My father's parents were Germans from Russia who first settled in Winnipeg, Canada then later went to Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Surnames: Becker, Wiedeman/Weideman, Steinbrecher, Schmer/Schmier, Schmidt and Schwindt. Their Villages were all on or near the Volga River in Russia: Grimm, Erlenbach, Unterdorf, Dönhof and Oberdorf.

My mother's family comes from the former German province of Schlesien. Mom was born at Glogau, Niederschlesien, Germany; her mother was born at the village of Schlabitz in Kreis Guhrau, Niederschlesien, Germany. Surnames: Denke, Kothe, Nöthel, Henke, Mischke, Bernert, Liebert. Places: all in the former German province of Schlesien: Neuguth; Guhlau, Kreis Guhrau; Jaestersheim; Mückendorf, Kreis Sprottau; Schlabitz, Juppendorf, Glogau, Breslau.

The parents of my late mother-in-law were Germans from South Russia who settled in North Dakota. Surnames: Erbele, Hartwig, Laubenstein, Ruckhaber, Rebert, Schrempf. Places: Beulah, ND; Hazen, ND; Bluegrass, ND; Brienne Bessarabia, S.Russia; Teplitz Bessarabia, S.Russia; Neu Freudenthal, S. Russia and Crimea, S. Russia.

My former late father-in-law emigrated to the USA from Denmark. He changed his name from Thustrup to Thurston. Places in Denmark: Viborg, Randers, Holbaek, Copenhagen, Sønderborg. Surnames: Bahnsen, Munkholm, Thustrup, Petersen, Schmidt.

My father's parents were Germans from Russia who first settled in Winnipeg, Canada then later went to Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Surnames: Becker, Wiedeman/Weideman, Steinbrecher, Schmer/Schmier, Schmidt and Schwindt. Their Villages were all on or near the Volga River in Russia: Grimm, Erlenbach, Unterdorf, Dönhof and Oberdorf.

My mother's family comes from the former German province of Schlesien. Mom was born at Glogau, Niederschlesien, Germany; her mother was born at the village of Schlabitz in Kreis Guhrau, Niederschlesien, Germany. Surnames: Denke, Kothe, Nöthel, Henke, Mischke, Bernert, Liebert. Places: all in the former German province of Schlesien: Neuguth; Guhlau, Kreis Guhrau; Jaestersheim; Mückendorf, Kreis Sprottau; Schlabitz, Juppendorf, Glogau, Breslau.

The parents of my late mother-in-law were Germans from South Russia who settled in North Dakota. Surnames: Erbele, Hartwig, Laubenstein, Ruckhaber, Rebert, Schrempf. Places: Beulah, ND; Hazen, ND; Bluegrass, ND; Brienne Bessarabia, S.Russia; Teplitz Bessarabia, S.Russia; Neu Freudenthal, S. Russia and Crimea, S. Russia.

My former late father-in-law emigrated to the USA from Denmark. He changed his name from Thustrup to Thurston. Places in Denmark: Viborg, Randers, Holbaek, Copenhagen, Sønderborg. Surnames: Bahnsen, Munkholm, Thustrup, Petersen, Schmidt.