About Us - Join Us

     Thanks for visiting Bratnober.com. We're a small band of plotters and schemers but we do have names and well rounded, Midwestern faces and we'd like to invite you to the Reunion.
     Our goal is an enjoyable weekend for every Bratnober descendant, and his or her family, who'd like to join us in Minneapolis from Friday evening August 1^st til Sunday August 3^rd, 2003. Most functions, including a Saturday picnic, will be informal.
     We'll start posting reunion plans here on the website by the Spring of 2003. But stop back sooner for more history, photos and preliminary information that we hope to begin uploading shortly.
     A preliminary show of interest regarding the Reunion and/or the Book would also be great if you'd like to email that to us. No commitments necessary. And no need to post this in the Guest Book. Just email us about it, if you like, so we can get some early proportions. Your postal address would be very helpful to have by email for future communication. Do not put your postal address into our Internet visible Guest Book here at the website-just email that to us.

And thanks for your nice emails already, from near and far!

Your Staff:


         The Historians without PhDs: John Bratnober, Jana O'Keefe Swanson
                                                           and Doris Hughes

         The Directoress of the Actual Reunion Event: Jane Bratnober Ransom

         The Descendant & Publisher who actually Retyped the entire Augustus book 
         onto her Computer, the way we've all been Saying we would for years: Gale 
         Bratnober Brugeman

         The Augustus Book Artist, Designer, and Print/Binding Overseer: Sarah Bratnober

         The Youthful Graphic Designer of this Website: Davis Chu, friend of able website 
         design assistants, Tomas and John Bratnober, Jr.

P.S.
Being partly Prussian, we may, occasionally, take on large tasks in a somewhat overzealous manner. New partners who'd like to help in one of the various categories listed above are always welcome. Those residing in Minnesota who would like to assist Jane Ransom in the future are especially encouraged to reply.
Your email submissions for the website (photos, documents, articles) on Bratnober History are also warmly invited. We'll start with the past---The Five Bratnober Siblings and their children and grandchildren, should you have things along these lines that you'd like to submit. After seeing what we can do here, we'll start filling in our present selves and families as best we can in time for the Reunion. Just email anything of the older variety for right now and we'll post it here on the website. Only statements that your "child is on the honor roll", or that "the Bratnobers actually came over on the Mayflower" will be subject to further careful scrutiny and review by the Historians.

REPLY TO: John@Bratnober.com