I pleaded with her not to part with these treasures. In kindly foresight, my mother had assembled photo albums for each of her children, highlighting her family heritage. Occupied with a full-time job and very young children, I pushed these memories aside, watching for another opportunity to return to it. That special opportunity arrived upon my purchasing a home computer. However, this tracking nightmare became moot.
Computer software relieves the memory headaches of remembering who is inter-related to whom.
Somehow, I knew that my husband and I were related. When dating my future husband, we met his maternal grandparents. At the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection website, some of the most popular home pages are those with recipes. Some of those recipes will appear in future columns. Clayton Schmitt's shares one of his many wonderful recipes.