Ostfriesen Genealogical Society of America OGSA PO Box 50919 Mendota, MN 55150 651-269-3580 www.ogsa.us OGSA NEWSLETTER INDEX 1998-2016 Article Title Issue 1717 Flood Map 2005, Issue 1 1757 Kopfschatzungsregister 2010, Issue 3 1806 Maps 2006, Issue 2 1848 Plattdüütsch Children’s Story 2004, Issue 3 1851 / 1852 Kaiser’s (Jann) 1851 Diary, 1852 Letter & Genealogy 2009, Issue 1 1853 Auction 2008, Issue 4 18th Century Church & Marriage Orders 2007, Issue 1 1930 US Federal Census 2002, Issue 2 1940 US Federal Census 2012, issue 2 2012 Conference 2011, Issue 4 2012 Conference Info. 2012, Issue 4 30 Years War 1999 Issue 4 30 Years War I 2006, Issue 3 30 Years War II 2006, Issue 4 30 Years War III 2007, Issue 1 7 Dorfstrasse, Groothusen 2012, Issue 3 A Journey of 76 Days, The Franzen Family 2014, Issue 3 Abbreviations 2005, Issue 2 About Rich Polder Farmers and Poor Moorfolk, by Pastor Hoogstraat 2003, Issue 4 Aerolus Diary 2011, Issue 1 Aida Bella 2008, Issue 3 All-Year Celebration, Ostfriesen Style 2011, Issue 2 American Odyssey 2010, Issue 1 Ammermann Farm 1999, Issue 4 Amt Aurich, Part II 2013, Issue 1 Amt Aurich, Part III 2013, Issue 2 Amt Esens III 2015, Issue 1 Amt Esens, Part I 2014, Issue 3 Amt Esens, Part II 2014, Issue 4 Amt Esens, Part III 2015, Issue 1 Amt Friedeburg 2014, Issue 1 Amt Friedeburg, Part II 2014, Issue 2 Amt Wittmund III 2016, Issue 2 Amtsblatt for Ostfriesland 2012, Issue 4 Ancestral Numbering System 2003, Issue 4 Ancestral Numbering Systems 2008, Issue 2 And Once They Got Here… 2010, Issue 1 Andrea Hits Ostfriesland 2012, issue 2 Andrea Korbunka’s “Tote Punke” 2012, Issue 1 1 Frequently Asked Questions about Ostfriesland and Ostfriesen Genealogy Article Title Issue Angela Merkel in Ostfriesland 2016, Issue 2 Arbeiter Haus 2012, Issue 3 Armenvorsteher, What is a 2008, Issue 2 Art & Culture 2016, Issue 4 Art in Church Records 2013, Issue 3 Artist Henk Helmanel of Westeremden, The Netherlands 2002, Issue 1 Asel Ortssippenbuch Newspaper Article 2004, Issue 3 Asel’s Angel 2006, Issue 2 Attic Letters 2005, Issue 2 Aunt Reka’s Ostfriesland Humor 2016, Issue 2 Aurich Gets the Runaround from Boston 2007, Issue 4 Aurich, A Tour of 2012, Issue 3 Aurich, A Wedding at the Court 2013, Issue 4 Aurich, Amt I 2012, Issue 4 Aurich, Amt II 2013, Issue 1 Aurich, Amt III 2013, Issue 2 Aurich, Amt IV 2013, Issue 3 Aurich, Wedding at the Court in 2013, Issue 4 Aurich’s Historische Museum 2016, Issue 4 Aurich’s Suburbs & Postcards 2016, Issue 2 Auswanderungskonsenses, 1842-1919 2004, Issue 4 Autumn in Hesel 2007, Issue 4 Bagband 2005, Issue 4 Bagband’s Windmill 2006, Issue 1 Balthazar & the Cirksena’s 2005, Issue 4 Baptism Customs 2004, Issue 1 Barns, Ostfriesland’s Great Old 2013, Issue 4 Barstede’s Schatthaus 2008, Issue 3 Beginning Genealogy 2004, Issue 4 Bells of Ayenswolde 2004, Issue 1 Berum, Amt 2007, Issue 4 Bingum (Ancient) 2011, Issue 2 Birth of an Ostfriesian Colony 2012, issue 2 Boatswain’s Pipe 2007, Issue 3 Boing von Oldersum 2003, Issue 4 Bombing of Emden 2005, Issue 2 Bombing of Esens 2008, Issue 4 Books, Sales, Upcoming 2009, Issue 2 Borger Hunebedcentrum Museum 2013, Issue 4 Borßum, Early Living Conditions 2008, Issue 1 Boßeln 2007, Issue 3 Brautpfad 2009, Issue 2 Bread Baking in Ostfriesland 2007, Issue 3 Breaking Through A Brick Wall 2014, Issue 3 Breinermoor 2016, Issue 2 Bremerhaven Deutsches Auswanderungshaus 2006, Issue 1 Bremerhaven Deutsches Auswanderungshaus 2011, Issue 1 Bruhn’s Family from Hinter-Theene 2016, Issue 1 Building a Brick Wall… 2012, Issue 4 Bunde’s Marching Band 2006, Issue 3 © 2016: Ostfriesland Genealogical Society of America 2 Frequently Asked Questions about Ostfriesland and Ostfriesen Genealogy Article Title Issue Calendars & Research 2000, Issue 4 Campen in the Middle Ages 2011, Issue 2 Campen’s Lighthouse 2015, Issue 1 Captain’s Families from Weener 2006, Issue 3 Carnival in Ostfriesland 2001, Issue 2 Carolinensiel’s Shanty Chor 2016, Issue 2 Castastophe of Christmas 1717 2000, Issue 1 Catastrophe of Christmas, 1717 1999, Issue 4 Catharina Estermann 2009, Issue 1 Celebrating May Day 2009, Issue 2 Census Records 1999, Issue 4 Cholera 2016, Issue 2 Christmas Markets 2016, Issue 1 Christmas, Gluhwein 2006, Issue 4 Church Anniversary Books 2011, Issue 4 Church Baptismal Fonts 2015, Issue 4 Church Bells 2002, Issue 1 Church Books 2006, Issue 2 Church of Reepsholt and Neighboring Communities 2004, Issue 2 Church Records 1999, Issue 3 Church Records, Ancient Documents—1306 2011, Issue 4 Church Weathervanes 2002, Issue 3 Cimbria 2007, Issue 4 Cirksena family 2002, Issue 1 Cirksena Harpy’s 2008, Issue 1 Cirksena’s Mausoleum 2015, Issue 3 Citing your Sources 2005, Issue 1 City of Aurich 2002, Issue 4 City of Emden 2008, Issue 2 City of Wittmund I 2015, Issue 2 City of Wittmund II 2015, Issue 3 Civil Records & Privacy Records 2011, Issue 2 Clara City Lutheran Church 2007, Issue 3 Cleaning our Boxes 2006, Issue 4 Cloister, Not One Cloister Survived the Reformation 2009, Issue 2 Cloisters in Ostfriesland 2009, Issue 4 Coastal Railroad 2007, Issue 3 Coins 1998, Issue 2 Coins 2000, Issue 2 Coins 2008, Issue 3 Cold Case File 2005, Issue 3 Coldewehr 2006, Issue 3 Collin Family 2016, Issue 1 Computer Data Backups 2002, Issue 3 Consecration Crosses 2013, Issue 3 Controlling Water Levels 2016, Issue 3 Count Johann the Elder 2002, Issue 2 Courthouse Finds 2010, Issue 2 Cousins 2005, Issue 4 Crab Cutters of Greetsiel 2012, Issue 3 © 2016: Ostfriesland Genealogical Society of America 3 Frequently Asked Questions about Ostfriesland and Ostfriesen Genealogy Article Title Issue Creating and Sharing Holiday Customs 2002, Issue 4 Crusader Hospital Reconstructed in Jerusalem 2013, Issue 4 Customs of Ostfriesland 2001, Issue 3 Das Gretmer Amt 2010, Issue 4 David and Johannes Fabricius 2002, Issue 4 Death & Funeral of a Worthy Emden Man 2014, Issue 4 Death by Burning at the Stake 2004, Issue 1 Death, Disease & Deliverance 2009, Issue 4 Delft Blue Porcelain—from Loquard 2012, Issue 3 Der Stadt Friedhof 2006, Issue 4 Destruction of Ems River’s Railroad Bridge 2016, Issue 2 Diary of Teetje Mennenga of Manslagt 2010, Issue 1 Diele Redoubts 2006, Issue 2 Digital Camera Usage 2004, Issue 2 Digital Scrapbooking 2008, Issue 1 Dilly, Caspar, Der Silhouetteur 2006, Issue 3 Dit un Dat, Miscellaneous News 2010, Issue 1 Dit und Dat 2012, issue 2 Dit und Dat 2016, Issue 3 Ditzum Bruhn’s Families 2016, Issue 1 DNA 2010, Issue 4 DNA - Dealing with the Family Genes, What’s New 2010, Issue 4 DNA—Case Study & Testing 2009, Issue 4 Dollart 2005, Issue 3 Dorfschiffer Tale 2002, Issue 3 Dornum, Herrlichkeiten I 2016, Issue 4 Dornum’s Boch Mill 2014, Issue 2 Down on the Farm 1999, Issue 1 Drinking Water in Old Ostfriesland 2004, Issue 4 Ducal Edict in Church Records 2013, Issue 2 Duke & The Sea Beggars 2009, Issue 3 Duke & The Sea Beggars 2009, Issue 4 Dutch Genealogy Terms 2005, Issue 3 E. Friesland Presbyterian Church, Ackley, IA 2015, Issue 2 Early Living Conditions in the Rheiderland 2005, Issue 4 Early Low German Bibles 2007, Issue 4 Early Midlum History 2010, Issue 3 Early Settlers In & Near German Valley 2005, Issue 1 East Central Illinois Libraries 2015, Issue 2 East Frisian Book 1999, Issue 1 East Frisian Islands 2006, Issue 2 East Frisian Landrecht 2005, Issue 2 East Frisian Names 2007, Issue 1 East Frisian Names 2011, Issue 2 Easter Fires & Other Easter Traditions 2001, Issue 2 Easter in Werdum 2016, Issue 3 Ede Klaassen Kriennnnns & Martje Jasters Buurma 2008, Issue 4 Edewecht Memorial Cemetery 2007, Issue 2 Effects of Epidemics 2012, Issue 4 Einmal ist nicht genug 2016, Issue 3 © 2016: Ostfriesland Genealogical Society of America 4 Frequently Asked Questions about Ostfriesland and Ostfriesen Genealogy Article Title Issue Ellis Island & Your Ancestors 2011, Issue 1 Emden Bomb Shelters 2016, Issue 2 Emden Bunker Museum 2005, Issue 4 Emden Buys the Bunker Museum 2016, Issue 3 Emden in Postcards 2012, issue 2 Emden Painting 2007, Issue 4 Emden Prepares for Trouble 2006, Issue 2 Emden, Amt 2008, Issue 4 Emden’s Gasthaus Kirche 2013, Issue 4 Emden’s Gasthaus Kirche in Flames 2013, Issue 4 Emden’s Guilds & Patron Saints 2006, Issue 4 Emden’s LandesMuseum 2006, Issue 2 Emden’s Rathaus Treasures 2014, Issue 3 Emden’s Shipping Industry 2010, Issue 2 Emden-Papenburg Railroad 2005, Issue 4 Emigrants from Hesel 2015, Issue 2 Emigrants Protected From Scam Artists 2011, Issue 1 Emigration & Religion 2015, Issue 1 Emigration Begins 2009, Issue 1 Emigration Costs, Requirements & Information 2009, Issue 1 Emigration from Ostfriesland in the 19th Century 2010, Issue 1 Emigration Information 1999, Issue 1 Emigration of Moor Settlers 2006, Issue 2 Emigration, The Voyage to America 2000, Issue 2 Ems River Controversy 2015, Issue 3 Ems River in Trouble? 2009, Issue 2 Energy in Ostfriesland Today 2011, Issue 1 Engagement & Marriage 2014, Issue 4 Enjoying Ostfriesland 2012, Issue 3 Entertainment 2014, Issue 3 Es ist Teetied 2013, Issue 4 Esens, City of 2013, Issue 4 Esens, Orphanage 2014, Issue 2 Establishment of a Church & 250 Years Later 2010, Issue 3 Evidence Explained 2008, Issue 1 Exciting New Research Project 1999, Issue 1 Executioner’s Block Draped in Cowhide 2014, Issue 4 Fahrenheit/Celcius 2005, Issue 4 Family Bible 2002, Issue 3 Family Tree Problems 2016, Issue 3 Familysearch.org 2015, Issue 2 Famous Ostfriesens: Senator Dirksen, The Marx Brothers, Thees Smid 2004, Issue 1 Farming & Farm Families 2007, Issue 3 February Storm Flood 1825 2007, Issue 2 Fehn Colonists 1998, Issue 3 Fehn Settlements 2010, Issue 3 Filigree Jewelry—Gold