Whats new in Reichenberger World

I hope everyone is enjoying those last few days of summer before the fall rolls in.  Also, knowing Reichenbergers have a tendency for fall birthdays, I suspect some of you will be celebrating in the coming weeks and months.  

Anyway, I just wanted to provide a quick update on what is going on with the Reichenberger site.  

First, I have posted the family tree for the Oshkosh Reichenbergers onto Ancestry.com.  I do not have an account set up, but registered as a guest. If you would like to see it, you too can register as a guest (there is a 14 day free trial) and take a look.  I know there may be some errors, particularly with dates and locations, however, most of the tree itself is correct. I plan to continue to add and refine it in the coming weeks. 

Second, for fun I registered to have my DNA sampled from Ancestry.com.  What happens is they send a package, I swab my mouth with a couple of oversize q-tips and send it back.  Then they analyze my DNA for a genetic history.  Very cool stuff.  I plan on providing the results on this blog once I received it so you too (if you are a Reichenberger) can see some of our ancestry in our genetic code. 

Third, I plan on adding a birthday/new children/ welcome to the family page to track birthdays and serve as a baby announcements for new members of the Reichenberger clan.  Also, if you get married, you can post information on the new members of our ever growing group!  This should be up in the next two weeks. 

Lastly, I am putting some additional touches on what is already on the site.  If you have some information and would like to add to it, just email me through the site or at tony@reichenberger.us and I will be glad to add your contributions!  

Anyways, enjoy the rest of summer and prepare for Oktoberfest which is just around the corner. :) 

Tony, 

2015-08-08 Updates to Website

Guten Tag Reichenbergers!

I have updated the Reichenberger.us website to include:

• a background of the Reichenberger name.  This information comes from my brother Tim Reichenberger who obtained the certificate when he and his family went to Ellis Island.  In addition, my father, Steve Reichenberger sent me some information on Reichenbergers in Oshkosh, WI (my hometown) being referred to as "highholders."  Some interesting information if you follow the site link.
• A start on the "Meet the Reichenbergers" which contains the first entry--mine.  I would love it if I could get some brief information on as many Reichenbergers as would be interested.  We will publish only the information you allow us to.  Even if you don't want to have anything published, it would be great to hear from all of you!

As for the site, its still coming along a little at a time.  I'm hoping to keep adding to it weekly, so be sure to check back for updates!  Until then.  Auf Wiedersehen!

The Reichenberger Project is LIVE!!!

WELCOME TO THE REICHENBERGER PROJECT!!! 

If there is one thing I have learned about this family is that we are all over the place.  We live in Germany, The Netherlands, Canada, Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, Florida, Brazil, Norway and in other corners of the globe.  YET WHENEVER WE MEET OTHER REICHENBERGERS, WE NEVER KNOW HOW WE ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER.

We all have a level of camaraderie among each other just by being Reichenbergers, but there has never been a complete family tree, never a roadmap connecting all of us into a unified family.  Well, the REICHENBERGER PROJECT is meant to sort that out!

We have one major goal-- to organize into a singular family tree anyone named Reichenberger to the greatest extent that we can.  If you are a Reichenberger we want to hear from you!  We want to know more about you--what you do, what you like, where you live!  If you were once a Reichenberger but married into a different family, or you are the grandsons or granddaughters of Reichenbergers with different names, don't worry-- you are still Reichenbergers!--you'll just have to be a little more detailed into how you fit into the big Reichenberger Picture.  

We are looking on rolling out a lot of things in the coming months-- a family tree of what we have so far, a family history, stories about interesting Reichenbergers past and present and much much more.  I'd like to have a contest on creating a modern family crest and even, if possible, work on getting all of us together for a worldwide family reunion at some point.  But we have to start with baby steps which means that first lets get to know each other a little bit.

So the goal right now is to sort out the website.  If you have had any web page creation experience, I would love to hear from you.  This is my first stab at it and I sense it may be a little amateurish looking until I get my virtual legs under me.  The better we can make this site, the more we will likely hear from others. If you have other talents and would like to help out, definitely get in touch with me too--we'll find something for you to do certainly!

In the meantime, to all the Reichenbergers out there that I have met and to those I look forward to meeting, BONJOUR, BUENOS DIAS, GUTEN TAG, GOEDENDAG, BOM DIA, O ZI BUNA and if I haven't covered your particular language yet, please google translate "Good Day" from English to your language. :)  BEST WISHES AND WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK AGAIN SOON!