Native Oberkalbacher Comments on My Web Site

Oberkalbach, Hessen, Germany

Village of My Berthold & Ullrich Ancestors

A Native Oberkalbacher Comments on My Web Site

Dirk Frohberg is a young university student at the University of Mainz in

Germany. He was born and raised in Oberkalbach, in the Post house across

the street from the Fansterhanse house where my mother was born and

raised in the early 1900's. Dirk found my web site and wrote to me. He offered some suggestions for a couple of corrections or clarifications and for adding

some information about the new growth of Oberkalbach and the surrounding area.

In Dirk’s words, “I visited your homepage and I’m impressed by your work.

You did a great job and it is interesting for me to see how you see our village

from the distance. I read your pages carefully and I wonder how you could get

such a good insight into our culture and traditions. Your interpretations are quite

correct. That’s amazing.”

I explained to Dirk that I visited Oberkalbach during the first ten years of my

life and have many memories. Also, my mother and I talked often over the years

after our emigration about her life in Oberkalbach. We had many years to do this

because she lived to be 90 years old. And besides that, I love history, especially

family history. Thank you, Dirk, for taking the time to comment on my site.

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