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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=86 BGCOLOR="#CC9966" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Garamond" ><B>Glückstal Colonies Research Association</B></FONT><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Glückstal"><U>Glückstal</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Neudorf"><U>Neudorf</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bergdorf"><U>Bergdorf</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kassel"><U>Kassel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><U>Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research"><U>Research</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publications"><U>Publications</U></A>   |   <B>About Us</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#996633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="0269d570.png" border=0 width="157" height="87" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="00978030.png" border=0 width="120" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=394 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>About Us</I></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b7f4090.png" border=0 width="500" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>FOUNDING:</B> GCRA was founded in January 1986 by Margaret Freeman and Carolyn Wheeler, aided by consultation with Art Flegel and Gwen Pritzkau.  The initial mailing went out in July of 1986.  The first newsletter was published in Fall, 1987.</div> <bR> <div> <B>PURPOSE:</B> The purpose of the Glückstal Colony Research Association is two-fold.  The first is to coordinate the efforts of individuals researching descendants of the Glückstal colonies.  The second goal is to locate, gather, organize and access all sources pertaining to researching descendants of the Glückstal, Neudorf, Bergdorf, Kassel and their daughter colonies.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Libraries</B></div> <div> <B>NDSU Dept #2080</B></div> <div> <B>PO Box 6050</B></div> <div> <B>Fargo, ND 58108-6050 USA</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>701-231-6596 or</B></div> <div> <B>701-231-8416</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>E-Mail: </B><A HREF="mailto:michael.miller@ndsu.edu" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:michael.miller@ndsu.edu"><U><B>michael.miller@ndsu.edu</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Website: </B><A HREF="http://www.ndsu.edu/grhc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ndsu.edu/grhc"><U><B>www.ndsu.edu/grhc</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>