FREIBURG FAMILY HISTORY CENTER
SCHWENNINGEN FAMILY HISTORY CENTER
OCHSEN HOTEL IN SCHWENNINGEN
We met Brother Suss at the Freiburg Family History Center and spent an hour with him. We took inventory of his equipment and asked if he needed any help with anything. He was so happy to receive the new computer we brought him. The center was certainly in need of one. They had only one and it was not working so we set his new one up. Bro Suss was a supper nice person and graciously took us on a tour of the chapel which was a little larger than most chapels. He said it was also the Stake Center, so that was the reason.
On and forward to our next Family History Center in Schwenningen. It was due East and getting colder and colder. When we arrived I took pictures on the outside and almost froze to death, but as you see I am still here. It took us a little time to find the Genealogy entrance and when we did we met two men who were there doing their Genealogy work. The Director was not there but we had a good talk with them. Neither one could speak English, but we knew enough to understand what they were saying. We talked awhile and found out that 5 people come each week and all are non members. I think the members do not come to the center because they are able to get the information on line through the new.familysearch.org. That makes sense. I'll be glad when we can offer that online service to the non-members, better yet, I wish everyone were members.
It was getting late so we decided to spend the night in Schwenningen at the Ochsen Hotel and head out for Stuggart on our way home. This was not a good experience for us, as the Hotel manager had a strange way of making his guests feel all warm and fuzzy. At precisely at 12:00 midnight the heat goes off, no matter how cold it is outside. Gene called down to raise the dead and asked if something had happened to the heat, and no answer. He left the receiver off of the hook to see if anyone ever answered. No one ever did. Then he put his clothes on and went down to the entry hall, no one was there. Very strange, so back he comes all bundled up for the night. The next morning I asked, "Do you turn the heat off during the night?" The girl got this sheepish look on her face and said, "Oh yes, our manager thinks people sleep better and don't get sick if you have the room cold". I said, "Well how thoughtful of him, but we could not sleep because it was so cold." She had no response to that. Wierd, just plain wierd, to assume everyone likes to sleep in an icebox which most Germans do. They are a hardy group however, maybe that is one of the reasons. At least we had a place to sleep. I should not be ungrateful.
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