The history of the Minnesota Riekes
By: by Robert William Rieke.
Publisher: R. Rieke
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Charlotte, N.C. (1417 Providence Rd., Charlotte 28207)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Rieke family.; Minnesota -- Genealogy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and indexes.
"June 1992."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Foreword v; title: List of Sponsors vi; title: An Appreciation by Ben Rieke ix; title: The Rieke Family Name xi; title: The Mud Lake Beginning 1; title: The German Background of the Minnesota Rieke Family 3; title: A Visit to Briimmerloh 6; title: False Clue Righted 7; title: Johann Heinrich Friedrich Rieke 7; title: The Move to America 13; title: The Ohio Experience 15; title: The Call of Minnesota 19; title: West to the Frontier 23; title: The Lammers Connection; title: and another Rieke 26; title: Settling in at Mud Lake 29; title: The Sioux Uprising 31; title: Fort Ridgely 32; title: The Rieke Contribution to Victory 33; title: Pioneers on the Frontier in the 1860s and 1870s 39; title: The Rieke Mill 45; title: The Fred Rieke Homestead 52; title: The Riekes at the Turn of the Century and up to World War I 55; title: Young Ben Rieke 85; title: Troubled Farmers and New Occupations; the 20s, 30s, and 40s 97; title: The Late Twentieth Century 131; title: Other Riekes in America 177; title: Appendix 191; title: Table of Contents of Appendix: 192; title: Marriage and Death Records from Germany 193; title: Christoph Rieke's Passport 194; title: Map of Osnabriick and Surroundings 196; title: Intent and Naturalization Papers, Victor & Fred 197; title: Rieke Land purchases in West Newton 198; title: George's Original German Letter of 1862 200; title: Imogene Coffey's Teachers' Certificate 202; title: Herman and A.V. Autographs 203; title: Wilhelmine's Letter to Herman 204; title: Victor's Stump Burner 206; title: Rieke Land Records in Cairo 206; title: School Attendance, Ben and Robert 210; title: Record of Family Traits 211; title: Governor's Commendation to Ben 215; title: Delbert's Placement Sheet 216; title: Two letters from Aunt Agnes 217; title: Reunion at the Herman Rieke Farm 220; title: Letters: Eleanor, Robert Christopher, David 221-229; title: Sources and Bibliography 231; title: Afterword 233; title: Blank pages for Continuing a Family Record 241; title: Genealogical Record and Index 245; title: Explanation for Genealogical Record and Index 246 <BR><BR>Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Rieke family, Minnesota Genealogy.