Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Military & Alternative Service Project – response from Walt

Posted on April 12, 2011 by robertagoering

The request letter May 27 1992 Dear Marcia: I remember thinking to myself, “At least he won’t have to become involved in the war”. This was Sept. 1939. I am referring to your Uncle Alvin who was taken from us, and is … Continue reading →

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John B. Goering’s journal – Chapter 3

Posted on April 11, 2011 by robertagoering

Back to Chapter 2 My teen age years, they were about as usual – started going out looking at Girls, as I think all do, and Mrs Red Jack Krehbiel (he was my Uncle — his first wife was Mothers … Continue reading →

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Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of my aunts….

Posted on April 10, 2011 by robertagoering

by Bobbie Goering The first cookbook I ever read as a novel was Christopher Blake’s Easy Elagance Cookbook. I picked it up as a bargain book somewhere and then was swept away into a strange land where Drunken Pork Loin … Continue reading →

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Documents from 1766, 1768, and 1788 deciphered

Posted on April 9, 2011 by robertagoering

See gerigpictures Uncle Jim and Aunt Ida shared more from their 2004 trip to Montbeliard, France.

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Siblings visiting Chicago in the late 1980’s

Posted on April 8, 2011 by robertagoering

Hover over the photos for names, please.

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We’re here!

Posted on April 8, 2011 by robertagoering
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Bernard through the years

Posted on April 7, 2011 by robertagoering

Bernard in 1984 Bernard @ 1987-1988 with little Bernard Bernard @ 1987-1988 with Gretchen Is this Bernard in 1992 with a passenger? (with Dorothea in the tie-dye and Evie with the thermos, at Hopefield Cemetery) Bernard in 2010 (Cathy in … Continue reading →

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The Military & Alternative Service Project

Posted on April 6, 2011 by robertagoering

The initial letter to the uncles: May 10, 1992 To the Goering Uncles: I am writing to ask you to record some memories of a specific period in your life, that is, those experiences relating to military or alternative service. … Continue reading →

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Aunt Martha’s fabulous homemade rolls

Posted on April 4, 2011 by robertagoering

originally published in the Goering Gazette 1989 2 1/2 cup water (warm) 1 T. salt 2 cakes (pkg) yeast 2 eggs beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup shortening (melted and cooled) 4 cups flour –add aprox. 3 cups more Melt … Continue reading →

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A hearty hello! from Jim and Ida Goering| Mossi Gerig’s baptism record +

Posted on April 3, 2011 by robertagoering

April 3 A hearty hello! In “The Hopefield cemetery“, the next to last paragraph, the earliest known Goering ancestor is given as Moses Goering. The spelling should be “Gerig” [editor: correction made, thank you!] as it appears in the 1791 passport in Montbeliard, … Continue reading →

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