We had an exciting moment in August at the Deuel County Fair. All the paperwork was filled out with Aksarben, and the Mauser family was awarded the Pioneer Farm Family. That means that a member of the family has lived on the same property for 100 years (or more). In this case we were ableContinue reading “Century Farm Awards”
Category Archives: Farming
Nebraska Century Farm / Pioneer Award
I started work on this last year to see if our family qualified for the Aksarben Pioneer Award that recognizes farm families that have held the same ground in the family for 100 years or 150 years. After a quick stop at the county courthouse in Deuel County it looks like the Mauser family hasContinue reading “Nebraska Century Farm / Pioneer Award”
Illinois Heritage Alliance Weekend
It’s so much fun to meet with other people who enjoy your hobbies. This weekend I participated for the first time in the Illinois Heritage Alliance weekend. This is a weekend gathering where several different lineage societies get together and while some of them do short business meetings, some just provide information on what theirContinue reading “Illinois Heritage Alliance Weekend”
Early German Farm House
Thanks to Cousin Orval Dehning I just finished scanning in several years of newsletters from the Dehning Family Association in Germany. So much good information is contained in those newsletters that demonstrate things the family went through in the early 1800’s, WWII and other memorable times in history. I’ll have to see if it’s permissibleContinue reading “Early German Farm House”
Cory and Nicole Family History 