Trips home for the holidays always present opportunities to continue my family history research.  Aside from the usual culinary delights of Thanksgiving, this trip included a taste of the "old country" provided by my brother and sister-in-law from Cincinnati. Recently the Oldenburg mailing list http://list.genealogy.net/mm/listinfo/oldenburg-l discussed traditional northern German recipes.  Goetta, from the low German "götte", just... Continue Reading →