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”
Category Archives: Hannover Province, Germany
Henry Dehning and Ulricka Bauers Photo and Story Gallery
This is the final installment of documentation of my 2X Great Grandparents on my paternal side. Henry Peter Dehning and Ulricka Albertina Christina Bauers are the parents of my Great Grandmother Meta Johanna Dehning. As always, if there is something incorrect, unclear or missing in what I have, I welcome corrections and additions. These documentsContinue reading “Henry Dehning and Ulricka Bauers Photo and Story Gallery”
Low German and High German Language
As I was finalizing getting the posts for my 2X great grandparents on my paternal side ready, I was reminded of comments that had been made about how even though they all spoke German, there was High German and Low German and the dialects were different. (As an aside, there was apparently also some discussionContinue reading “Low German and High German Language”