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VOL XXII 2005
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TITLE March No. 1 PAGE NO.
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CCGS Email Policy................................................ 1
Letter from the Past President .................................. 2
CCGS Meeting Minutes - October & November 2004,
January & February 2005 .................. 4
Obituary of Helen Louise Moellenberg Mueller Klinger,
CCGS Member ................................................ 10
Obituary of Jack Wise, Past CCGS President ..................... 11
Letter to City of Selma ........................................ 12
CCGS Volunteers honored in NB Herald-Zeitung
Marlena & Wilfred Schlather featured in "Good For You"..... 13
"I do Love Neu Braunfels, but...................................
I don't know about the new New Braunfels" ...................... 14
San Antonio Library - 2005 Texana Genealogy Class Schedule ..... 16
Texas Historical Cemetery Designation
Bartels Cemetery ........................................... 17
"A Family Tree made out of Cloth and Love" ..................... 25
"Strangers in the Box" ......................................... 27
"Selma' Home Guard" ............................................ 28
"My Computer Prayer" ........................................... 30
"Preserving Time-worn Treasures ................................ 31
"Letter to my Son" ............................................. 33
"St. Joseph's Chapel 2005 Centennial" .......................... 34
"Quarantined" .................................................. 37
"Why did you have to die?" ..................................... 37
"Genealogy______" .............................................. 37
"Writer uses DNA Samples to Trace her African Roots" ........... 38
"To Err is Human................................................ 40
"ABC's of Genealogy" ........................................... 41
"Family Tree Sitting" .......................................... 47
NOW Available - 1910 & 1920 U. S.
Censuses for Comal County, TX .............................. 48
"If the Obit Writer calls, you know you've arrived" ............ 49
Excerpts from "The Family Tree" ................................ 51
Why are burials outside the Cemetery?
Some Thoughts on Genealogy
The 1930 Census
Obituary of Mr. Wilhelm Klaus .................................. 52
"Priest, His Brother and Father Construct Hugh
Pipe Organ From Salvaged Parts" ............................ 55
"Tired of Looking for the Perfect Gift to give this year?"...... 56
"The Murder of Christian Kruckemeyer" .......................... 57
"Is this your Relative's Final Resting Place?" ................. 58
"Interview Questions" .......................................... 59
"Family History Oral Interview Questions" ...................... 61
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors: Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, Jean Heide,
David Hierholzer, Leroy W. Klinger,
Alton Rahe, Wilfred Schlather,
and Charlie & Helen Zimmermann Weidner
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Letter from the Editor ......................................... 66
CCGS Meeting Minutes - March & May 2005 ........................ 67
(April 2005 - no meeting was held)
Come visit us - Sophienburg Archives ........................... 71
Bernhard Joseph Scheel Family History Book Information ......... 72
Being an Altar Boy in the 1940s at a Catholic Church
In New Braunfels ........................................... 75
"Boerne driller witches wells" ................................. 78
Nomination Form for "Volunteer of the Year" .................... 80
Texas Historical Cemetery Designation
Koch Cemetery ............................................. 82
Karl and Elisabeth Immel Koch ................................. 107
Comal County's "Family Land Heritage"
honored Ranches and Farms ................................. 110
1974: Fischer Ranch, 1854
Halm Ranch, 1865
Kreusler Ranch I, 1861
Kruesler Ranch II, 1861
1975: Henk Farm, 1875
Herman Hitzfelder Ranch, 1857
Knibbe Ranch, 1854
KTV Angus Ranch, 1859
Ueckers Farm, 1875
1976: Beierle Place, 1876
KL Ranch, 1876
Gus Krause Ranch, 1861
1977: Bading Farm I, 1881
Bading Farm II, 1852
1979: Schlichting Farm, 1856
1980: Oelkers Family Texas Farm, 1851
Pape Ranch, 1874
1983: Weidner Ranch, 1861
Erwin Wetz Farm, 1853
1984: Reeh Ranch, 1884
1985: Kretzmeier-Weinaug Farm, 1866
Schaefer Farm, 1876
1986: Rocky Top Ranch, 1878
Soefje Farm, 1883
1992: Soechting Properties, 1884
Specht's Crossing Ranch, 1871
1993: Diedrich Knibbe Ranch, 1854
1994: Krause Ranch, 1865
1995: Wehe Ranch, 1871
1997: Sahm Stock Farm, 1890
1999: Little Rust'ler Tract I, 1882
Little Rust'ler Tract II, 1882
2002: Bading Farm II, 1852 - 150 years (1997 -100 years)
Henry E. Fischer Ranch, 1899
Kenneth H, Schwarz Ranch, 1899
Rittimann Ranch, 1901
2003: Hermann Fischer Ranch, 1854
Spring Branch Ranch, 1882
"Tired of Looking for the Perfect Gift to give this year?".... 148
Texas Historical Cemetery Designation
Schlather Cemetery in Guadalupe County .................. 149
Invitation to German Heritage Symposium....................... 158
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors: Everett Fey, Jean Heide, Zada B. Jahnsen,
Leroy W. Klinger, Chris Kneupper, Clarence Scheel,
Wilfred Schlather, & Texas Dept. of Agriculture
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Letter from the Editor......................................... 161
CCGS BOD Meeting Minutes - August & September 2005............. 162
(September 2005 - no meeting was held)
Obituary of John Patrick Magnus, CCGS Member................... 168
Obituary of Milton Wilbert Skolaut, CCGS Member................ 169
The State Association of Texas Pioneers........................ 170
"It's a Small World After All"................................. 171
"Scholze, 103, created and carved San Antonio's
coat of arms".............................................. 176
"The Bells of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church"........... 177
"Census"....................................................... 180
"The Future Family Tree"....................................... 181
"The Haile Family"............................................. 182
"Murphy's Law of Genealogy".................................... 189
"Bueche Cemetery honored as Historical Texas Cemetery"......... 191
German Genealogy Society Contacts and Websites................. 193
"Best Description of Genealogy"................................ 196
"Century-Old Park Near New Braunfels Re-Opens"................. 198
"Correspondence Received From LDS..." ......................... 200
"Taking the 'Scary' out of Locating Cemeteries"................ 202
"The History of the Kopplin Family Cemeteries
located near Schönthal Road"............................... 205
Texas Historical Cemetery Designation
Bretzke-Kopplin Cemetery in Comal County................... 209
Kopplin Cemetery in Comal County........................... 225
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors: Deanna Brown, Everett Fey, Jean Heide,
Vernon Helmke, Michael Krause, Alton Rahe,
and Marlena & Wilfred Schlather
ATTENTION!
If you have an interesting poem, story, translation from a newspaper
article about your ancestors or your research has turned up something
that you think is interesting, please consider sending it to us to publish
in the "Footsteps". Persons submitting materials, which are published,
will be listed as a contributing editor. The Editor reserves the right
to edit submissions as necessary.
Please make sure all submissions are camera ready.