About the Webmaster
Mr. Sternberg was born in 1964 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
His father's mother was born in Gross Wittfelde, County Schlochau,
and grew up in Flötenstein. His father's father was born in Neuguth,
Schlochau.
The purchase of a computer in 1998 led to an interest in Genealogy.
At that time, there was no information about Schlochau on the
internet except for a few references to it in the Versailles Treaty.
Cousins from Germany attended a family reunion in Minnesota the same
year and got him in touch with their mother, who was born in
Hammerstein, raised in Baldenburg, and schooled in Preussisch
Friedland.
After waiting two years, there was still no information to be found
about Schlochau. So he decided to create his own website. He has
made three research trips to Schlochau.
Mr. Sternberg is a past president of the Germanic Genealogy Society
of Minnesota and past president of the Pommern Regional Group of
Minnesota. Currently he is their webmaster: www.rootsweb.com/~mnprgm/PRG.html
His mother’s family is Colombian. He has made five trips to Germany
and three to Poland and one to Colombia for genealogy, in addition
to international vacations in Egypt, Mexico, Berlin, London and
Paris. He has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota
and is an Eagle Scout.
He is also a member of the Germanic American Institute, the German
American Fellowship Association, the Minnesota Genealogical Society
(MGS), and a local Stammtisch (German speaking) group.
He has spoken at numerous conferences held by MGS, GGS, and PRG over
the last four years. He works for Bachman's Gardening Stores, and
lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
His Grandfather from Neuguth, and Grandmother from Flötenstein.
He is researching the following names from Schlochau/Rummelsburg:
Baumann, Fuhrmann, Kanthak, Klugmann, Lüdtke, Münchow,
Neumann, Raguse, Sternberg, Warnke, Wodke