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Books on WendsHow to purchase books on the Wends in Australia. For a detailed and excellent book on the migration of Germans and Wends to Victoria in Australia I'd recommend the following book From Hamburg to Hobsons Bay: German Emigration to Port Phillip (Australia Felix) 1848-51 by Thomas A. Darragh and Robert N. Wuchatsch (1999). Packed with 342 pages of information. You should find copies in your local library. ************************************************************* WENDS TO AUSTRALIA The best reference books on the migration of the Wends to Australia are: Nielsen, In Search of a Home ($48 posted) Burger, The Coming of the Wends ($15 posted) These are available from the Wend Sorb Society of South Australia, 6 Emes Court, Athelstone SA 5076. Please make cheques/money orders payable to the "Wend Sorb Society of SA". Other books and CDs are also available from time to time. The Lutheran Archives (27 Fourth St, Bowden SA 5007; email: lutheran.archives@lca.org.au) contains many church registers, which provide help for people researching family history. There is a research fee. They also have many published family histories of Wendish families. The Archives is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (9.30am-4.30pm). The library collection of the Wend Sorb Society of South Australia is also kept there. |