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Bud and Dona Weis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRHC SC 043

Scope and Contents

The Bud and Dona Weis Collection contains family charts for the Weis, Gehring, Oster, Hermann, Pfaff, and Neher families along with a CD with images of the family charts. Also included are photocopies of newspaper articles on Ruff, Washington and the German-Russian heritage published by the Odessa Record of Odessa, WA along with a CD with images of the newspaper articles. In addition, Bud and Dona wrote a letter to all who helped discussing the research put into the family backgrounds and some of the resources utilized.

Dates

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Access

Access to the physical collection is available upon request. Request must be made at least three (3) business days prior to ndsu.grhc@ndsu.edu.

Copyright

Copyrights to items in this collection remain with original copyright holders or are in the public domain.

Biography

Dannie “Bud” Weis was born to Daniel and Elsie (Schultz) Weis in Ritzville, Washington. He married Dona Jaylene Skiles in 1964 in Reno, Nevada. They were able to trace the lines of both their families back to Southern Germany, now known as Bavaria.

Extent

2 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Summary

This collection contains family charts for the Weis, Gehring, Oster, Hermann, Pfaff, and Neher families, photocopies of newspaper articles on Ruff, Washington and the German-Russian heritage, and two CDs with digital files of the papers.

Provenance

Materials were donated by Bud & Donna Weis on October 25, 2011.

Property Rights

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Bud & Donna Weis Collection
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Repository

Contact:
NDSU Dept 2080
PO Box 6050
Fargo ND 58108-6050 United States
(701) 231-6596