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BF5: William Burger was my G-Grandfather

March 25, 2016

William Burger, son of Jacob, was four years old when his father left him, his sister, and mother in Germany …

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BF4: Generations Farming the Land

March 7, 2016

In the spring of 1958 I was in the front 40 on my father’s new Oliver Super 77 plowing the …

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BF3: From Cincinnati, Ohio, to Dubois County, Indiana

March 2, 2016

My G-G-Grandfather Jacob Burger was a watchmaker who wanted to be a landowner and farmer. After establishing an apparently successful …

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BF2: Yearning for a New Life in a New Land

February 7, 2016

According to the 1860 U.S. census 1.3 million Germans had immigrated to America (principally from the southwestern states of Württemberg, …

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BF1: His Name Was Jacob Burger

February 1, 2016

Jacob was my great-great-grandfather. In 1848, Jacob and his twin brother George left their young families in the Black Forest …

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