Vocatus Genealogy

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Birthplace of Amalia Fetter née Agel.

Mraz Family History by Mary Alice Mraz Kirby.

Mraz/Agel/Fetter History by Helen Fetter Mraz

Original document in PDF - 2.35MB

Night Prayer in German & Translation by Helen Fetter Mraz.

Original document in PDF - 60KB.

German Proverbs & Translation by Helen Fetter Mraz

Original document in PDF - 50KB.

History of Jordan Robinson by his Father Jim Robinson

Original Fetternet files.

During 2010 James A. Burns, Jr. (b. 1927) wrote a series of commentaries titled Being Burns They are also available in a blog format.

LInk to family photos and videos.


Richard E. Byrd, of Virginia, famous for his expeditions to the Antarctica, in 1934 was alone and dying of carbon monoxide poisoning in an isolated weather station.  He escaped, but thought he was dying and wrote these words in his diary:

At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. But the family is an everlasting anchorage a quiet harbor where a man's ships can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.” 

From: "Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure", by Richard E. Byrd, p. 179 (paperback)