Comments on: Friedrich Schulzke: “It Fell to My Lot to Guide the Little Branch” http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/ Where our past is never very long ago Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-372170 Ardis E. Parshall Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:22:07 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-372170 Ron, how nice to hear from you! Email to follow.

Except for the general history of the area, and the new material contributed by readers in the comments, my sources are all in the Church History Library. They are just not locatable by easy catalog searches. Remember all those months and months and months you saw me reading newspapers and Church magazines? Well … :)

]]> By: Ron Watt http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-371907 Ron Watt Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:43:58 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-371907 Ardis

We are trying to write a history of the Church in Lithuania for the twentieth anniversary. You quote from sources that we have not received and that the department did not find for us yet. Could you let me know about those sources, and maybe we could get them too.

Thanks

Ron

]]> By: Bruce Crow http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-10969 Bruce Crow Wed, 20 May 2009 20:18:41 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-10969 Lynn, You might be surprise how many of us look at the old posts. I’m interested?

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-10965 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 20 May 2009 14:50:25 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-10965 Oh, we’re interested! Check your mailbox.

]]> By: Lynn M. Hansen http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-10963 Lynn M. Hansen Wed, 20 May 2009 13:09:47 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-10963 I stumbled on this quite late so maybe no one will see my comments. But one Günter Schulzke was serving as branch president in Tilsit in 1945 when the Saints there had to flee in front of the advancing Red Army. He was a true hero to members of the branch. A son was in the Army and died nearby. Write me if you want a bit more info.

]]> By: Astrid Gossett http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-7866 Astrid Gossett Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:15:49 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-7866 I am overwhelmed to note that there are so many people interested in the family saga. I am Ernie’s sister, Kristen’s aunt and Friedrich’s granddaughter. My heart has often ached about Anna, my grandmother. Now that I am older, I have even more empathy for her trying to get to safety, running from the soldiers. I thank my Heavenly Father many times every day for a safe place to live and a wonderful ward in which to meet with loving brothers and sisters. I have been with Otto and Eli on many occasions and loved them dearly. Heinz and Uschi(spelling?) were friends, too, while I lived in Utah. I know I met some of their children, but I don’t have a very clear recollection of them.
Thank you all so much for this wonderful time re-visiting these stories. I am so thankful to have such great relatives!

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-6608 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:57:59 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-6608 Hey, I’ve been singing “It’s a Small World” for days now — time for another chorus!

]]> By: john f. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-6607 john f. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:48:35 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-6607 Ardis, Facebook has its uses! When I saw your post I commented on the Facebook page of my Oxford mate Stuart Schulzke to ask whether this was his ancestor — now you have a picture of him in your follow-up post!

]]> By: Dave http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-6555 Dave Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:13:18 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-6555 I served a portion of my mission in Klaipeda (Actually, I served there twice, but when you’re serving in Lithuania, there just aren’t a whole lot of cities to serve in!). We knew that the city had had an LDS branch before WWII, but thanks to the lack of a continuous presence and the Soviet occupation, we knew nothing of the details. Thanks for filling in some “back story” on my own wonderful experiences there.

]]> By: BruceCrow http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/28/friedrich-schulzke-it-fell-to-my-lot-to-guide-the-little-branch/comment-page-1/#comment-6494 BruceCrow Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:54:39 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=538#comment-6494 Ardis, the response from the Schultzke family is very exciting. It makes the story so much more intriguing.

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