Wobus Family Page

Links

Some general genealogy sites:

• Cyndi's List: collection links of a lot of genealogy-related sites.
• FamilySearch.org: Church of the Latter Day Saints free search and records.
• RootsWeb: Free search and records, provided by ancestry.com.
• Ancestry.com: Subscription site provides access to the data they've gathered. Your local public library might have a subscription you can use.
• HeritageQuest Online: Another subscription service. Your local public library might have a subscription that you can use.
• Geni: Free site where you can enter your self and family, to build a family tree.
• Find A Grave: Search site for information about cemeteries and graves that genealogical researchers have contributed.

Some general people-finding sites:

• Zaba Search
• yasne.de (german)

Wobus history-related sites:

• History of St. Charles County, Missouri (Chapter 12) Includes a short bio of Rev. Reinhard Wobus
• Basel Mission Picture Archive (has bio and pictures of Clara Sikemeier-Wobus)
• Reinhard E. Wobus, M.D. (bio from Centennial History of Missouri)
• Augusta Wobus descendants (Symmank site)
• Random reference to "Wobus" in history of Hebron, North Dakota (appears to be 1904)
• Salem Evangelical Church, Rochester, NY (references to Adele Wobus, missionary)
• St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Sidney Ohio (references to Rev. Reinhard Wobus)
• Paul Wobus short bio from library holding his papers
• History of Du Page County, Illinois (1882) (reference to "Eev. E. Wobus" (sic), most likely Rev. R. Wobus)

About Evengelical Synod of North America and related denominations:

• Wikipedia articles:
  • Evengelical Synod of North America
  • Evengelical and Reformed Church
  • Prussian Union (Evangelical Christian Church)
• "The German Evengelical Synod" at the United Church of Christ site
• 11th Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911)
• Article at St. Johns church, Mansfield
• Evangelical & Reformed Historical Society
• Eden Seminary Archives
• Catholic Encyclopedia article on "Evangelical Church"

Wobus businesses:

• Wobus (Küchenstudio)

Some "Wobus" trivia: "WOBUS" has been coined as an abbreviation more than once:

• Women's Bentley Ultimate Society (i.e. "Wobus")
• "Wobus fix": here about the US aviation landmark termed "WOBUS", Latitude 35° 09' 33.540" North, Longitude 84° 47' 02.600" West, in Tennessee.
• Hotel Jägerhof, Germany ("WOBUS", meaning "Wohlfühl Business Sport", possibly a Backronym)

www.wobus.org