IN MEMORY of Descendants whom have passed away this year. 2014

Rosemary Joseph ~ F eb. 7, 2014

Organ Lecture/Demonstration in Rosary Hall at the Mother House ad the Dominican Sisters in Amityville.

PLEASE NOTE that the program will start ONE HOUR later than previously announced
                            3 pm instead of 2pm

3 pm Welcome and short history of the Congregation and Motherhouse.

  3:30 pm Presentation of the Jardine firm and the 1878 Rosary Hall organ.

4 pm Organ recital by Cynthia Holden.

  4:30 pm Sung Vespers with nuns, in choir.

5 pm Refreshments with a walk through the cloister area and an opportunity to inspect the organ.

Organ Lecture/Demonstration in Rosary Hall at the Mother House ad the Dominican Sisters in Amityville.

Fosters Meadow celebrates the 56th German-American Steuben Parade up Fifth Avenue on September 21, 2013 from 68th to 86th St.

Those Who Worked On The Most Holy Trinity Project - A Special Thanks

Gerry Achtem	Liz Bailey	Bob Boeckle
Jan Broschart	Margaret DeAcetis	Lynn DeTrano
Don Eckerle	Andrea Ewerling	Jim Fuchs
Madeline Galbraith	Linda Heelan	Dolores Hirx
Dorothy Kramer	Janice LaScala	Arleen Mackey
JoAnn O’Connell	Carol O’Hea	Erin O’Hea
Maureen O’Shea	Marie Potts	Jerry Rottkamp
Joan Schmitt	Doris Spehar	Bob Sullivan
Jeannie Viviani	Bob Vornlocker	Ed Wesnofske

Those Who Worked On The Most Holy Trinity Project

Thank you for participating in the Most Holy Trinity project. The last set has been delivered to Don Eckerle who will format the information for use in an Access database and once the new German Genealogy Group webmaster deals with the current backlog, you will see the MHT indices on the GGG website.

MHT will be by far the largest church index on that website. We have recorded over 6,000 marriages between 1842 and 1940 and over 25,000 baptisms. This all started late in 2011 with Bob Vornlocker suggesting to Father Tim that the GGG might be able to prepare an online index that would make life easier for parish office staff and received a positive response. It took a few months to tie down Father Tim and make sure he had the pastor’s approval, but by late April Don Eckerle and Bob Boeckle photographed the baptism and marriage records from the original books. Bob then took the photos and made the CDs and hardcopy that would be used in the project.

On June 30, 2012 the first sets of data were mailed to transcribers. Approximately 30 individuals throughout the US and Canada volunteered to enter data. Some were GGG members and others were Descendants of Fosters Meadow (a 19^th Century German farming community on the present Queens/Nassau Counties border) and a few of us were in both camps. Between transcribing, adding birth and marriage certificate numbers from the GGG indices, and proofing, there were over 250 individual tasks to be performed. Some volunteers completed one or two sets and their contribution is greatly appreciated. Others were able to complete between 5 and 10. A few stalwart warriors completed even more than 10.

Most Holy Trinity is arguably one of the top 3 (St Nicolaus and Most Holy Redeemer in Kleindeutschland being the others) most important German-American Catholic churches in North America for genealogy information. The vast majority of German immigrants came through the Port of New York and many started their families in the area before moving on to the wilderness farms of Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The GGG should broadcast this sites existence once it is up.   

I want to personally thank all of you and apologize if I too aggressively prodded, encouraged, urged or entreated during this process and especially for the occasional “You did What???”     

                     

 Paul Hoffman

August 5, 2013

IN MEMORY of Descendants whom have passed away this year - 2013

Catherine Robrecht-Rottkamp ~ Apr 19, 2013

Theresa Clara Hoeffner ~ Jun 25, 2013

Marilyn C. Fuerst ~ Nov 8, 2013

Franklin Square 5K Run/Walk

Franklin Square 5K Run/Walk To benefit the Franklin Square Historical Society Museum Fund Sunday, May 19, 2013 Race begins 9:00 a.m. sharp at Rath Park Parking in lot on Naple Avenue (between Claflin Blvd. and Jefferson St.) Check & Mail to: Additional Info: $22 Pre-registration must be postmarked by Friday – May 10th  All pre-registered particpiants receive T-Shirt  Pick up with race number before 8:30 a.m. $25 Day of Race registration from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Rath Park – park in lot on Naple Road, between Claflin Blvd. and Jefferson St. Race-timing by Start to Finish Corporation with Winning Time® chip system Award Ceremony, Refreshments and Raffle Drawing to follow  First overall male and female finishers  Top three male and female finishers in each category: 12 & under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over Franklin Square Historical Society; PO Box 45, Franklin Sq., NY 11010 franklinsquare5K@gmail.com franklinsquarehistory.org - for additional race applications Start2Finish.com - for on-line race registration For more information please contact at us at: FostersMeadow.FSHS@gmail.com

Who stole Fosters Meadow?

Historical Presentation: Who Stole Fosters Meadow?

WHO STOLE FOSTERS MEADOW?

A presentation of historical information about Fosters Meadow and  early settling families in the period 1860-1900 and the paths that led to its name change to today's Elmont and surrounding areas.

Guest speaker: Ed Wesnofske

He was born in Hicksville and raised in both Hicksville and Bridgehampton on a family farm that is still operational in Bridgehampton. In 1880, three of his four pairs of great grandparents lived within a quarter mile of each other in Fosters Meadow. He is retired from a 35 year career as a college professor at the SUNY College at Oneonta in 2000. He has been researching Fosters Meadow since June 2009.

Place: Elmont Public Library

700 Hempstead Turnpike

Elmont, New York 11003

Date: March 2nd, 2013, Saturday, 11am to 1pm.

If you will be attending please send us an email by Feb. 15, 2013

so we can choose the proper size room according to the number of attendees.

Refreshments will be served.

We hope to see you there.

Please let us know if you are attending: 

FostersMeadow.FSHS@gmail.com

Most Holy Trinity Church Tour (MHT)

Most Holy Trinity 

138 Montrose Ave

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Several of the Fosters Meadow families had early affiliations

 with this church, which started out with a German immigrant population.

 It was founded by Rev. Johann Stephan Raffeiner  in 1841.

 He was also responsible for founding

 St. Nicholas Church a Roman Catholic German Church in lower Manhattan, NY.

As of date, we have found that the following Fosters Meadow families:

  Felten, Hoeffner, Hoffman, Kreischer, März (March), Reisert, and Sappelt 

who belonged to the congregation of this church when they arrived in America.

On Saturday, November 17, 2012,  Fr. Timothy Dore, OFM. Conf.

shared it's rich history from it's early days to today,

 always reaching out to an immigrant population.

We thank Fr. Timothy Dore of MHT for giving us such an informative tour of this church, 

designed in Gothic style

to the descendants of Fosters Meadow.

Below are some photographs of the church, to enlarge the photos click the image.

For a complete history of the church please visit their website:

http://www.mhtbrooklyn.org