History -- written as it happened 120 years ago! Crime, accidents, commerce, entertainment, government, politics, transportation, births, deaths, marriages, anniversaries -- everything you expect in a newspaper! Includes the Sigel correspondence in the Effingham Volksblatt, the only German-language newspaper in the area. Includes surname index, introduction. Sigel's residents were primarily of German extraction, and the Sigel correspondence covers their activities. Since the Volksblatt was a German-language newspaper, there's a special emphasis on German-Americans, but of course non-German newsmakers are also covered. Original German and English translation side-by-side.

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Surnames with at least 2 citations:
Baker Berchtold Bauer Bigler Bremer Busman/Bussmann/Bussman Chapman Christian Colbert Dubrock Eggerman Elder Fincke/Finke Fitzgerald Frichtel/Fruechtel/Fruechtl/Fruchtel Fromme Frost Gehl Gerbel Gier Gress Hanfland Hardaller/Harddaller/Hardoller Hemann/Hemman/Hemmann Hess Heuschmidt Hoffman/Hoffmann Husmann/Husman Jaeger Jansen Johannes Kabbes Kaufmann Kieselbach Kirn Kliesner Knecht Kneller Knight Kollmeyer/Kollmeier Krein Kreke Kroes/Kroos Kuhl Kunkler Leers Leffler/Loeffler Luefke Lugar/Luger McKinzie/McKenzie Marschutz Mittelstedt Moser Mueller/Muller Nortman/Nortmann Orr/Ore Paxton Pelstrink Perkins Rea Reis Reutlinger Rider Riezeck Rincker/Rinker/Ringer Roetker Rueschhoff Scheinen Schoenigt/Schoening/Schoeningt Schneider Schniederjan/Schniederjahn/Schneideryan Schwerdt/Schwerdts Shelton Siemer Smith Sonne Spaer/Speer Spanhage Sterr Suedkamp/Sudkamp Teater Tomsche/Tomsha Traeger/Trager Trautmann Unkraut Vollmar/Vollmer Vonderheide Walk Walker Vanderbusch Wendt/Wendte/Wente/Wenthe White Widmeier/Wittmeier Wilhite Winter Witt Wolke Wright