Chapter Two
MFH Articles
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| D. Frederick Dyck has become
a contributing editor to Mennonite
Family History, a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish,
and Brethren genealogy and family history. See what he's written, and
plans to write about, here. |
| Additions
and Corrections to Chapter 2, written by the author in February,
2003. |
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Frederick
Dyck and his mother Alice
Sitler Dyck have finished writing this book, and Eric and his brother
Charles have helped them to convert theirs typewritten works into
formatted pages for printing at the print shop where Charles works.
Numerous old family photos have been included in the book, published in
2000.
The pages which follow
contain Chapter Two from the book,
which includes information on the Dyck and Wall family names, origins,
early history, and genealogical data. Also included are photos and
maps that are included in the chapter. Click on the thumbnail photos
and links to see the full size photographs and maps. Other chapters
in the book include Historical Background, The Claassen Family,
The Harder Family, and Jacob J. Dyck - From the Steppes of
Russia to the Plains of Kansas.
The second part of the book,
Sixty Years of Silence, includes Alice's history The Dyck Family
in Soviet Russia, her translation of Cousin Gustav Dyck's Memoirs,
photographs, and the following Appendices: Family of Johannes
Dyck, The Villages of Am Trakt, listing the families of Am
Trakt by village (Fresenheim, Hohendorf, Lindenau, Koppental, Lysanderhoh,
Orloff, Medemtal, Ostenfeld) in the 1920s, and Fate of Persons
Arrested in Am Trakt, by village.
We hope that this
"teaser" will arouse in you a desire to own and read the entire
book. The price is $35 (to cover costs) plus shipping ($5 per book).
A few hard cover books are also available for $60 each. Send a check
to Alice Dyck, 231 W. 3rd Street, Washington, KS 66968, and your
book (or books) will be shipped to you. E-mail
Alice with any questions. |
| This book
contains a multitude of types of material as well as being two books in
one. Part I, Am Trakt to America, traces the history of the religious
movements that culminated in the Mennonite denomination. The focus
narrows to four family lines: Dyck, Harder, Claassen and Wall. ...
This section contains family histories and genealogies, personal stories,
poetry and artwork, and numerous photographs, including a fascinating
picture of a "Mennonite Mona Lisa." ... Part II, Sixty Years
of Silence, tells what happened to those who stayed in Russia.
It opens up with the personal story of cousins of the writers, Johannes
"Hans" Dyck and his younger brother, Gustav. Has spent 10
years in Kolyma, a much-feared gulag where temperatures plunged to 50
degrees below zero during the long winters. Gustav spent 21 years in
the same place. ... The two writers and editors of this book show a great
devotion to uncovering family history with attention to detail. ... The
descendants of the Dyck-Wall-Harder-Claassen families, as well as other
readers of Mennonite history, are blessed to have this wealth of facts and
stories available now in one place.
Katie Funk Wiebe, Mennonite
Weekly Review |
The
titles identify the contents of this very attractive volume. The
Dyck clan is well known in Canada and the USA ... This book is much more
history than genealogy, richly illustrated with maps, photographs
(historic and contemporary), and full colour reproductions of many
sketches and paintings of artist and naturalist, Abraham Claassen
(1825-1910). Glossy paper and sharp photographs make this an
unusually attractive volume.
Adolf Ens & Lawrence
Klippenstein, Mennonite Historian |
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Chapter Two of JACOB J. DYCK:
AM TRAKT TO AMERICA
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