The younger generation was also represented, as Eve and Sophie both had their daughters with them.  “Introducing another generation to our heritage,” says Eve.  DVHH member Noelle Giesse, who traveled by bus with a club from New York City, brought her husband (“who is the Donauschwabe, not me”), her two sons, and her daughter, who wore a dirndl they had bought in Munich earlier in the summer.  Noelle didn’t have much time to spend at the booth, but, says Eve, “Noelle always brings her Crvenka scrapbook to use at the table.”
         “We had quite a few visitors to our booth,” says Eve.  “We had 41 visitors sign our guest book, some new and some we’ve seen in years past."  Darlene estimates that two thirds of the visitors had never heard of the DVHH website.  She says most people were interested in finding their town on the map and wanted to find any material available on their town.  “I met people who were born in Donauschwaben settlements as well as their descendants.  I don't remember anyone from Slavonia or Swabian Turkey, where my family hails from.  Visitors were mainly from the Banat, Batschka and Srem.  I really enjoyed all the conversations I had—there’s something special about attending an event where you don't know many people, but you have something in common, so that you can talk like you've known them forever!” 

         Two particular conversations have stayed with her: “I talked to John Mueller, who has a story on the DVHH website about what happened with his family—it was a very sobering story. Also, I talked to a gentleman from the Chicago Aid Society—I think it's now called the American Aid Society of German Descendants—about their museum and about how we need to think about what to do with our collections of books and research when we pass on.  In some cases, there may not be anyone in the family who is interested in carrying on.  He mentioned how many of the clubs had their origins with the Aid Society.”