The September 2019 “Hostettler Heritage Tour” visited the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland, to view original records pertaining to the Hostettler family. Dr. Barbara Studer Immenhauser, archivist at the Staatsarchiv Bern, shared informative facts before introducing Hans Hostettler who has retired from serving at the Archives for years. He shared the following. Good morning, Ladies and […]
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It was not the first visit from the USA that Ruedi Gut-Leuthold receives at his farm in Knonau. In recent years, the retired farmer has been intensively involved with the history of the Baaregg estate on the edge of the village, less than three miles from Kappel where Huldrych Zwingli died in 1531 in the
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When I began collecting information and data prior to writing Jacob J. Dyck: Am Trakt To America (ATTA), I relied on the best existing sources at that time, 1996-2000. This often included information that was researched and written, sometimes published, by other persons as well as oral history from older relatives. Since the book
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