Category Archives: Historical events

Tom & Abe, Jefferson & Lincoln

Posted on June 8, 2021 by robertagoering

“In the red schoolhouse of his head, Jefferson, great Tom, calculated the doubling of America westward. He knew that miles in chunks could be whittled into dreams, farms, nation, and out of that Jeffersonian box of mind came an orderly … Continue reading →

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Where in Europe?

Posted on December 4, 2017 by robertagoering

FamilyMap John Ralph Goering added our history, The Swiss-Volhynian Mennonite story, to a current (2016) map of Europe. Borders have shifted and country names have changed. John Ralph has identified locations, included genealogical highlights specific for the John B and … Continue reading →

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Migration routes of the Swiss Volhynian Mennonites

Posted on August 27, 2014 by robertagoering

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jvoran/voran/migration.htm This page which details the history of families who emigrated to Freeman, SD, describes the migration routes from Montbeliard through Europe to the from roughly 1650 to the emigration to the United States in 1874. Our Schrag ancestors were among … Continue reading →

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Why Mennonites? Why not Simonites?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by robertagoering

by Daniel P. Goering Have you ever wondered why Mennonites are not called Simonites? (After all the founder’s name was Menno Simons. What other group is known by its founder’s first name?) This question puzzled me for many years. I … Continue reading →

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boustrophedon patterns…

Posted on June 12, 2011 by robertagoering

“The vast public domain westward of the Mississippi River where the stalwart homesteader may obtain legal title to his land-claim by five years of living on it and improving it with his building and husbandry labors, has been summed in … Continue reading →

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The origin of Eden Mennonite Church, or, why we are visiting two cemeteries during the reunion

Posted on May 4, 2011 by robertagoering

The origin of Eden Mennonite Church goes back to the Russian province of Volhynia where Mennonite families resided as a congregational unity during the 1800’s.  Of Swiss origin, this group of Anabaptists had to flee their homes because of persecution … Continue reading →

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