VOLUME 2 N0. 2 JUNE 1997

IN THIS ISSUE

In this issue of "Die Huckere", Rick Rye of the AHSGR international office has given us a report on his trip to Russia earlier this year. Unfortunately, Rick was unable to complete his visit to Russia.

We hope funds will be available for Rick to return to Russia and continue his visit to the archives he was unable to visit during his earlier trip.

Also in this issue is the continuing story "My Huck Antecedents” by Glenn L. Sitzman.

There was a large group of German Russians from the village of Huck that settled in Lincoln, Nebraska. Information and a chart on the two German Russian communities are in this issue.

COORDINATORS' MEETING

Soon convention time will be here. In May I received a letter from Carol Harless and Margaret Freeman informing the Village Coordinators of the special coordinators meeting Thursday, July 23, from 10 AM to 4 PM. at the International Convention in San Jose. I'm very excited about the meeting as no other coordinators meetings have ever been extended to such a long period of time. Hopefully I will have information to pass on to you in future issues of "Die Huckere".

RUSSIAN GERMAN COMMUNITIES IN LINCOLN

Taken from "A Social Study of the Russian German" by Hattie Plum Williams. Published by the University of Nebraska in 1916.

The German Russians in Lincoln settled chiefly along the entire west edge of the city, in two compact groups, separated from each other and from the rest of the city by the railroad yards and the wholesale district. The north settlement extended from Seventh to Fourteenth streets and from the railway tracks to the city limits, occupying a triangular district, the half of seven blocks square. The south settlement was scattered over more territory, running from M to A streets and from Eighth street to the city limits, approximately ten blocks.

The two settlements demonstrate the exclusive character of the German Russian not merely in the fact that they segregated themselves from the rest of the city, but in their distribution within the settlements. It will be seen at a glance how largely the people are grouped in Lincoln according to their native villages. Within the settlements the people from each village live in groups, and whole streets will be occupied by former residents of one colony, and other streets by those from another colony.

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