Bulletin for the interchange of genealogical and family history data about Lastinger individuals and families living within the United States. Includes announcements and reports of reunions of the John Lastinger Family Association.

Hamilton Garver Bright (1854-1920) married Aldeba Klepinger (1858-1907) in Hamilton, Ohio in 1879; they had twelve children. Their large posterity is found in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and elsewhere. The Bright ancestry is traced to Conrad and Catrina Brecht in southwest Germany in the 1500s. The first Bright ancestor in America was Johan Michael Brecht, who came from Schreisheim, Germany to Pennsylvania in 1726 with his wife, Marguerite Simone, a...

"Friedrich Hueftle [1860 - 1911] and Wilhelm Hueftle [1862 - 1925] left Germany in the summer of 1880 to avoid military conscription and to seek the opportunities afforded by the westward expansion of America. During the journey, they met Margaret Sanwald ... [who helped] them reach Varna, Illinois."--P. 6. and whose family helped them secure employment with the railroad. (Friedrich and Margaret were married 25 July 1911.) Later they relocated in...