Monday, May 25, 2009

Richters in Cullman, Alabama

Greg Richter showed this video to the Cullman County Historical Society in a presentation of his family. Greg and his wife, Laura, portray Greg's great-grandparents, Karl Julius and Ursula Louise Fallenbacher Richter, during the 2008 Living History Cemetery Tour.


Also, these videos of Greg interviewing his father, Louie Richter, and aunt, Lorene Richter Hyatt, about growing up in the house his great-grandparents built and that he now lives in:








Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Amelia Dinkleberg's Cullman story

Amelia Dinkleberg (Paula Kretzschmar) tells her story as one of the first five families to settle Cullman, Alabama in the early 1870s. This presentation was part of a living history cemetery tour for a group of German visitors from Cullman's sister city, Frankweiler.

Richter history in Cullman

The Cullman County Historical Society will meet Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the Ruehl Building, 601 3rd Ave. SE. Greg Richter will speak about the Richter family in Cullman.