Compiled by Martin Torbitzky, this 439 page book of family history begins in Bonninghausen, Germany, visits Australia, Missouri, Illinois, and back to Missouri. Travel, immigration, stories from school, growing up on a farm, and what the “gentlemen” did during their “walks” between dances at the ballroom are discussed in an interestingly and descriptive manner.
Family group charts, survey maps, family tree charts, photographs, and class listings supplement the narrative text. The book is plastic comb bound and free of any highlighted passages, sentence underlines, or personal notations in the margins.
Compiled by Martin Torbitzky, this 439 page book of family history begins in Bonninghausen, Germany, visits Australia, Missouri, Illinois, and back to Missouri. Travel, immigration, stories from school, growing up on a farm, and what the “gentlemen” did during their “walks” between dances at the ballroom are discussed in an interestingly and descriptive manner.
Family group charts, survey maps, family tree charts, photographs, and class listings supplement the narrative text. The book is plastic comb bound and free of any highlighted passages, sentence underlines, or personal notations in the margins.