Writings include: • History and Events, translated and previously published by Delbert Plett in his excellent book by that name. • A translation of a two-page spread from his bookstore ledger of 1890 • A translation of the highlights of diaries from 1898, 1910 -1911, 1912, 1922 – 1924, 1928 • 6. Letters from 1912 to 1933 Genealogy begins just before 1800’s and is current to 1995 for John W. Dueck and related families.

I, John W. Dueck, was born on March 12 (Julien calender) 1865, in the village of Gnadenthal, Molotschna, South Russia. This is also where my cradle stood. My father was the school teacher in the aforementioned village for a number of years. I can only remember that later when we were living in Friedensfeld, which was situated on the newly purchased land near Nikopol, we often drove to the Molotschna and also came to the Jakob Duecks who lived in Gnadenthal for as long as...