Buller Family Record

The Buller book is online and can be downloaded from here (28 July 2014). This is a large PDF file (46 MB), so you will need to download the file to your computer and then open it in Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Pro. Because of the file size, Google will not preview it online or scan it for viruses (no need to worry; the file is safe).

A few things to note about the e-version of the Buller book:

1. The original copy of the book created by Maria and Sara was scanned, then run through optical character recognition (OCR) software, so it is generally searchable. That is, you can search for your own name or the name of any family member you want.

2. Some of the pages have been updated already (see, e.g., 23 and 49). Other pages will be updated as I am provided information and my schedule permits.

3. In addition, hyperlinks have been inserted to help you navigate from page to page. So, for example, if you click on “Peter D Buller” on page 13, you will be taken to his dedicated page later in the book (16). If you click on “Peter P Buller” on page 16, you will be taken to his dedicated page (23). Clicking on “Cornelius P Buller” on 23 will take you to his page on 49, and so on.

Hyperlinks can also take you backward. If you forget who was Grandpa Chris’s father, click on “Cornelius P ‘Chris’ Buller” at the top of page 49, and you will be taken back to Peter P’s page (23).

The goal is eventually to hyperlink all the names in the book, so that navigation is as easy and clear as possible.

4. Another feature of the book is the addition of genealogical or background information, maps, and photographs. For example, the David Buller page (13) contains information on the name of David’s father (unverified) and the place of David’s birth. Further on, page 24 supplements Maria and Sara’s account of Peter P with a map of the Molotschna Mennonite Colony. Pages 25–28 extend the story further by offering a illustrated discussion of where Peter D first settled west of Henderson. The description of the Mennonite Cemetery on page 30 is enriched with several photographs and URLs where you can read more about the cemetery.

The next steps will be to update the pages for generations 5 and 6, family by family. After that, generations 7 and 8 will follow. Please do send any information that will enable me to complete your family’s pages. You can email me at [my last name].[my three-letter first name]@gmail.com. I will change the date at the top of this post every time a new file has been uploaded.