MMHS News & Notes

Board and Committee Reports

As was reported at the annual meeting, the Local history Committee has lost two key people in the past year with the passing of Bill Harms and John Dyck. At their last meeting the committee welcomed Dave Harms from Altona, Mavis Dyck from Morden and Ron (Joe) Braun from Altona to

the committee.

After two successful publications, the committee is now concentrating on Volume 3. It will feature the Gemeinde histories of the West Reserve and some biographies of church leaders.

The Board at its recent meeting discussed ways of fund-raising for the Society. Various ideas were suggested which will be explored.

The Genealogy Committee is working on subsequent volumes in the Genealogy series. The main content of the second volume will be a translation of Part 2 of B.H. Unruh's book.

The Sites and Monuments Committee is part of the planning for 125^th celebrations. They are particularly involved in planning the erection of a number of plaques and cairns in the West Reserve.

Other plans for the 125^th anniversary celebrations were discussed by the Board and are reported on page 6.

Mennonite Migration to Russia

1788-1828

by Peter Rempel

edited by Alfred Redekopp

and Richard Thiessen

Price in Canada: C$35 + $5 SH

Price elsewhere: US$25 + $5 SH

To order contact Alf Redekopp at the Mennonite Heritage Centre

ph. 204-888-6781