1 April 2009: The layout expert of the Religious Studies Center has begun her work on the East German Book.

1 Feb 2009: Ashley Jones of Boise, Idaho has joined our research team in charge of communications.

1 Sept 2008: All work on the East German Mission volume is completed. Final interviews and document collection are being conducted for the West German Mission volume.

24 Jun 2008: The text of the book is finished. Final editing is underway. We anticipate the publication of the book in early 2009.

6 May 2008: All of the districts are done except for Spreewald, Stettin, and Zwickau. There are only 16 chapters left to write.

13 Mar 2008: The first 42 chapters of Volume 1 (East German Mission) have been written.

13 Feb 2008: The first 27 chapters of Volume 1 (East German Mission) have been written.

14 Dec 2007: We have learned that all donations made to this program by 31 December 2007 will be matched 1:1 by Brigham Young University. Please see "GIVING" for more information.

14 Dec 2007: The first eight chapters of Volume 1 (East German Mission) have been written.

14 Dec 2007: We would like to express our thanks to Rachel Gale who has been serving as an interviewer for the last several months. She will be attending school in Iowa next semester.

14 Dec 2007: We would like to welcome the following to our research team:
Judith Sartowski as an Interview Editor (German)
Emily Cox as a Memorial Book Editor (German)
Michael A. Corley as an Interviewer (USA)
Kathryn Price as an Archive Researcher