Yearly Archives: 2004

Another Dingler reunion has come and gone, and this year’s incarnation did not disappoint. I’ll be posting more about what we did and who was there along with plenty of photos, but it’ll be a few more days. I did want to take a moment and thank everyone who helped make this event so successful, especially our hosts, Bannester and Diane Harbin, and Terry Cowan. If you didn’t make it to Rome, hopefully you will join us in Madison, Georgia, [...]

For those of you in Pennsylvania, the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association (JSHA) Inc., is holding 29th consecutive annual meeting and picnic at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 11, at Valley View Park (Valley View, PA). The theme is “Something for Everyone: Hessian Heritage Days.” For more info about the event, see the JSHA web page. JSHA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching those German auxiliary troops (generically called Hessian) who remained in America after the Revolutionary War, became loyal citizens, [...]

Came across an interesting auction on eBay. Someone in Marietta, GA, was auctioning a photo of Green Berry Dingler (1-1-7-4 in the Dingler book) along with “his story and movie deal” for a starting bid of… $1,000,000. Yes, one million dollars. Needless to say, no bids.

An item from the Spring 2004 newsletter. Additional Family Information Provided by John and Nina Dingler. This information is available for download as a GEDCOM file. Details for living individuals has been marked “private”. Seth Clark Dingler (1-1-3-9-2-4 in Dingler book), born 21 April 1907 Carroll County, GA; died 25 December 1985 Green County, GA; married on 10 March 1930 to Mary Cleo Gibby, born 30 January 1912 Habersham County, GA, died 28 September 1990 Richmond County, GA. 1. Seth [...]

Terry Cowan’s book, Dinglers of the South, is now available on CD. Late last year, Terry gave the OK for William Dingler Paige of Florida, to have the book converted to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Copies are now available on CD from William. The cost is $20 (which includes shipping). To purchase a copy, send a check or money order to William at: William Dingler Paige 7647 Trillium Blvd Sarasota, FL 34241 Email: wp941fl@msn.com (Note: Address updated 7/28/2006) He will [...]