In 1711, in Siegen, Johann Justus Albrecht executed a document with witnesses and the seal of a Notary Public. I am looking for references in the Germanna literature to this document. It is sometimes spoken of as a contract or agreement. The distinguishing characteristics are Albrecht's name, the date of 1711, and mention of Siegen.
I have seen some references to this document but I am trying to determine in how many places in the literature it is mentioned or discussed. If you know of any mentions of this in the Germanna Records, or in any family histories, or in general histories, I would like to receive the name of the source and, if possible, the citation or statement that is made about it. I think that it may have been quoted incorrectly, but I need to know what was said about the document.
I thank you for your cooperation in this.
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It wasn't too long ago, one month to be exact, that I mentioned the tour season had started at Hans Herr House, where I would be on the first Saturday of April. We have now come to the first Saturday in May and it is time again for me to be a guide. In April, the weather was miserable and hardly anyone wanted to come out for a discretionary activity. Friday would be a perfect day but I am told that it may not be so nice today. Rain or shine, the house will be open.
This, of course, is a volunteer activity. It is true that more volunteers are needed. Not only at the Hans Herr House but in the Germanna Foundation. Since most of us live at some distance from the Visitor's Center, there is a restriction on what we can do. I think there are activities that could be parceled out that one could do at home.
For example, I am on the library committee and we have several boxes of letters that were in B. C. Holtzclaw's collection. Perhaps someone could sort these and prepare hanging folders so they could be put into a file cabinet in the library at the Visitor's Center. I am sure that Thom has other suggestions.
Organizations such as Hans Herr House, the Germanna Foundation, or Winterthur depend on the assistance of volunteers to keep the doors open. The last of these three has an endowment that runs into the millions, but budget woes are a major problem. Certainly the Hans Herr House and the Germanna Foundation lack the endowment that can be so helpful. The lack of resources can be compensated in two ways: by donations of one's money or time.
(03 May 03)
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