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  <title>German Immigrants to Iowa and the Midwest</title>
  <subtitle type="html">I'm currently in the process of archiving old images of ancestors who came to the US from what is now Germany.  Before long, I hope to open it for any images of German immigrants to the US.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2010-01-30T12:15:11-08:00</updated>
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    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#281256250_raj9X" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Charles-Beckman-Mary-Burger/281256250_raj9X-Th.jpg" width="104" height="150" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-04T07:18:04-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>April 9, 1907 Wedding Portrait of Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt.  Attended by Maime Beckman Boeckenstedt (sister of the bride) and John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt, brother of the groom.  U ...</title>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 9, 1907 Wedding Portrait of Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt.  Attended by Maime Beckman Boeckenstedt (sister of the bride) and John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt, brother of the groom.  U ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#281247419_bRtKW" title="April 9, 1907 Wedding Portrait of Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt.  Attended by Maime Beckman Boeckenstedt (sister of the bride) and John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt, brother of the groom.  U ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Agnes-Beckman-Anton/281247419_bRtKW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="April 9, 1907 Wedding Portrait of Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt.  Attended by Maime Beckman Boeckenstedt (sister of the bride) and John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt, brother of the groom.  U ..." title="April 9, 1907 Wedding Portrait of Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt.  Attended by Maime Beckman Boeckenstedt (sister of the bride) and John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt, brother of the groom.  U ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-04T07:29:13-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>Another image of Bernard and Mary Burger Beckman's family.  Mary came to the US from Germany as a little girl, but her family lost everything in the Chicago fire.  Back row, r to l: Mayme, C ...</title>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another image of Bernard and Mary Burger Beckman's family.  Mary came to the US from Germany as a little girl, but her family lost everything in the Chicago fire.  Back row, r to l: Mayme, C ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#279660563_2cqyC" title="Another image of Bernard and Mary Burger Beckman's family.  Mary came to the US from Germany as a little girl, but her family lost everything in the Chicago fire.  Back row, r to l: Mayme, C ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-Family-Later/279660563_2cqyC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Another image of Bernard and Mary Burger Beckman's family.  Mary came to the US from Germany as a little girl, but her family lost everything in the Chicago fire.  Back row, r to l: Mayme, C ..." title="Another image of Bernard and Mary Burger Beckman's family.  Mary came to the US from Germany as a little girl, but her family lost everything in the Chicago fire.  Back row, r to l: Mayme, C ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-05T15:37:39-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-Family-Later/279660563_2cqyC-Th.jpg</id>
    <exif:DateTimeOriginal>2008-04-14 19:56:20</exif:DateTimeOriginal>
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  <entry>
    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#281256258_uW7Ve"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#281256258_uW7Ve" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Charles-Beckman-Family-Early/281256258_uW7Ve-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-04T07:13:25-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>A close up of my grandparents' wedding celebration, April 9, 1907.  Far left is Mary Burger Beckman, my great-grandmother.  The front row (l to r) is then my Grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, ...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#281367587_8LZqU"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A close up of my grandparents' wedding celebration, April 9, 1907.  Far left is Mary Burger Beckman, my great-grandmother.  The front row (l to r) is then my Grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#281367587_8LZqU" title="A close up of my grandparents' wedding celebration, April 9, 1907.  Far left is Mary Burger Beckman, my great-grandmother.  The front row (l to r) is then my Grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Wedding-Closeup2/281367587_8LZqU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="56" alt="A close up of my grandparents' wedding celebration, April 9, 1907.  Far left is Mary Burger Beckman, my great-grandmother.  The front row (l to r) is then my Grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, ..." title="A close up of my grandparents' wedding celebration, April 9, 1907.  Far left is Mary Burger Beckman, my great-grandmother.  The front row (l to r) is then my Grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-04T05:29:56-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Clemens and Mary Boeckenstedt</title>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clemens and Mary Boeckenstedt&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#289767426_6oyex" title="Clemens and Mary Boeckenstedt"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-and-Mary-Boeckenstedt/289767426_6oyex-Th.jpg" width="115" height="150" alt="Clemens and Mary Boeckenstedt" title="Clemens and Mary Boeckenstedt" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2008-12-27T18:45:32-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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    </author>
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  <entry>
    <title>The party assembled at the wedding reception of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt (also see zoomed grab of image).  April 9, 1907.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#282908515_7UVU9"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The party assembled at the wedding reception of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt (also see zoomed grab of image).  April 9, 1907.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#282908515_7UVU9" title="The party assembled at the wedding reception of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt (also see zoomed grab of image).  April 9, 1907."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Agnes-Beckman-Anton/282908515_7UVU9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="117" alt="The party assembled at the wedding reception of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt (also see zoomed grab of image).  April 9, 1907." title="The party assembled at the wedding reception of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt (also see zoomed grab of image).  April 9, 1907." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-03T01:19:08-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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    </author>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bernard Beckman (back row, right) is the father of my paternal grandmother (or my great-grandfather).  He is pictured here with his siblings, Frank and Clem and (front row, r to l) Joe, Ther ...</title>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bernard Beckman (back row, right) is the father of my paternal grandmother (or my great-grandfather).  He is pictured here with his siblings, Frank and Clem and (front row, r to l) Joe, Ther ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#279647384_F4doi" title="Bernard Beckman (back row, right) is the father of my paternal grandmother (or my great-grandfather).  He is pictured here with his siblings, Frank and Clem and (front row, r to l) Joe, Ther ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-with-Siblings/279647384_F4doi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Bernard Beckman (back row, right) is the father of my paternal grandmother (or my great-grandfather).  He is pictured here with his siblings, Frank and Clem and (front row, r to l) Joe, Ther ..." title="Bernard Beckman (back row, right) is the father of my paternal grandmother (or my great-grandfather).  He is pictured here with his siblings, Frank and Clem and (front row, r to l) Joe, Ther ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-05T15:50:13-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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    </author>
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    <exif:DateTimeOriginal>2008-04-14 19:28:52</exif:DateTimeOriginal>
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  <entry>
    <title>Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1838 in Steinfeld Germany (center) is my paternal grandfather's father, or my great grandfather.  He is pictured here with his brothers, from l to right: Frank, Henr ...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#279642396_HXFye"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1838 in Steinfeld Germany (center) is my paternal grandfather's father, or my great grandfather.  He is pictured here with his brothers, from l to right: Frank, Henr ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#279642396_HXFye" title="Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1838 in Steinfeld Germany (center) is my paternal grandfather's father, or my great grandfather.  He is pictured here with his brothers, from l to right: Frank, Henr ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-Boeckenstedt-and/279642396_HXFye-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1838 in Steinfeld Germany (center) is my paternal grandfather's father, or my great grandfather.  He is pictured here with his brothers, from l to right: Frank, Henr ..." title="Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1838 in Steinfeld Germany (center) is my paternal grandfather's father, or my great grandfather.  He is pictured here with his brothers, from l to right: Frank, Henr ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-05T15:58:43-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-Boeckenstedt-and/279642396_HXFye-Th.jpg</id>
    <exif:DateTimeOriginal>2008-04-13 16:42:32</exif:DateTimeOriginal>
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  <entry>
    <title>Christopher and Catherine Koopmann, my Great-Great-Grandparents, and the grandparents of my maternal Grandfather, John Koopmann.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666679_ogQhg"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christopher and Catherine Koopmann, my Great-Great-Grandparents, and the grandparents of my maternal Grandfather, John Koopmann.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666679_ogQhg" title="Christopher and Catherine Koopmann, my Great-Great-Grandparents, and the grandparents of my maternal Grandfather, John Koopmann."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Christopher-and-Catherine/263666679_ogQhg-Th.jpg" width="123" height="150" alt="Christopher and Catherine Koopmann, my Great-Great-Grandparents, and the grandparents of my maternal Grandfather, John Koopmann." title="Christopher and Catherine Koopmann, my Great-Great-Grandparents, and the grandparents of my maternal Grandfather, John Koopmann." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-12T19:06:29-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Christopher-and-Catherine/263666679_ogQhg-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666645_ntW2N"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666645_ntW2N" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-Wedding/263666645_ntW2N-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-12T19:07:42-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-Wedding/263666645_ntW2N-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bernard Beckman Family.  The Beckmans are my Great-Grandparents and the parents of my paternal grandmother.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666622_Ku8Zg"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bernard Beckman Family.  The Beckmans are my Great-Grandparents and the parents of my paternal grandmother.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666622_Ku8Zg" title="Bernard Beckman Family.  The Beckmans are my Great-Grandparents and the parents of my paternal grandmother."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-Family/263666622_Ku8Zg-Th.jpg" width="120" height="150" alt="Bernard Beckman Family.  The Beckmans are my Great-Grandparents and the parents of my paternal grandmother." title="Bernard Beckman Family.  The Beckmans are my Great-Grandparents and the parents of my paternal grandmother." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-12T19:07:44-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckman-Family/263666622_Ku8Zg-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The first of my ancestors to come to the US: Franz Heinrich and Elizabeth (Meyer) Boeckenstedt (sometimes spelled Böckenstedt or Böckerstette or any other number of ways!)  He was born in  ...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666740_P9qSf"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first of my ancestors to come to the US: Franz Heinrich and Elizabeth (Meyer) Boeckenstedt (sometimes spelled Böckenstedt or Böckerstette or any other number of ways!)  He was born in  ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263666740_P9qSf" title="The first of my ancestors to come to the US: Franz Heinrich and Elizabeth (Meyer) Boeckenstedt (sometimes spelled Böckenstedt or Böckerstette or any other number of ways!)  He was born in  ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Franz-and-Elizabeth/263666740_P9qSf-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="The first of my ancestors to come to the US: Franz Heinrich and Elizabeth (Meyer) Boeckenstedt (sometimes spelled Böckenstedt or Böckerstette or any other number of ways!)  He was born in  ..." title="The first of my ancestors to come to the US: Franz Heinrich and Elizabeth (Meyer) Boeckenstedt (sometimes spelled Böckenstedt or Böckerstette or any other number of ways!)  He was born in  ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-12T19:05:17-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
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    </author>
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  <entry>
    <title>The wedding picture of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263670366_ckezH"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wedding picture of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263670366_ckezH" title="The wedding picture of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Agnes-Beckman-Anton/263670366_ckezH-Th.jpg" width="112" height="150" alt="The wedding picture of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt" title="The wedding picture of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-12T18:56:49-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Agnes-Beckman-Anton/263670366_ckezH-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Another image of my paternal grandmother's family.  Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt is in the back row, second from left.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#268940282_oZFYH"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another image of my paternal grandmother's family.  Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt is in the back row, second from left.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#268940282_oZFYH" title="Another image of my paternal grandmother's family.  Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt is in the back row, second from left."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckmann-Family2/268940282_oZFYH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Another image of my paternal grandmother's family.  Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt is in the back row, second from left." title="Another image of my paternal grandmother's family.  Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt is in the back row, second from left." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-10T20:18:53-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Bernard-Beckmann-Family2/268940282_oZFYH-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>My paternal grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, is shown here, second from left.  His brother, John (aka Pinoak) is second from right, but we can't identify any of the others, or what the occas ...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#268940248_cm4pA"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My paternal grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, is shown here, second from left.  His brother, John (aka Pinoak) is second from right, but we can't identify any of the others, or what the occas ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#268940248_cm4pA" title="My paternal grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, is shown here, second from left.  His brother, John (aka Pinoak) is second from right, but we can't identify any of the others, or what the occas ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Anton-Pinoak-and-Friends/268940248_cm4pA-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="My paternal grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, is shown here, second from left.  His brother, John (aka Pinoak) is second from right, but we can't identify any of the others, or what the occas ..." title="My paternal grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, is shown here, second from left.  His brother, John (aka Pinoak) is second from right, but we can't identify any of the others, or what the occas ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-10T20:20:36-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Anton-Pinoak-and-Friends/268940248_cm4pA-Th-1.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Clemens Boeckenstedt Family.  Clemens is my great-grandfather, born in Germany and emmigrated to the US in 1848 with his parents, sister, and four brothers.  My Grandfather Anton is in the f ...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263659965_cU6CL"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clemens Boeckenstedt Family.  Clemens is my great-grandfather, born in Germany and emmigrated to the US in 1848 with his parents, sister, and four brothers.  My Grandfather Anton is in the f ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#263659965_cU6CL" title="Clemens Boeckenstedt Family.  Clemens is my great-grandfather, born in Germany and emmigrated to the US in 1848 with his parents, sister, and four brothers.  My Grandfather Anton is in the f ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-Boeckenstedt-Family/263659965_cU6CL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Clemens Boeckenstedt Family.  Clemens is my great-grandfather, born in Germany and emmigrated to the US in 1848 with his parents, sister, and four brothers.  My Grandfather Anton is in the f ..." title="Clemens Boeckenstedt Family.  Clemens is my great-grandfather, born in Germany and emmigrated to the US in 1848 with his parents, sister, and four brothers.  My Grandfather Anton is in the f ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-12T19:04:21-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-Boeckenstedt-Family/263659965_cU6CL-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>This is a portrait of Katherine Osterhaus Koopmann, my maternal grandmother's family, probably taken about 1908-09.  Other than my great-grandparents Henry and Charlotte Foerster Osterhaus,  ...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#446623267_qPtj3"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a portrait of Katherine Osterhaus Koopmann, my maternal grandmother's family, probably taken about 1908-09.  Other than my great-grandparents Henry and Charlotte Foerster Osterhaus,  ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#446623267_qPtj3" title="This is a portrait of Katherine Osterhaus Koopmann, my maternal grandmother's family, probably taken about 1908-09.  Other than my great-grandparents Henry and Charlotte Foerster Osterhaus,  ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Osterhaus-Family-Early-1900s/446623267_qPtj3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="82" alt="This is a portrait of Katherine Osterhaus Koopmann, my maternal grandmother's family, probably taken about 1908-09.  Other than my great-grandparents Henry and Charlotte Foerster Osterhaus,  ..." title="This is a portrait of Katherine Osterhaus Koopmann, my maternal grandmother's family, probably taken about 1908-09.  Other than my great-grandparents Henry and Charlotte Foerster Osterhaus,  ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2009-01-02T06:20:31-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Osterhaus-Family-Early-1900s/446623267_qPtj3-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776754299_DR6Gh"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776754299_DR6Gh" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Untitled-3-1/776754299_DR6Gh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2010-01-30T10:50:15-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Untitled-3-1/776754299_DR6Gh-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776751839_fWHDN"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776751839_fWHDN" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Untitled-1-1/776751839_fWHDN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2010-01-30T10:54:26-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Untitled-1-1/776751839_fWHDN-Th.jpg</id>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776759668_fjoRY"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776759668_fjoRY" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-and-Mary-2/776759668_fjoRY-Th.jpg" width="114" height="150" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2010-01-30T10:58:24-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Clemens-and-Mary-2/776759668_fjoRY-Th.jpg</id>
    <exif:DateTimeOriginal>2010-01-30 18:57:57</exif:DateTimeOriginal>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776809315_oBYbw"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com"&gt;Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/4450927_vrDhz#776809315_oBYbw" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Grandma-and-Grandpa-Beckmann/776809315_oBYbw-Th.jpg" width="80" height="150" alt="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" title="Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <updated>2010-01-30T12:15:52-08:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Jon Boeckenstedt (germans)</name>
      <uri>http://germans.smugmug.com</uri>
    </author>
    <id>http://germans.smugmug.com/Genealogy/German-Immigrants-to-Iowa-and/Grandma-and-Grandpa-Beckmann/776809315_oBYbw-Th.jpg</id>
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