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The Friends of Lutheran Archives (FoLA) is a group whose goal is to encourage the collection and preservation of archival material and to promote the work of the Lutheran Archives. Become a Friend of the Lutheran Archives. Email FoLA for information, subscription rates, publications, outings, etc.
Friends of Lutheran Archives Journal
Receive your subscription to the journal with your FoLA membership. Many back issues of the FoLA Journal, since 1991, are still available. Check the list and sample the interesting articles. Contact FoLA to obtain more information or to obtain your own copies.
Newsletter
Read or download the following editions here:
Wartburg to Bowden: A Faith Journey
For the Learning Works radio series, this program was recorded in the Lutheran Archives in Adelaide and was broadcast on Good Friday, 25 March 2005 on PBA FM in Salisbury, South Australia. The 30-minute program was produced and presented by Tony Ryan, Archivist for the Australian College of Educators. It is now available online as an MP3 audiofile and can be downloaded from www.learningworksradio.com/audio/audio_2005_03_25.mp3
Events for 2012
Celebrating Dresden Mission
Monday 27 February at 7.30pm
Bethlehem House, Sudholz Place, Adelaide
Last July Gerhard Rudiger talked to us about the forthcoming visit of a South Australian delegation to the 175th anniversary celebrations of the Leipzig Mission Society.
Members of the delegation have been invited to address FoLA about their experiences on the trip.
Adelaide Family History Congress 2012 (Wednesday 28th to Saturday 31st March) Adelaide Convention Centre
See the website (www.congress2012.org.au) for the Congress program, registration details and prices. Earlybird registrations extended to 31 Dec. The following topics will interest you:
Wednesday 28 March
Researching German family history in present- day Poland
Speakers: Janette Lange & Lois Zweck
An introduction to archival tools and websites for locating German records in Polish archives, with advice on travelling in Poland.
Friday 30 March
Why Polish Hill River failed to become a ‘Little Poland’ in Australia
Speaker: Anitta Maksymowicz
There was a Polish presence in the Lutheran emigrations from the beginning, and four Polish families - Modistach, Wallent, Krollig and Stanitzki - joined the Germans on the George Washington in 1844.
The August in 1856 brought 131 Poles, who established a settlement at Polish Hill River near Clare.
Anitta’s talk is based on the letters of Father Leon Rogalski who served the Catholic community there from 1870.
Saturday 31 March
Old places, new names - territorial changes of the Middle Oder River
Speaker: Anitta Maksymowicz
An outline of the entangled 19th and 20th century history of the former borderland of the Prussian provinces of Brandenburg, Silesia and Posen - the homeland of many Australian Lutherans.
Who is Anitta Maksymowicz?
Anitta is the curator of the Museum in Zielona Gora, Poland. She gained her PhD on the topic of German and Polish emigration to South Australia.
She organised the recent migration exhibition and conferences in Poland, and authored a book on this emigration (see FoLA News Nov 2007 & Aug 2011).
Re-enacting the Klemzig story
Monday 2nd April at 7.30pm
Speaker: Anitta Maksymowicz
***Concordia College chapel, Highgate Anitta organised two re-enactments of the departure of “Kavel’s people” from Klemzig in 1838 (see FoLA News Aug 2008).
She will talk about these events and the remarkable interest by present-day Poles in this topic of our German history.
Where our ancestors lie: German cemeteries in the Middle Oder region
Wednesday 11th April
Speaker: Anitta Maksymowicz
Hosted by SA Genealogy & Heraldry Society (more details in next newsletter).
Rural life & wine-growing in old Prussia
Wednesday 18 April
Speaker: Anitta Maksymowicz
Barossa Valley venue
With images from the Ochla Village Museum near Zielona Gora, Anitta will show the life and work of the region, highlighting the wine-growing tradition that is familiar to many Barossa families (more details in the next newsletter).
The regular meeting place has been changed to Bethlehem House, Sudholz Place, because of the number of members experiencing problems with the stairs at LLL. Ramps and a lift for those not able to cope with stairs are a definite advantage at Bethlehem House, and parking in the city on Monday nights is not a problem. LLL did not charge us for the use of the meeting room, but Bethlehem House requires payment. We are now asking for a gold coin donation to cover the cost. Please remember to give your donation as you arrive at the meetings. (Supper will also be provided out of these funds.)
Audio-cassettes are available for many of the meeting topics. Cost is $3, or $5 posted.
Contact Lutheran Archives.
Contact
Email: fola@lca.org.au
