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North Dakota: Creating Community (with Sarah Walker) | Episode 80

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When Sarah Walker's grandfather checked his mail one last day before leaving for World War I, he discovered a neighbor had intervened to keep him home—a bachelor farmer needed on the home front. That single act of community support changed everything.

Sarah Walker, Head of Reference Services at the North Dakota State Archives, shares her grandfather's journey immigrating at age 10 from Germany through Russia to North Dakota's farmland. We explore how tight-knit immigrant communities preserved their language and customs across generations, and why Sarah's career as an oral historian feels like the natural continuation of her family's story-keeping tradition.

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🎧 Ready to discover more stories that could transform your family connections? Subscribe to 'Stories That Live In Us' wherever you get your podcasts, and leave a review to help other families find their path to deeper connection through family history. Together, we're building a community of families committed to preserving and sharing the stories that matter most.
🖼️ Ready to turn your family discoveries into a beautiful conversation piece? Visit FamilyChartmasters.com to create a family tree chart that will help your family share stories for generations.
♥ Want more family history tips and inspiration? Follow me @CristaCowan on Instagram where I share behind-the-scenes looks at my own family discoveries and practical ways to uncover yours!

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Chapters

1. Welcome & Season Context (00:00:00)

2. Meet Sarah Walker (00:01:04)

3. North Dakota Roots & Community (00:01:52)

4. Host’s Travels and ND First Impressions (00:05:20)

5. Parents’ Paths to Bismarck (00:06:42)

6. Family Genealogist Mom (00:09:02)

7. Finding Ancestors & Archive Impact (00:11:28)

8. Stories as Family Bedrock (00:14:24)

9. WWI Draft Reprieve Story (00:16:05)

10. Immigration Timeline & Language (00:18:02)

11. Germans vs Germans from Russia (00:20:06)

12. Farming, Honey, and Harsh Winters (00:22:05)

13. Catherine the Great and Settlement (00:24:02)

14. Community Chains of Migration (00:26:16)

15. Culture at Home: Language & Food (00:27:48)

16. Twin Boys and Legacy Stories (00:29:48)

17. Courage of Immigrants (00:31:25)

18. Archives Turn Memory into Proof (00:33:35)

19. How to Do Oral Histories (00:35:23)

82 episodes

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When Sarah Walker's grandfather checked his mail one last day before leaving for World War I, he discovered a neighbor had intervened to keep him home—a bachelor farmer needed on the home front. That single act of community support changed everything.

Sarah Walker, Head of Reference Services at the North Dakota State Archives, shares her grandfather's journey immigrating at age 10 from Germany through Russia to North Dakota's farmland. We explore how tight-knit immigrant communities preserved their language and customs across generations, and why Sarah's career as an oral historian feels like the natural continuation of her family's story-keeping tradition.

〰️ 🌳 🧬 〰️
🎧 Ready to discover more stories that could transform your family connections? Subscribe to 'Stories That Live In Us' wherever you get your podcasts, and leave a review to help other families find their path to deeper connection through family history. Together, we're building a community of families committed to preserving and sharing the stories that matter most.
🖼️ Ready to turn your family discoveries into a beautiful conversation piece? Visit FamilyChartmasters.com to create a family tree chart that will help your family share stories for generations.
♥ Want more family history tips and inspiration? Follow me @CristaCowan on Instagram where I share behind-the-scenes looks at my own family discoveries and practical ways to uncover yours!

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Welcome & Season Context (00:00:00)

2. Meet Sarah Walker (00:01:04)

3. North Dakota Roots & Community (00:01:52)

4. Host’s Travels and ND First Impressions (00:05:20)

5. Parents’ Paths to Bismarck (00:06:42)

6. Family Genealogist Mom (00:09:02)

7. Finding Ancestors & Archive Impact (00:11:28)

8. Stories as Family Bedrock (00:14:24)

9. WWI Draft Reprieve Story (00:16:05)

10. Immigration Timeline & Language (00:18:02)

11. Germans vs Germans from Russia (00:20:06)

12. Farming, Honey, and Harsh Winters (00:22:05)

13. Catherine the Great and Settlement (00:24:02)

14. Community Chains of Migration (00:26:16)

15. Culture at Home: Language & Food (00:27:48)

16. Twin Boys and Legacy Stories (00:29:48)

17. Courage of Immigrants (00:31:25)

18. Archives Turn Memory into Proof (00:33:35)

19. How to Do Oral Histories (00:35:23)

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