Welcome to the Winter edition of The Jaeger Journal. A lot of things going on to report to you and some major strides mad in the family history side of things.
A couple of links that I hope you will find of interest (click on the name of the link)
For those that are new to the Journal it has really been a project since 1993 when my boys were in college or almost out and we wanted to try to keep them up to date on events in the family. Over the years, first in print and then through the internet the list of people getting copies grew like Topsey. When a new edition comes out we actually get upwards of 10,000 hits. An incredible number that makes no sense actually. The subjects remain basically the same: Family, Friends, Fraternity, and my always unabashed opinion on everything and anything!
Now what has been going on:
First, our family size has grown not merely by some wonderful new kids but as more and more family connections are made. Jaegers, Fauerbachs, Collinses, Benjamins and Van Kollems (really the forerunners of the Collins branch). Direct living second cousins and closer have increased to over 100 and 70 first cousins or closer. A note to all: really need your input to make this Journal a success, what you are doing and what is new in your lives sent to the E-mail Address which was included in the notice of this update. It's set up specifically for genealogy subjects.
Second, as always our friends are up to some interesting and unique things and some fraternity brothers are truly making us proud with there activities.
Third, we have some sad events to report as time continues its march forward and a number of our friends and family have passed away.
Finally, some of the activities that have been very important to us have finally come to a successful conclusion thanks to the efforts of a lot of people. A lot of our community activities have been successful and hopefully we will continue in them in the future.
To go to the various pages: