Wanted! Historical Society Members!

If you have an interest in helping us preserve our past... create displays... give tours ... maintain buildings... build a forge for the blacksmith shop... garden... and dozens of other activities... we can use you!

Come to our meetings the third Monday of most months at 7:00 p.m.

Membership dues are $5.00/year.

Not a member of Trinity?
Become an Associate Member! You will be very much a part of the Society; the only difference will be no voting privileges.

For information, call the church office.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Historical Society Sale Items
By Terry Schoessow @ 4:53 PM :: 848 Views :: Historical

   Trinity-Freistadt Historical Society
                    Sale Items
If you wish to purchase any item(s), please send a list and appropriate amount in a check to: Trinity Historical Society
                                                10729 W. Freistadt Rd.
                                                Mequon, WI 53097

Cat's Meow Items:

   The Cat's Meow, a nationally known maker of wooden collector's items, produced these items specifically for the Trinity Historical Society. The churches contain a very brief background on back. Marker is exact readable replica of official state historical marker, identifying Trinity-Freistadt as first Lutheran Church in State of Wisconsin.

    Historical Church        $10.00    (all + $2.00 s/h)
    New Church Entrance $12.00
    Historical Marker         $ 7.00

“Trinity Freistadt: A Walk of Faith”
   An 18 minute AV presentation of why Pomeranian settlers established the town of Freistadt and the first Lutheran Church in Wisconsin in 1839, a brief tour of Trinity - Freistadt Historical Site, and present church activities. Includes historical photos, some live footage, narration, music. Produced in 2003

DVD $12.00
Video $10     (both + $2.00 s/h)

Ornament:
    Gold plated oval picture of historic Trinity Lutheran Church, built in 1884, stained glass background     $10.00 + $2.00 s/h


Books Published by Society:

Freistadt and the Lutheran Immigration
The name index list more than 600 family names; a list of Pomeranians living in Freistadt, listed by original settlers, includes wives and children
Also includes brief history of Old Lutherans, settlement in Wisconsin, family letters, maps, photos, land patent map
141 pages, $10.00 + $3.50 s/h

Jesus Christ...Yesterday, Today, and Forevermore
Published for 150th Anniversary of Trinity-Freistadt in 1989
Includes many photos of congregation life, and information on then current Freistadt families and their ancestors listed by generation
Lists pastors of teachers who served the congregation
and pastors and teachers serving elsewhere who were congregation members at one time
86 pages, $6.00 + $2.00 s/h

19th Century Emigration of "Old Lutherans"
    Over 1000 names and places of Prussians, including Pomeranians who emigrated, starting in 1838. From Iwan's Old Lutheran Chapter XX.   $18.00 + $3.50 s/h

The Old Lutherans
The Emigration from Pomerania and Prussia
to America from 1838 to 1864

Wilhelm Iwan, a pastor in Silesia for thirty years,
first published a book in 1943, entitled:
Die Altlutherische Auswanderung um die Mitte Des 19. Jahrhundert's
(The Old Lutheran Emigration in the mid-19th Century.)
It contains the religious conflicts in Prussia, the story of the emigrations to America, and the families involved.
Translated by Brian Lutz, under the direction of Dr. August Seulflow of the Concordia Historical Institute of St. Louis
Published by Trinity Historical Society, 2002, with permission
566 pages in 3 volumes, $60.00 + $6.00 s/h

1839 - 1954
by Dr. August Suelflow and Roy A. Suelflow
Early history of congregation and details of congregation happenings during pastors’ tenures. In chronological order. Includes teachers. Some photos, illustrations.
Published 1954       $5.00 + $1.50 s/h

By the Grace of God
by LeRoy Boehlke, et. al.
History of original settlers arriving in 1839 and the early history of Trinity Lutheran Church - Freistadt, Oldest Lutheran Church in Wisconsin, and description of town life, farm life, and clothing. Includes the ship names, photos of early Freistadt, maps
Published 1964, 86 pages, $5.00 + $1.50 s/h

The Chronicle of Rev. L.F.E. Krause: the First Lutheran Pastor to Work in Wisconsin
Translated and Edited by Roy A. Suelflow
Rev. Krause’s written record of first nine years of congregation and everyday life in the community, including the weather, prices, and holiday celebrations in the 1840s
50 pages, $5.00 + $1.50 s/h

Germany, 2000 Years of Culture and History
by LeRoy Boehlke
22 pictures and 10 maps.
42 pages, $5.00 + $1.50 s/h

Pomerania, Its People and History
by LeRoy Boehlke
Pomeranian history, customs and culture, 32 pictures, 4 maps.
36 pages, $4.50 + $1.50 s/h