hope​ ​Christian​ ​Reformed​ ​Church The​ ​corner​ ​of​ ​ ​Yellowhead​ ​Highway​ ​16 West​ ​&​ ​ ​Secondary​ ​Highway​ ​779​ ​(5th Meridian)​ ​Approximately:...
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Diving into Genealogy from great sources

NDSU Library Ancestry Edmonton Public Library
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Connections that maybe helpful

Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta http://mennonitehistory.org/ German Canadian Cultural Association http://gcca.ca/ Alberta Family Histories Society http://afhs.ab.ca/aboutus/ La Société généalogique du Nord-Ouest http://www.sgno.ca/contactez-nous
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Connections to Sister Groups

American Historical Society of Germans From Russia Edmonton http://www.ahsgr.org/ Alberta Genealogy Society Edmonton Branch http://www.agsedm.edmonton.ab.ca/ http://www.abgenealogy.ca/ Historical Society of Germans from Poland and Volhynia http://hsgpv.com/ Germans From Russia Heritage Society http://www.grhs.org/
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