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From: Jerry And Sandy Childs <>
Subject: Re: [IOWA] Amana Colonies
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:22:02 -0800
References: <20010306020451.25713.qmail@web116.yahoomail.com>


Sandi: I would be Amana Colonies has a website and for sure a genealogy
society (website?) that could tell you what you want to know. Good hunting.
Sandy Childs from drenched Calif.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandi Stringer <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:04 PM
Subject: [IOWA] Amana Colonies


> I really enjoy reading all the messages on this site;
> have never found any informaiton relevant to my family
> but I have learned a lot of other things. Is anyone
> familiar with the Amana Colonies of Iowa? It's my
> understanding that they were made up of German
> immigrants. I would like to find out more about them;
> i.e. when they were settled etc. I'm trying to
> establish when my ancestors immigrated from Germany.
> I know that Wilhelm/William was in Adair, Ia. by 1896
> and am wondering if he was in the Amana Colnies prior
> to that. Exact immigration date from Germany to U.S.
> is unknown but was after 1878.
> My German ancestors were:
> John Schalow> Wilhelm/William Schalow b. 1845 m.to
> ....Damann> Herman Schalow b.1878 m. to Anna Luebke
> All of the above were born in Mecklenburg, Germany
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Sandi Stringer
> Plano, Texas
>
>
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