Salu bisamma,

please find below an email from Claudia.
I will answer to her with all information available
but please don't hesitate to contact her to give her
more info about Castroville and Alsatians in US in
particular.
her email address is:
claudiamarschal@...

Have a nice week,
Catherine


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudia Marshal
> [mailto:claudiamarshal@...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:16 AM
> To: Zwingelstein, Catherine {META~Nutley}
> Subject: castroville
>
>
> Dear Catherine Zwingelstein,
>
>
> I am writing to you on behalf of my cousin Jean
> Alfano. My name is Claudia Marschal. I come from
> France, more precisely from a small village next to
> Mulhouse (in the South of Alsace). I am currently
> studying documentary filmmaking and have been
> working
> on a project on Castroville for a little while now.
>
> Jean told me it would be interesting for me to
> contact
> you as regards my film project in Castroville. I am
> currently doing important researches on the subject;
> mainly in books ("Et parmi les pionniers du Far
> West,
> il y avait des Alsaciens..." from Janine Erny,
> "Castroville, une extraordinaire aventure alsacienne
> en Amérique" from L-P Lutten, etc. ), and on the
> Internet for the moment. I would also like to get to
> know the elderly people of Castroville, the
> descendants of early immigrants to the Medina
> County,
> those who might still speak Alsatian (I speak the
> dialect myself). Therefore I am planning a trip to
> Castroville around January 2007. In the meantime, I
> am
> trying to enter into contact with either people
> living
> in Castroville or simply people interested in this
> Alsatian story. I believe you might be able to help
> me. Jean told me you are an officer of "L'Union
> Alsacienne de New York", could you tell me more
> about
> this association? Do you organise trips to
> Castroville?
> >
> My email address: claudiamarschal@...
>
>
> I am looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Claudia Marschal

L'Union Alsacienne de New York
www.alsacenewyork.com

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