Susanne Petersson sent us these photos of Otto Priebe’s farm in Eschenriege. Her father, Egon Petersson, was assigned to assist on Otto Priebe’s farm during World War II. Special thanks to Susanne Petersson for sending us these fantastic pictures!!

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These two books are the Mutterrolle for Eschenriege in Kreis Neustettin. They list the property owners of the village along with property descriptions. These books specifically are quite detailed in the number of residents recorded. It is notable that the church and civil records for this village survived, making it much easier to determine from […]

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Emigration to the United States: A history of over 150 years Gramenz, West Pomerania This article is a re-posting from a website that is no longer online. It is believed to have originated from http://home.versanet.de/~dieter-priebe/history.html and was originally written by Cindy and David Johnson. An archived version of his website can be found here. The […]

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