GENEALOGIES OF FAMILIES THAT IMMIGRATED TO SAUK COUNTY, WISCONSIN, FROM BAVARIA, GERMANY
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So, what’s in the DVD?
The DVD files (which can be opened on any computer that has a DVD drive) can also be copied to the computer for faster access to the files. Keep the DVD as a backup in case of loss or damage to the original files. The DVD is for sale for $20.00 plus postage. Sales are being handled by the Old Franklin Township Historical Society (OFTHS), which will use any profits from the DVDs to further historical preservation and family history projects. Copies of the DVD can also be purchased from the Kraemer Library and Community Center in Plain.
Note: the DVD is not a movie to be viewed on your TV. It is for computer use only.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MAIN CONTENTS OF THIS DVD
FINANCIAL GIFTS TO MADE THIS DVD POSSIBLE:
Gary Haas, Norine Kraemer, Kraemer Brothers LLC., and a "Good Idea Grant" sponsored by the Sauk County UW Extension, Arts & Culture Committee.
COMPILERS AND MANAGEMENT FOR MAKING THE DVD:
Ken Kraemer, Debra Blau, Christa and Willi Senft with an idea to preserve the pedigrees of Georg Ederer for future generations.
Kenneth L. Kraemer is a native of Wisconsin and Professor Emeritus from University of California in Irvine, and he acted as director of the project.
Christa and Willi Senft were longtime friends of Georg Ederer and volunteered to scan the long scrolls and binders full of pedigrees, many handwritten.
Debra Blau is a Wisconsin native with ancestral roots in the Plain area. She indexed the Ederer pedigrees and wrote the introduction booklet which includes directions for how to use the DVD files. Her husband, Georg, translated residential statistics of villages in and around the county of Waldmünchen from the year 1867.
Gary Haas is a native of Plain, Wisconsin, presently living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He assisted with his computer skills by creating a html index.
Check out the index by Gary Haas and more info by Debra Blau.
So, what’s in the DVD?
- An introduction booklet (by Debra Blau and Kenneth Kraemer) which provides information on the creators of the genealogical material, a description of the material, a guide to use of the DVD, information useful in doing family research, a bibliography of family histories by people from Plain, and information on the story of the DVD’s creation. The booklet is in pdf format.
- Georg Ederer - family pedigrees for 211 main family names and over 18,000 individual names. Helped with a photo identification project.
- Otto Horz - 1938 dissertation with information about 2,000 individuals who immigrated to the U.S.
- Hansjörg Schneider - Book about Waldmünchen emigration (Auswanderungen aus den Bezirksamt Waldmünchen, 1992, with Christine Stay). Created a typewritten document from the Otto Horz dissertation.
- Debra Blau - created an index of names and towns found on Georg Ederer pedigrees and typed them in Excel spreadsheets.
- Debra Blau and Georg Blau - created a document about 1867 resident and building statistics in villages in the county of Waldmünchen.
- Gary Haas - created clickable html and pdf files of the Blau indexes; created index files for Plain area cemeteries and the Nachreiner Funeral books.
The DVD files (which can be opened on any computer that has a DVD drive) can also be copied to the computer for faster access to the files. Keep the DVD as a backup in case of loss or damage to the original files. The DVD is for sale for $20.00 plus postage. Sales are being handled by the Old Franklin Township Historical Society (OFTHS), which will use any profits from the DVDs to further historical preservation and family history projects. Copies of the DVD can also be purchased from the Kraemer Library and Community Center in Plain.
Note: the DVD is not a movie to be viewed on your TV. It is for computer use only.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MAIN CONTENTS OF THIS DVD
- Georg Ederer created pedigrees for Waldmünchen area families. The DVD includes his pedigrees and notes for 122 main family names and hundreds more related families. Georg Ederer began genealogy work in 1973 when he saw old Catholic parish records and began making pedigrees of his own ancestors. Descendants of immigrants to Sauk County, Wisconsin, and elsewhere in the world, heard of Georg and requested information about their ancestors. Georg conducted his genealogy research at parish archives in Bavaria and the Czech Republic.
- Otto Horz wrote a doctoral dissertation in 1939 at Philipps-Universität in Marburg-Lahn about emigrants from the county of Waldmünchen, Bavaria, Germany. The dissertation contains basic information for over 2,000 individuals and 400 family names that emigrated to Sauk County, Wisconsin, and other places in the world.
- Hansjörg Schneider from Waldmünchen wrote books and several essays about Waldmünchen area emigrants.
FINANCIAL GIFTS TO MADE THIS DVD POSSIBLE:
Gary Haas, Norine Kraemer, Kraemer Brothers LLC., and a "Good Idea Grant" sponsored by the Sauk County UW Extension, Arts & Culture Committee.
COMPILERS AND MANAGEMENT FOR MAKING THE DVD:
Ken Kraemer, Debra Blau, Christa and Willi Senft with an idea to preserve the pedigrees of Georg Ederer for future generations.
Kenneth L. Kraemer is a native of Wisconsin and Professor Emeritus from University of California in Irvine, and he acted as director of the project.
Christa and Willi Senft were longtime friends of Georg Ederer and volunteered to scan the long scrolls and binders full of pedigrees, many handwritten.
Debra Blau is a Wisconsin native with ancestral roots in the Plain area. She indexed the Ederer pedigrees and wrote the introduction booklet which includes directions for how to use the DVD files. Her husband, Georg, translated residential statistics of villages in and around the county of Waldmünchen from the year 1867.
Gary Haas is a native of Plain, Wisconsin, presently living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He assisted with his computer skills by creating a html index.
Check out the index by Gary Haas and more info by Debra Blau.
Left to right: Landrat Franz Löffler, Willi Senft, Sigrid Frei from the Tourist-Info office, Georg Ederer, Hansjörg Schneider, Christa Senft, Professor Kenneth Kraemer, Debra Blau, Bürgermeister (mayor) Markus Ackermann and Georg Blau. This was the official presentation of the Ederer/Horz/Schneider DVD to the city of Waldmuenchen; the meeting was held in the Rathaus on October 16, 2012, at 8:30 am in Waldmuenchen, Bavaria, Germany.