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Re: [HN] Hueffed Family Surname

Date: 2007/02/01 00:59:46
From: Merrickwagner <Merrickwagner(a)cs.com>

Hi,
  Here are all the Huffeds that are listed in the Cleveland Necrology file:   


Records: 1 - 6      
    
    Id#: 0555448
Name: Hueffed, Perce G.
Date: Jan 14 1975
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #119.
Notes: Hueffed. Perce G. Hueffed, beloved husband of Margaret (Koelling), 
dear father of Theodor K. of Beimont, Calif., Robert G. of Rye, N.Y. and Mary 
Ellen, grandfather of 10, and great-grandfather of one, brother of the late Fred. 
Funeral Mass Wednesday, Jan. 15, at St. Angela Church, 20970 Lorain Ave., at 
11 A.M. Family will receive friends at Corrigan Funeral Home, Lorain Ave. At 
West 208th St., Fairview Park, Tuesday 3-5 And 7-9 P.M.
    
    Id#: 0555447
Name: Hueffed, Bessie
Date: Mar 29 1973
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #119.
Notes: Hueffed. Bessie Hueffed, dear mother of Virginia L., Homer C., Mrs. 
William Hains (Margaret), aunt of J. Lewis Vermilye, Phyilis Waldo and other 
nieces and nephews and grandmother. Funeral services 1 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 
Zeis Funeral Home, 16105 Detroit Ave. Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain.
    
    Id#: 0156675
Name: Hueffed, George E.
Date: Apr 7 1940
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #040.
Notes: Hueffed: George E., beloved brother of Alice Smith, uncle of Clem 
Wagner and Pere G. Hueffed, passed away Thursday, April 4. Friends may call at the 
Flynn-Froelk Co. Funeral Home, 13104 Euclid ave. Funeral Monday, April 8. 
from St. Joseph's Church, E. 144 and St. Clair ave., at 9 a. m.
    
    Id#: 0156674
Name: Hueffed, Fred H.
Date: October 26, 1924
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #040.
Notes: Hueffed-Fred H., aged 30 years, dearly beloved son of Mrs. J. C. 
Dreiling, brother of Perce G. Hueffed, passed away peacefully Sunday midnight. 
Funeral Wednesday, Oct. 29, from late residence, 2137 Eldred avenue, Lakewood, at 
8:30 a. m. Services at St. Clement's church at 9 a. m.
    
    Id#: 0156673
Name: Hueffed, Fred E.
Date: October 24, 1912
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #040.
Notes: Hueffed-Fred E., beloved husband of Hattie Hueffed (nee Schmees), at 
his residence, 3167 W. 71st-st. Funeral from late residence 8 a. m., Oct. 25. 
Servies at St. Stephens' church, 8:30 a. m. Friends invited.
    
    Id#: 0156672
Name: Hueffed, Catherine
Date: Jan 6 1929
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #040.
Notes: Hueffed-Catherine, beloved mother of George E. and Alice Wagner Smith, 
grandmother of Clem A. Wagner and Perce G. Hueffed, Saturday, Jan. 5, at late 
residence, 14119 Castalia. Avenue, Funeral Tuesday, Jan. 8, from residence at 
8:30 a. m. Services at St. Joseph's Church, St. Clair Avenue and E. 144th 
Street, 9 a. m. Member L. C. B. A. No. 472.
    
    
 Perhaps the Fred H. listed is Frederick Heinrich?????

Hope it helps!!

                                                   Rick Wagner
    

[HN] Ft. Wayne Library

Date: 2007/02/01 01:21:00
From: Gail Schrader <gscout1912(a)mindspring.com>

To do research on the Hannover region and relatives that emmigrated from the Duchy of Braunschweig which would be a better research site:  Ft. Wayne or the National Archives in Chicago.
Relatives all settled in Minnesota.  I think I will only have time to visit one site.

Gail

Re: [HN] Ft. Wayne Library

Date: 2007/02/01 02:58:03
From: Hueffed, Henry <henry.hueffed(a)seattlechildrens.org>

Ft Wayne seems to be the place top go from what I have heard 

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To do research on the Hannover region and relatives that emmigrated from
the Duchy of Braunschweig which would be a better research site:  Ft.
Wayne or the National Archives in Chicago.
Relatives all settled in Minnesota.  I think I will only have time to
visit one site.

Gail
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Re: [HN] Hueffed Family Surname

Date: 2007/02/01 03:37:25
From: gale <gale(a)bosche.info>

Hi:

I scanned this thread and did not read it completely, but I saw no reference to the umlaut, which I believe would have been in the name Hueffeld=Hüffeld. When searching German web sites, I do not find my surname, unless I use the unlaut.

Gale

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:05:01 -0700
 R&B Stewart <raybarbara(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Hello,

That is a rather unusual name and one that probably is often
misspelled. I have done some research in Hannover (kingdom), but haven't yet
found that family there. The German phonebook has no such listing. I would
suggest that you look at some of the materials that are available for those
who lived in the USA. The census lists mostly refers to Lorain County, Ohio
and the town of Amherst. The 1900 census is the best one for finding the
year of immigration. There is an Elizabeth there, but is probably married
with that name. There it says she immigrated in in 1860. She is in the 1880
census with husband John Hueffeld (age 49) who came from Hannover.


There is also a Henry Hueffed in the 1880 census who was born in
Hannover (yes, that would include the whole kingdom, not just the city).


The problem with census records and church records is that words are
often misspelled and you have to guess all the variations! I would suggest
that you look at the genealogy pages in Ohio, most specifically the county.
There are people who will look up things for you. Here is an Lorain county
website to order birth and death records:
http://home.centurytel.net/lorgen/pub.htm
Death records can be very helpful.


Here is the website of Lorain County - contact those people there who may
be able to help you. http://home.centurytel.net/lorgen/


Good luck to you!
Barbara










Hello, I discovered that the core of the Hueffed family to be from
Cleveland, Ohio but I have never met any of them. I am just trying to
find out the origin of the name Hueffed and the original German spelling
if anyone knows. Most of the early Hueffed family immigrants identify
"Hannover" as their birthplace prior to 1900. I assume then that the
Hueffed family is originally from the Kingdom of Hannover?


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Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened

Date: 2007/02/01 04:47:12
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Understandable some might wonder the what and why of such a post, especially from the German side. But as Loretta noted, the ACPL [Allen County Public Library |aka| Fort Wayne City Library] is indeed a monster of a genealogical library, rivaled in the U.S. only by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The ACPL even surpasses the genealogy division of the Newberry Library in Chicago, and those of the New York and Los Angeles public libraries. It also boasts the largest collection of English-language family and local history periodicals in the world - more than 5100 current subscriptions and nearly 10,000 total titles. It subscribes to countless foreign periodicals, many emanating from Germany.

Like the FHL in SLC, you could get lost in it for days and never stop discovering things, both American and European based. The restructuring took a number of years to complete, and any American involved in family history pursuits for a reasonable amount of time has been aware of this development.

The ACPL was actually cited a few months back on H-L, with the death of genealogist Ryan Taylor.

Jb

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From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>
To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Re: [HN] Death of Genealogist Ryan Taylor
Date: Thur, 5 Oct 2006 22:34:38

A sad loss indeed. Along with Curt Witcher and staff, Ryan helped make the ACPL in Fort Wayne one of the foremost genealogical research facilities in the U.S. - and the world.

A bit more on the newsfront ::

A Tribute To Ryan Taylor
By Dave Obee
http://www.daveobee.com/columns/06ryan.htm

Dick Eastman Genealogy Newsletter - In Memoriam: Ryan Taylor
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/genealogy_commu.html

Jb

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From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <krumbar(a)comcast.net>
To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject: [HN] Death of Genealogist Ryan Taylor
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:56:12 -0400

See the details at

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15676166.htm

This link won't last forever. Like maybe noon tomorrow.

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From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <krumbar(a)comcast.net>
Reply-To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
To: "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:24:23 -0500

The Allen County Public Library contains the largest publicly owned
genealogical collection in the United States -- some say in the world. Its
contributions to research have a world-wide impact. I'm sorry if you were
offended Reinhard, but many people on this list live in the U.S., and many
travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana for research in documents that indeed come
from Lower Saxony. The availability of their materials has been somewhat
abbreviated over the last four years while the library was rebuilt, and it
is all now open again.

Loretta
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Videos: http://krumbar.neptune.com
Families: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~loretta/

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From: "Reinhard J. Freytag" <Reinhard.Freytag(a)t-online.de>
To: "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened

Guten Tag,

kann mir jemand bitteschön erklären, was der Inhalt d.u.
eingestellten Beitrages in diesem Forum mit
Familienforschung in Niedersachsen zu tun hat, abgesehen von
der unfreundlichen Art, weder eine Anrede und noch nicht
einmal einen Absender aufzuführen?

Good day, can someone explain to me please please, to specify what contents
have to do d.u. adjusted contribution in this forum with family research in
Lower Saxony, apart from the unfriendly kind, neither an address and not
even a sender?

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Re: [HN] Ft. Wayne Library

Date: 2007/02/01 06:11:56
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Gail Schrader <gscout1912(a)mindspring.com> wrote:

To do research on the Hannover region and relatives that emmigrated from the Duchy of Braunschweig which would be a better research site: Ft. Wayne or the National Archives in Chicago. Relatives all settled in Minnesota. I think I will only have time to visit one site.

They are two different beasts. The NARA archives deal predominantly with Federal holdings from the different branches of the Federal government (not exclusively mind you, but for the most part). Some of the records that now comprise 'Federal holdings' were once state possessions, so the lines are blurred at times in a few areas (but one example: some court and naturalization records once part of district, county or local courts have been consolidated through the years under Federal directives - but only a portion of these types overall have qualified).
NARA Chicago: http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes


If you can't discover some interesting things at NARA, you didn't prepare sufficiently. Plow through their online catalog for desired record resources. Their main genealogical record types spin around these main groupings:

- Census Records
- Military Records
- Immigration Records and Ship Passenger Lists
- Naturalization Records
- Land Records
- Court Records

The ACPL in Fort Wayne on the other hand runs the whole gamut of resources A through Z, something more resembling the 'all-in-wonder' FHL collection in Salt Lake City, only a bit reduced.
ACPL: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html


Throw in the Newberry Library while you're at it -- but another wonderful family history collection in the heart of the Windy City.
Newberry Library: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html


Then you have the State Archives of each particular state, followed by the local (county) archive and clerk/recorder offices. It ALL adds up, each claiming record domains all their own.
Minnesota State Archive: http://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/index.htm


You're probably fortunate you only have time to do one. Each deserves sufficient attention unto itself! You won't regret any choice you make, if you head in prepared.


Henry Hueffed <henry.hueffed(a)seattlechildrens.org> wrote:


Ft Wayne seems to be the place top go from what I have heard.

You heard correct too. Been to them all and outside of the SLC FHL and the National Archives in Washington, it's the next best place to get lost in (but for heaven's sake, you need to do your homework first before you enter to maximize results!). It's both a madhouse and maze of delight for the fortunate mice found within.


Jb

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From: "Gail Schrader" <gscout1912(a)mindspring.com>
To: <Hannover-L(a)genealogy.net>
Subject: [HN] Ft. Wayne Library
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:20:29 -0500

To do research on the Hannover region and relatives that emmigrated from the Duchy of Braunschweig which would be a better research site:
Ft. Wayne or the National Archives in Chicago.
Relatives all settled in Minnesota. I think I will only have time to visit one site.


Gail

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[HN] thanks list

Date: 2007/02/01 06:54:47
From: jo meyer <gengeeheide(a)hotmail.com>


Thanks for help.


  I have decided that the 1870 census for jackson county holds my
  meyer....listed as fritz maier. I am not sure why he did not stay in
  Galena Illnois. Perhaps some of the others moved with him. Perhaps to
  clinto county. Lots of Fehrings there and some related to Fehrings
  moved to jackson county.  so more research.

  I have not let go of the hunch some people from dahlenburg and
  tosterglope area as well as bleckede and gohrde area could be at
  Houston, Mn. Those of Grosss Thondorf....... Perhaps something will
  turn up with Information that will give me a lead. I  will check into
  something sooner or later.Just wanted you to know as I wander off
  searching a bit. Especially imigration lists and  census, cemeteries,,
  birth and death records. I am going to try hard to find more relatives
  at Aida.  Juergen hch. wilhelm has not been found there yet. he
  arrived april 8, 1884 to new york.

  About the steve morse site. It is very good site. really. awhile back
  i wrote him about my problem that there were errors in Bark Victoria
  1892 Passenger list . Somehow he was able to give me the real one. I
  have since used castle gardens and ellis island.  And one never knows
  how the name will be spelled or interpreted. Four different ways of
  Meyer for my Fred in census.

  I may find  some saucke or schroeder there and michel. I know some
  lived at plainview or plainfield by wabasha

jo

  >Hi Jo,The National Archives have all the arriving vessels on
  microfilm.?
  >About the Steve Morse website, definitely give it a try.? I searched
  for
  >about 15 years with no luck finding my? great-grandparents entry into
  the
  >US.? I had tried thethis news letter some one said you can see the
  >information in archives. is that free or does one have to give  money
  first.
  >How do you access archives?thanksjo meyer
  >.myway.com
  >
  >>Message: 6>P.S. Joe, there is a Jurgen Meyer in the index listed for
  Houston County
  >which iwhere Eitzen is located.   Only data listed is death date
  >however...but perhaps if actual certificate is ordered it may give
  burial
  >location..funeral home??   Maybe searching lateral Meyer's of the
  area give
  >further data on this site.
  >
  >Barbie-Lew>>
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Re: [HN] Liste mitglied

Date: 2007/02/01 11:08:15
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Peter I didn't forgot you. Seeing that your Ahnentafel is now comprised of 1100+ persons, to include 12 sets of forebears in Germany, I'd say you have your work cut out for you filling in dates and places. Your genealogical efforts to date prove you are well versed in this pasttime, and should have no problem fitting in on the list. But old hand or new, there is always something new to be found -- and learned.

As for the direction of your quest, I'm not sure we're equipped to help directly with your rather sizable Ahnentafel, but we can certainly be of assistance in plenty of indirect ways [assuming we agree that the Lord helps those who help themselves]. If you haven't gathered as much so far, this list is basically a bilingual sounding board for those interested in furthering their Hannoverian-based family trees. The means by which this is accomplished is as varied and numerous as the list membership itself, and since there is no magic bullet to genealogical success (short of patience, effort and a fair sprinkling of pain), it often takes the contributions of the collective to help stitch together the pieces of the research puzzle. The farther we move from our own shores and onto foreign ground, the more this is felt.

If nothing else, Hannover-L is a learning center where tips, techniques and suggestions are distributed freely, and with a modicum of effort, applied on a personal level. These "tools" and tips come both from the Anglo and German side of the lake. But a few basics are always worth mentioning right off. For starters, one simply MUST do as much homework as possible on the "English" (= non-German) side as possible, to maximize successful returns from the German end. This includes background research on the ancestral line(s) in question - the more methodical the better - and the tapping of as many available resources on this side as possible.

The LDS FHC online catalog is a great starting point; however the COMPLETE cataloging found at the FHC centers themselves is better suited for deeper explorations. Many Lower Saxony based records have been microfilmed over the years and are now part of the LDS organization's massive film and fiche collection. Understandably, substantial gaps in these holdings exist, and some regions (and record types) are better covered than others. Only way to find out how it might apply to yours is to dig in and take an in depth look for yourself.

From the German side you have various archives, both church and civil, that
can be tapped, either by visiting in person or via correspondence. The latter approach is generally slow though, due to those institutions' resources being tapped to the max. The Germans also have rather strict privacy laws in place, something ironically they're looking more and more to loosen up a bit while we - as Americans at least, in the "land of the free" <g> - continue to ramp ours up. I live in the state that once led the way in open record access, but now leads it in draconian like encroachments, all thanks to a handful of criminal twits who we must all be "protected" from at this late point. In any case, suffice to say that LDS has done a commendable job in filming as many records as they can from the German end, and only a fool would pester our Germans cousins before fully exploring what LDS has in its holdings stateside.

The other obvious angle of attack is per the enlistment of a professional researcher, but most of this won't come cheap (good things rarely do though). Naturally this comes down to what funds you have available to expend versus how much you feel you can - or prefer to - accomplish on your own. There is no "one shoe fits all" solution here - to each their own. I can say in a rather generic way that the average Yank might stand a slightly better chance of walking into a local city or county or even state archive and finding open access to most of the repository's holdings than say the average German in their country, but again, that's using a broad brush.

In Germany, noting that many exceptions will and do occur, more tend to rely on professional researches to do these sort of things, simply because the records are often scattered all over the place and the pros are best versed at knowing where to look, and interpreting properly what they find. The aforementioned privacy laws are not always easy to work around either, and it goes without saying, well credentialed pros are better suited to interact with the local archivists. But that said, both German citizens and visiting foreigners are allowed access to most archival collections and repositories there, only the thought of asking Herr or Frau Schmidt to run down to the local church or city archive "to have a quick peek" isn't as common a scenario or feat as we sometimes might expect to see in the States.

We also have an ever-expanding list archive that can be quite helpful when searched wisely. Simply employ the appropriate search terms, frame it by dates if desired, and away you go. Everything that gets posted gets archived permanently (so be careful what you blurt forth lol), and this will no doubt be a boon to future members of the list who tap it, assuming GenNet doesn't pack it up and call it quits at some point. [Not to worry there though, those sucking sounds you sometimes hear are the vacuums owned by Ancestry.com that never miss a morsel or opportunity to expand]

Our list administrator is the low key but very capable Juergen Drees from Braunschweig, known for his judicious use of the spray bottle to keep the list server cool and burp free. Fred Rump (alias the Rumpster, Big Daddy, Curmudgeon in Chief, the Mad Motörhead, the Jersey City Bomber <invent your own and add freely>) is the patriarch of the list, who not only visits on occasion to make sure we minions are remaining active and accounted for, but put H-L on the map to begin with -- in more ways than one. He also was instrumental in creating a number of other German GenNet lists, and remains the List Papa in both spirit and deed. When he's not preoccupied traveling the country (often spotted near Disney World on, uh hum, bald tires), he'll stop in to speak his mind, then disappear like a shadow in the night. Not to worry though, his more recent alusiveness is certainly compensated by his astute and insightful contributions as evidenced in the list archive.

If one of the various Barbara's on the list spot something interesting, they're sure to post it - keep your eyes peeled there. I could name all kinds of helpful folks, on both sides of the pond, but in reality, the list would be too long. Even those with just occasional chip-ins often cast pearls. We also have a number of professional researchers, historians, old hands and even a writer or two as members, and this from areas all over the globe. I think it is fair to say that those who derive the most from a forum like this are those who came for the long haul, and not a quick fix.

As on every list, things can sometimes get a bit redundant, other times ho-hum quiet, and now and then controversies arise like we witness in every other facet of our lives, but over the long run - assuming you can manage to grin and bear it - you WILL learn a lot. The collective inputs, the ebb and flow of ideas and research approaches, the spirit of the "Kuhdorf" as one lister so wistfully termed it, guarantees as much. You only have to speak up or inquire, and who knows what may follow.

Speaking of the Kuhdorf, I was digging through the archives in some uncharted areas recently and unearthed this private rumination like between Karl and Hans. Amazing what you can find between the cracks when you dig deep enough.

K: Wish more of the Americans could speak Deutsch .. would even things up a bit in our little Kuhdorf.
H: Well at least we are improving our English, I mean, don't you think so?
K: Ja vielleicht. Only I fear we are learning mostly American Mischmasch, you know, the stuff some call 'Polyglotten Sprache'. When I try to follow JB's spiels, I find myself reaching for the aspirin bottle.
H: Yes yes, I know what you mean. That's why I'm putting my faith in Rena these days. They say she speaks Oxfordian so that should help me thinks. I sure hope she isn't Cornwallian Welsh or we're sunk.
K: They say there's a lot of Saxon cast-offs in Liverpool... you don't think ...
H: No chance!
K: Ok that's good to know. Yeah I hear she's some kind of royalty, true blue as the Yanks say.
H: The King's Legion kind at least. Possibly more...
K: ah.. there may be hope.


<snip>

Ok enough. Hope that provides a satisfactory overview. It's Ultimate Fighter time for yours truly. Someone's gonna get themselves black and blue MMA style, I can feel it. Yeehaw. ;)

Jb

PS. Since you stated earlier that your forefather Johann Redeke was born in Diepholz in 1840, you might want to tap Falk Lebezeit - Mitglied auch - who is a professional researcher out of that same city, and a very capable one at that. He might well give you a few insights and maybe a touch of consultancy, assuming you're willing to make it worth his time. The pros on the list, while very helpful with their varied contributions, also have livings to make doing these tasks. Having said that, remember everything stated above applies equally so, and a lot of it costs only the time and effort you're able to devote towards it.


From: "Dr. R.P. Mouton" <moutonrp(a)tiscali.nl>
To: <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject: Re: [HN] Hannover-L Nachrichtensammlung, Band 38, Eintrag 46
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:04:55 +0100

Dear J b, In reply to your questions:
I have published several books and chapters on the genealogy of my family,
in the years 1998-2006, and thus I am reasonably experienced in this job.
However, only once I visited an archive in Germany, so in the project ,
which I started last year, concerning an Ahnentafel of my grandsons , sons
of my youngest son ( so on their mothers side). I have only just started my
quests in Germany. In this Ahnentafel I have gathered around 1100 persons
now, but of those not all data are complete. I found 12 forefathers
or -mothers in Germany in the period 1750-1840, and I have only just started
further investigations on these. I hope the Liste may help me since I am not
able any more to make frequent visits to archives in Germany.. Yours Peter
Mouton

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Re: [HN] Ft. Wayne Library

Date: 2007/02/01 11:27:17
From: Loretta Krumwiede Barlow <krumbar(a)comcast.net>


----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Schrader" <gscout1912(a)mindspring.com>
To: <Hannover-L(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:20 PM
Subject: [HN] Ft. Wayne Library



To do research on the Hannover region and relatives that emmigrated from the Duchy of Braunschweig which would be a better research site: Ft. Wayne or the National Archives in Chicago.
Relatives all settled in Minnesota. I think I will only have time to visit one site.


Gail


I wish I knew the answer to that question, but I don't. You might check the ACPL Web site at http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html
(They haven't changed the opening page for the genealogy department yet with the indication that they have reopened). Down the left side under Search, you will find access to various searches, including a microtext index, which has never been available online before. Except for Passenger lists, maps and a couple of Gazetteers, I don't see a lot in the microfilm under the International search Germany.


Note there is also an index titled "National Archives Microfilm." I don't know if that means that the ACPL has all the same microfilm as the National Archives or not, but it's possible.

Only you can decide where your time and money is best spent. You should do some research on what records are available in each site before you make your decision. Notice that if you are working at the ACPL you have access to Ancestry.com, HeritageQuestOnilne.com, NewEnglandAncestors.org and other things you might not subscribe to personally. You also have access to PERSI. There is a great deal you can to online to determine if you want to make a trip to Fort Wayne or Chicago.

Though I love Fort Wayne, I would be remiss if I did not point out that there are only two hotels downtown. Most hotels other than those downtown that I would recommend are along Washington Center Road and Lima Road. At least two of those have kitchenette suites. There are only two restaurants downtown not associated with the hotels that I would feel comfortable recommending -- one for comfort food and the other for fine dining. Comfort food is walking distance, fine dining is not in the dark. On a nice summer evening, yes, but even then not after dark. There are the usual tacos, burgers, etc. in the downtown area. The area from Coliseum Boulevard (where Glenbrook Square is located) north to Washington Center Road is restaurant row as well as hotel row.

The Carole Lombard Bed and Breakfast (she lived there as a child) is near downtown -- about 700 or 800 east on Main Street, though it may not have an address on Main Street. Walking distance? Maybe in the summer, but not now. It's near my office, and I walked it Saturday.

Fort Wayne does not have a thriving "night life," (some would disagree with that statement -- those young enough to enjoy our Landing area) but you could luck into an old movie showing down the street at the Embassy -- a historic theatre -- or a performance of the Philharmonic there or at the Shrine -- which is very much walking distance.


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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:20 PM
Subject: [HN] Ft. Wayne Library



To do research on the Hannover region and relatives that emmigrated from the Duchy of Braunschweig which would be a better research site: Ft. Wayne or the National Archives in Chicago.
Relatives all settled in Minnesota. I think I will only have time to visit one site.


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Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened

Date: 2007/02/01 11:31:45
From: Loretta Krumwiede Barlow <krumbar(a)comcast.net>

Thanks, J.B. I couldn't have said it any better (and didn't). I was thinking of Ryan a lot Saturday. What a shame he died before this all came to fruition!

----- Original Message ----- From: "J b" <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened



Understandable some might wonder the what and why of such a post, especially
from the German side. But as Loretta noted, the ACPL [Allen County Public
Library |aka| Fort Wayne City Library] is indeed a monster of a genealogical
library, rivaled in the U.S. only by the Family History Library in Salt Lake
City. The ACPL even surpasses the genealogy division of the Newberry Library
in Chicago, and those of the New York and Los Angeles public libraries. It
also boasts the largest collection of English-language family and local
history periodicals in the world - more than 5100 current subscriptions and
nearly 10,000 total titles. It subscribes to countless foreign periodicals,
many emanating from Germany.


Like the FHL in SLC, you could get lost in it for days and never stop
discovering things, both American and European based. The restructuring took
a number of years to complete, and any American involved in family history
pursuits for a reasonable amount of time has been aware of this development.


The ACPL was actually cited a few months back on H-L, with the death of
genealogist Ryan Taylor.

Jb

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From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>
To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Re: [HN] Death of Genealogist Ryan Taylor
Date: Thur, 5 Oct 2006 22:34:38

A sad loss indeed. Along with Curt Witcher and staff, Ryan helped make the
ACPL in Fort Wayne one of the foremost genealogical research facilities in
the U.S. - and the world.

A bit more on the newsfront ::

A Tribute To Ryan Taylor
By Dave Obee
http://www.daveobee.com/columns/06ryan.htm

Dick Eastman Genealogy Newsletter - In Memoriam: Ryan Taylor
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/genealogy_commu.html

Jb

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From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <krumbar(a)comcast.net>
To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject: [HN] Death of Genealogist Ryan Taylor
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:56:12 -0400

See the details at

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15676166.htm

This link won't last forever. Like maybe noon tomorrow.

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From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <krumbar(a)comcast.net>
Reply-To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
To: "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:24:23 -0500

The Allen County Public Library contains the largest publicly owned
genealogical collection in the United States -- some say in the world. Its
contributions to research have a world-wide impact. I'm sorry if you were
offended Reinhard, but many people on this list live in the U.S., and many
travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana for research in documents that indeed come
from Lower Saxony. The availability of their materials has been somewhat
abbreviated over the last four years while the library was rebuilt, and it
is all now open again.

Loretta
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Videos: http://krumbar.neptune.com
Families: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~loretta/

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To: "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened

Guten Tag,

kann mir jemand bitteschön erklären, was der Inhalt d.u.
eingestellten Beitrages in diesem Forum mit
Familienforschung in Niedersachsen zu tun hat, abgesehen von
der unfreundlichen Art, weder eine Anrede und noch nicht
einmal einen Absender aufzuführen?

Good day, can someone explain to me please please, to specify what contents
have to do d.u. adjusted contribution in this forum with family research in
Lower Saxony, apart from the unfriendly kind, neither an address and not
even a sender?

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Re: [HN] translation

Date: 2007/02/01 15:08:34
From: DSore10588 <DSore10588(a)aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/26/2007 4:17:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
320097756779-0001(a)t-online.de writes:

Hallo,
> I recently found my ur-ur-grossmutter and her family in  the Bippen Church 
records.  Although I can understand the most of the  entries in the record, I 
can't figure out the entry in a 'cause of death'  column.  I also can't 
interpret the word under 'heuerling'.  I  assume the word is the name of the farm 
where the man worked, but I can't  decipher it.  Would someone be willing to 
help me if I scan the words and  attach them in a message?  I would really 
appreciate it.  I have  tried my German dictionary and the Edna Bentz book of 
deciphering German and  am still stuck.  Thanks so much!!
> --
> Carolyn  Travers



Carolyn,
 
I also have family from Bippen.  If it is OK with you, I would very  much 
like to see if we have a connection somewhere.
 
Janet

[HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at ancestry.com

Date: 2007/02/01 18:28:13
From: jo meyer <gengeeheide(a)hotmail.com>


Since we were talking of immigration. Perhaps someone has the secret to getting to the old lists of years like 1869.

  As i have posted my frustration with it already. I thought i knew how
  to get there, but do not. I have tried just doing year and just doing
  a few other things and get 'the sermon' instead of lists.


It says something about if you know the band nr. Where would you put it if you knew. And the dumbest question i can ask is what is a band number. Besides a music played by a band.

If you have the trick can you share it.

  jo
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Re: [HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at ancestry.com

Date: 2007/02/01 19:07:55
From: pharmaxx <pharmaxx(a)charter.net>

Jo
I don't know what you are working with so I cannot be very specific. I did not even know the Hamburg emmigration lists were on line. I found exactly what I was looking for at the LDS library on one of their films. In fact it was one of their most frequently ordered films and that they had it on hand.
Max







> 
>    Since we were talking of immigration. Perhaps someone has the secret
>    to getting to the old lists of years like 1869.
> 
>    As i have posted my frustration with it already. I thought i knew how
>    to get there, but do not. I have tried just doing year and just doing
>    a few other things and get 'the sermon' instead of lists.
> 
> 
>    It says something about if you know the band nr. Where would you put
>    it if you knew. And the dumbest question i can ask is what is a band
>    number. Besides a music played by a  band.
> 
>    If you have the trick can you share it.
> 
>    jo
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Re: [HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at ancestry.com

Date: 2007/02/01 20:27:32
From: Paul Scheele <pfsco1(a)comcast.net>

A Band Nr. Is a Volume No.

PFS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hannover-l-bounces+pfsco1=comcast.net(a)genealogy.net
> [mailto:hannover-l-bounces+pfsco1=comcast.net(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of
> jo meyer
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:28 AM
> To: hannover-l(a)genealogy.net
> Subject: [HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at
> ancestry.com
> 
> 
>    Since we were talking of immigration. Perhaps someone has the secret
>    to getting to the old lists of years like 1869.
> 
>    As i have posted my frustration with it already. I thought i knew how
>    to get there, but do not. I have tried just doing year and just doing
>    a few other things and get 'the sermon' instead of lists.
> 
> 
>    It says something about if you know the band nr. Where would you put
>    it if you knew. And the dumbest question i can ask is what is a band
>    number. Besides a music played by a  band.
> 
>    If you have the trick can you share it.
> 
>    jo
>      _________________________________________________________________
> 
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>    to the Academy AwardsR
> 
> References
> 
>    1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2752??PS=47575

Re: [HN] Hueffed Family Surname

Date: 2007/02/01 23:05:32
From: Cactus Flower <barbie8674(a)hotmail.com>

Hello,

If you look at the fantastic ohio necrology file site Rick recommended you will find there are several Hueffeld obituaries. The name of church where funeral was being held is mentioned in a couple I perused..and for the most part majority of these obits appear to belong to related Hueffed families.. There are a couple of older obits.. 1912 & 1929... perhaps checking in the records of the churches mentioned.. might lead into some additional information on your Hueffed's which might help locate them in Hannover..

Barbie-Lew

Hello,

      That is a rather unusual name and one that probably is often
misspelled. I have done some research in Hannover (kingdom), but haven't yet
found that family there. The German phonebook has no such listing. I would
suggest that you look at some of the materials that are available for those
who lived in the USA. The census lists mostly refers to Lorain County, Ohio
and the town of Amherst. The 1900 census is the best one for finding the
year of immigration. There is an Elizabeth there, but is probably married
with that name. There it says she immigrated in in 1860. She is in the 1880
census with husband John Hueffeld (age 49) who came from Hannover.

    There is also a Henry Hueffed in the 1880 census who was born  in
Hannover (yes, that would include the whole kingdom, not just the city).

    The problem with census records and church records is that words are
often misspelled and you have to guess all the variations!  I would suggest
that you look at the genealogy pages in Ohio, most specifically the county.
There are people who will look up things for you. Here is an Lorain county
website to order birth and death records:
http://home.centurytel.net/lorgen/pub.htm
 Death records can  be very helpful.

Here is the website of Lorain County - contact those people there who may
be able to help you. http://home.centurytel.net/lorgen/


Good luck to you!
Barbara










Hello, I discovered that the core of the Hueffed family to be from
> Cleveland, Ohio but I have never met any of them. I am just trying to
> find out the origin of the name Hueffed and the original German spelling
> if anyone knows. Most of the early Hueffed family immigrants identify
> "Hannover" as their birthplace prior to 1900. I assume then that the
> Hueffed family is originally from the Kingdom of Hannover?
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Re: [HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at ancestry.com

Date: 2007/02/01 23:37:48
From: Cactus Flower <barbie8674(a)hotmail.com>

Dear Jo,

Not exactly sure if you are asking how to find ship lists from 1869? On this I would try steven morse website easy search for castlegarden ships...just put in few letters of last name..and then put 1869 for the query year and see if anything happens...

If you are looking for old Hamburg message board posts... I think rrootsweb mailing list posts also transfered ovre to ancestry message boards...

I think if you go here you can browse or search DEU-HAMBURG board:

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-HAMBURG.html

The mailing list index to locate specific boards are here: boards are here:

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/index.html

Maybe you will find what you search for fooling with these.

If you want.. tell me specifically what you are looking for and I will try to find link for you..

Barbie-Lew

P.S. Another suggestion would be to try to "Google" the data you want.


Since we were talking of immigration. Perhaps someone has the secret to getting to the old lists of years like 1869.

  As i have posted my frustration with it already. I thought i knew how
  to get there, but do not. I have tried just doing year and just doing
  a few other things and get 'the sermon' instead of lists.


It says something about if you know the band nr. Where would you put it if you knew. And the dumbest question i can ask is what is a band number. Besides a music played by a band.

If you have the trick can you share it.

  jo
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Re: [HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at ancestry.com

Date: 2007/02/01 23:46:39
From: LadyBonita (USA) <ladybonita(a)usa.com>

I found a book a few years ago at the LDS Family History Library in Salt
Lake City that covered the 18th and 19th century emigration from Lower
Saxony to other countries (not just America).  It is in German but the name
was something like: 

"Auswanderungen des 18. und 19.  Jahrhunderts aus dem Raum Niedersachsen in
der Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts: eine Regional bibilographie"

It had a great format as sections were by 1) destination, 2) village where
from and 3) surname.  I don't believe it had ship name, but it did have
dates, the village were born as well as what village they had been living ..
some had maiden names as well.  It was a great book.  Hopefully, it is
microfilmed now.

Bonita Hillmer

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Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:28 AM
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Subject: [HN] how does one access old lists at hamburg lists at ancestry.com


   Since we were talking of immigration. Perhaps someone has the secret
   to getting to the old lists of years like 1869.

   As i have posted my frustration with it already. I thought i knew how
   to get there, but do not. I have tried just doing year and just doing
   a few other things and get 'the sermon' instead of lists.


   It says something about if you know the band nr. Where would you put
   it if you knew. And the dumbest question i can ask is what is a band
   number. Besides a music played by a  band.

   If you have the trick can you share it.

   jo
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Re: [HN] process of immigration from archive's archives

Date: 2007/02/02 00:28:12
From: Cactus Flower <barbie8674(a)hotmail.com>

Dear Jo,

Here's a thought... Wonder if you might be able to discover something about this Marie Ahrens of Felena Illinois circa 1869 who wrote the letter?

Wonder if :

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html

Might give a clue?

I'm confused. Is it the Meyers who you think are in Jackson County circa 187? Jackson County..what state? I'll see if maybe there is a county history that might include your surnames but I'm confused on where, when and who.. lol :)

Barbie-Lew


List, My 'associate relative' as I will call him was most helpful with the immigration document. Since he possessed as much or more informtion about the Luhmann family. I asked him if it made sense. After a time he produced the information of the letters. i asked him now how he got them. So I also may get to them. I will have to write to the church. I gave him some puzzling information about another family MEYER, schulze in Oldendorf, that i had gotten awhile back. That information doesn't do much, it only adds to the puzzle.

  "  some days ago you mentioned a file and asked for the connection
  "Schwester" and
  "Mutter". The information of that file is the extract from 8 documents
  (Nr. 169
  - Nr. 177 of the file-volume):
  169/170
  Letter from Marie Ahrens,  written 23. Nov. (1868) in Galena (2
  pages). The
  salutation in the letter is: Lieber Schwager und Schwester
  (brother-in-law and
  sister)! Marie Ahrens tells about life in America and reflection of
  emigration.
  She thinks, that J. H. F Meyer should come to America and that he will
  need 100
  Reichsthaler (money).
  171
  A little yellow envelope, posted in Galena. Inside was the letter
  169/170.
  Address: Parkwärter zu Röthen bei der Göhrde, Königreich Hannover.
  172*
  A little yellow envelope, posted in Galena, Ill. on 7. Jan. (1869).
  For the
  letter see 173.
  Address: Herrn Parkwärter Meyer, Röthen bei der Göhrde, Amt
  Dannenberg,
  Hannover, Germany.
  173
  Letter from Marie Möllemann, written 8. Jan. (1869). Salutation:
  Lieber Schwager
  und Schwester. Marie Möllemann tells about her life in America, she is
  very
  pleased. She writes: Let Liese, Marie and Friedrich come. If you like
  send Anna
  too, but the other are to young. Her husband wants them to come too.
  Both want
  to care for them.
  174
  Document of the Nahrendorf church about the birth of J. H. F. Meyer in
  1851.
  175
  Heimatschein. J. H. F. Meyer declares, that he wants to emigrate.
  28.03.1869,
  Nahrendorf-seal.
  176
  The father Jürgen Friedrich Meyer agrees with the emigration of his
  son and
  guarantees to give him 100 Reichsthaler.
  On the same paper certifies the Gemeindevorstand of Röthen, that
  Jürgen
  Friedrich Meyer is able to give 100 Reichsthaler to his son.
  177
  Military-certificate.
  This is the contents of the above documents in short. The documents
  are written
  in German language and in Sütterlin-writing.
  For usual it is possible to get a digital copy (jpg) of the documents.
  The fee
  for that may be 30 Euro. Do you like to order a copy?
  In the end of this mail I return to the question in the beginning. In
  the moment
  it is not certain for me, who is the sister (name) and who is the
  mother. Marie
  Ahrens can be the sister of C. M. Luhmann, if she had married a Mr.
  Ahrens; but
  I don't think so.
  I think, it is necessary to search for the day of the death from C. M.
  Luhmann
  (Meyer) and her husband J. H. F. Meyer. Perhaps C. M. Luhmann (Meyer)
  died
  before her husband and he married again (a woman with name Ahrens); in
  that case
  Marie Ahrens is the sister of the second wife and J. H. F. Meyer is
  the
  brother-in-law of Marie Ahrens. But this are pure ideas, perhaps you
  have some
  more information."
  It is always good to mull over the genealogiical questions with
  others. I am open to suggestions and ideas and now will take off for
  some hunches I have.  The hunt begins again.
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[HN] Novels

Date: 2007/02/02 04:46:25
From: jeswansong(a)earthlink.net <jeswansong(a)earthlink.net>

Hi Don:  Hah!!!  But I'll bet mine is better - or at least longer.
To everyone else who wonders what this is all about, see my website:
http://saxonchronicle.hypermart.net           Jane


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[HN] Sometimes my wording stinks..sorry.

Date: 2007/02/02 06:06:14
From: jo meyer <gengeeheide(a)hotmail.com>


I re read my letter and saw that the possibility of misinterpretation of what i said. when I get an error with msn or explorer it gives me the message or the 'sermon' or the 'error kind of response'.. I call them "Sorry'" messages. They are error messages. That is exactly what I meant by 'getting the sermon'. I t says I that I should use " a wild card " and try researching just the year.

  I am reviewing your kind suggestions. I am not going to  reply to each
  one. I will use them.

  Today while renewing my ancestry i asked if they had the secret. The
  man did not know that there was another way into this Hamburg
  passenger ship list through the advertisement above on the page.
  Several pages into it after one had clicked the immigration button,
  one could click on that advertisement and access the list from
  Hamburg. Does anyone know what i am taliking about.  He said he only
  used the 'search'  method or button. A wise choice.

. It was free sometime around thanksgiving and christmas.

  Now with that list, i was able to find out  Ritterling, who were
  suppose to be from Carwitz  Mecklenburg, were from Eichdorf for a
  time. The time they  emmigrated I already knew from research  done in
  wyoming.  That they had gone through Canada/Michigan port. this around
  1892, I think it was. I suppose that  they had gone to new york and
  because of much quarantine due to diseases and such, that they decided
  to go this other route. I was able to find a few others also within
  the 1890's and 1900's. It is wonderful to use.

  I  only mentioned my frustration with it in a cranky old lady style
  because I was hopeing someone would say.....I KNOW THE SECRET ENTRANCE
  AND THIS IS HOW Or just say along with me. Yeah we know. But  I am not
  sure yet, if  anyone has had luck with it.  Private email me if you
  like. I just would like to  see that someone has actually gotten to
  the back dates with this special ship list from Hamburg. I am sure by
  now it is from my  lack of knowledge about something that holds me
  back.  No one else saw it as a problem?????????

  Ashamed I am to say that again today I asked about  this secret  key
  into the immigration older years. The man  at ancestory.com ,who I
  renewed my subscription from, told me some thing about the learning
  button up at the top. He said  the wild card deffinition is  told  in
  there, which is very   similar to someones posting,   but a bit
  different.  He said it is using three letters and the asterick sign
  afterwards. I would have not done that.  Fearing the 'sermon' or the
  repeat message about 'the wild card  needed' in order to access
  earlier years of ships leaving hamburg. i am going to try that. and i
  am going to go into the learning link. Sometimes the simpliest thing
  can at times seem so hard.

  So thanks for helpful tips. and I hope no one was offended by my
  colorful phrases that amuse me.

  I love this list. And I know you all have good suggestions. Even  if
  it is merely said. 'weve answered that one tons of times try the
  archives a few months back. etc.' that is still a tip and helpful.

  For now I am going to just drop the subject. i'll figure it out. I
  must be part of the ride.

Have a good evening

  jo
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Re: [HN] Oliver Bund

Date: 2007/02/02 09:49:06
From: Brouwers <anmaristin(a)zeelandnet.nl>

This maybe a stupid question but I noticed that you signed off as Heike what
is that a nickname for?  My gr. gr. greatgandfather was , his first name
Andries( from Hanover  to Netherlands born in the late 1700's)  but also
known as Heike, is that the only name associtaded with this nickname or were
their others?     Anna Marie Schmitz
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From: "Oliver Bund" <ollibund(a)gmx.de>

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[HN] KB Bücken Kreis Nienburg 17./18. Jh.

Date: 2007/02/02 14:54:32
From: FuP Hestermann <frohestory(a)web.de>

Liebe Listenmitglieder,

wo können wir die KB von Bücken finden? Ab wann gibt es welche? Gibt es
evtl. schon ein Familienbuch oder eine Verkartung?

Wir freuen uns über jeden Hinweis.

Viele Grüße

Felicitas und Peter (Hestermann)

Re: [HN] KB Bücken Kreis Nienburg 17./18. Jh.

Date: 2007/02/02 15:57:54
From: Wilfried Petersen <Wilfried.Petersen(a)t-online.de>

"FuP Hestermann" <frohestory(a)web.de> schrieb:
> Liebe Listenmitglieder,
> 
> wo können wir die KB von Bücken finden? Ab wann gibt es welche? Gibt es
> evtl. schon ein Familienbuch oder eine Verkartung?
> 
> Wir freuen uns über jeden Hinweis.
> 

Hallo Felicitas und Peter,

die Kirchenbücher von Bücken, Kirchenkreis Hoya, beginnen 1664. Sie liegen wohl als Microfiches im Kirchenbuchamt Hannover:  www.kirche-hannover.de/kirchenbuchamt/

Freundliche Grüße und schönes Wochenende
Wilfried (Petersen)

[HN] KALBREI/ Brennecke aus Düderode

Date: 2007/02/02 16:55:14
From: Wolf Igmar Mispelhorn <wimisp(a)online.de>

Liebe Familienforscher!
Wer hat diese Namen in seiner AL?

Ich suche nach konkreteren Daten und den Eltern
Meine vorliegenden Daten:
Dorothea Eleonore KALBREI, * um 1780
Ehemann: Johann Friedrich BRENNECKE, ** 23-9-1773 in Düderode, # 4-4-1830 in Düderode, Beruf: Radmacher Eltern: Johann Andreas Brennecke und Hanna Christina Dörries


Wer kann helfen?
Ich freue mich über jeden Hinweis
Wolf-Igmar Mispelhorn




Re: [HN] Hueffed Family Surname

Date: 2007/02/02 19:34:36
From: Werner Honkomp <werner(a)honkomp.de>

The German phone directory listed no Hueffed/Hueffeld, but some Hüffel (Hueffel) and Hüffell.
Mainly in in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis / Nordreihn-Westfalen - not Hannover.

Check with this:  http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/

Werner Honkomp

> Hello,

>        That is a rather unusual name and one that probably is often
> misspelled. I have done some research in Hannover (kingdom), but haven't
> yet
> found that family there. The German phonebook has no such listing. I would
> suggest that you look at some of the materials that are available for
> those
> who lived in the USA. The census lists mostly refers to Lorain County,
> Ohio
> and the town of Amherst. The 1900 census is the best one for finding the
> year of immigration. There is an Elizabeth there, but is probably married
> with that name. There it says she immigrated in in 1860. She is in the
> 1880
> census with husband John Hueffeld (age 49) who came from Hannover.

>      There is also a Henry Hueffed in the 1880 census who was born  in
> Hannover (yes, that would include the whole kingdom, not just the city).




[HN] Schwarze Chronik Hamburg 10.Teil, KRAFT, LINDAU, PERSKE, DANNENBERG, MURDES, BLUM, HAMANN, GRUNDNER, KLICZEWSKI, DATHE, v.TODENWARTH, STOLL, KREBS, HAGEL, KAMINKI, STRACKE, WILLKOMM, BOGUMIL, KLEIST, BECKER, MAZEK, SCHWARZBAUER, SUNDERMEIER, WALDMEYER

Date: 2007/02/02 20:06:18
From: 320097756779-0001 <320097756779-0001(a)t-online.de>

Libe Listenleser,

die Zeit vergeht und zum Wochenende die versprochene Fortsetzung der Verbrechensdaten zitiert nach:
EBELING: Schwarze Chronuk einer Weltsstadt. Hamburger Kriminalgeschichte 1919 bis 1945

"...

- 1934 -
 1. 1.34 Umorganisation  der Kriminalpolizei Hamburg. Einrichtung von Spezialdienststellen, Aufhebung der örtlichen Dienststellen.

 6. 1.34 Im Prozeß gegen KRAFT wegen Rückfalldiebstahls erfolgt die erste Verurteilung nach dem < Gesetz gegen gefährliche Gewohnheitsverbrecher p.p.> vom 24.11.33...."

10. 1.34 Rudolf LINDAU (1912 - 1934), Sohn eines Journalisten wird wegen Mordes an dem Polizeibeamten PERSKE (siehe 27.8.1931) hingerichtet (S. 311ff).     "...

17. 1.34 Erstes Urteil mit Anordnung der Entmannung in Altona (Fall DANNENBERG).

24.1.34 Zigeuner-Invasion im Bahnhof Altona (63 Personen), Rücktransport nach Belgien (Zigeunerkönig Karl MURDES)

25. 3.34 Prozeß gegen Einbrecherbande Emil BLUM u. Genossen, 46 Angeklagte; Urteil 17.4.34

 5. 4.34 Rauschgiftprozeß HAMANN, GRUNDNER, KLICZEWSKI; 33 Angeklagte

13. 4.34 Kindesentführungsprozeß Erwin DATHE ( Wilhelm Willibald August Ludwig Erwin DATHE, wurde  1885 in Rentwertshausen in Thüringen als Sohn eines Gutsbesitzers geboren. ... Mutter ... eine Freiin WOLF von TODENWARTH ..., in die Landeskrankenanstalt  Meseritz-Obrawalde verlegt, wo er im Januar 1944 verstarb (S.242ff.)), der mit einem Schulmädchen ( ca.1926 in Vierlanden geboren) um die Welt reiste. Urteil: ... 1 und 1/2 Jahre Zuchthaus und anschließend Verwahrung (ebda.)

16. 5.34 Erneuter Prozeß gegen Hans STOLL wegen Hochstapelei.

 7. 7.34 Hochverratsprozeß gegen Richard KREBS(KPD). - ...

12. 9.34 Prozeß gegen Petersen-Bande; hier: HAGEL, KAMINSKI, STRACKE (auch Reichsgericht v. 17.1.35)

 2.10.34 Abtreibungsprozeß WILLKOMM/BOGUMIL. Hohe Zuchthausstrafen.

18.11.34 Auffindung der Leiche des Dienstmädchens Else KLEIST in einem Schrebergarten an der Flottbeker Chaussee. (... im Jahre 1906 in Gülzow in Mecklenburg als Tochter eines Schmiedemeisters (+1931) geboren,... + 14.10.1934( S.398ff), (Mutter lebt 1934 ebda.)); Täter: Fridolin BECKER (BECKER war 1896 in Brisbane in Australien als Sohn eines deutschen Pastoren geboren, Seine Mutter entstammte einer wohlhabenden australischen Familie deutscher Herkunft. (S.398), Während des Krieges war er bei einem Bombenräumkommando bei Blohm&Voss eingesetzt. Ein explodierender Blindgänger verletzte ihn lebensgefährlich. Seither fehlt von ihm jede Spur(S.422)) ; Hauptproz.:31.7.39

12.12.34 Notzucht mit Todesfolge am Tanzmädchen Helene MAZEK, Wilhelminenstraße; Täter: K.SCHWARZBAUER; Proz..:5.7.35

24.12.34 Raubüberfall auf Briefträger im Haus Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer 16; Täter: D.SUNDERMEIER (erschoß sich bei Festnahme) ..."

und noch ein Nachtrag zum Jahre 1923: "...Der Ermordete wurde als Schmied Franz WALDMEYER, am 13.3.1896 in Vonkovcil (Slowenien) geboren, festgestellt. WALDMEYER war aus Österreich nach Hamburg gekommen, um von hier aus nach Amerika auszuwandern. ... Als (Kommissar) FAULHABER die Sache 1941 wiederaufnahm, gelang es ihm, zwei der damaligen Verdächtigen zum Geständnis zu bringen. ...(S.416)"

mit den besten Wünschen zum Wochenende

Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel

[HN] Brief Bleckede 1834

Date: 2007/02/02 20:09:19
From: Stefan Kramer <mail(a)kramer-stefan.de>

Hallo,

ich habe einen Brief erworben, der leider nicht interessant für mich ist. Vielleicht kann den jemand von Euch gebrauchen. Hier eine Übersetzung (nochmals herzlichen Dank allen an der Übersetzung beteiligten):

Gehorsamstes Pro mimeria (Pro numeria?)

In der Anlage ermangele ich mich, dem Antrag über die, für den Lüner Elbdeich pro 1834/5 erforderlichen Kosten, ehrerbietigst zu überweisen und bitte ich um baldhochgefällige Genehmigung dieses Anliegen, damit die Ausführung zur rechten und rücksichtlich des billigen Ansatzes zur paßlichen Zeit vorgenommen werden kann.

In Folge des sofort mündlich erteilten Auftrages habe ich die Schädstellenbesserung sofort vorgenommen und (sofort) ausgeführt.

Auch bitte ich dringend ganz gehorsamst, die vorigjährige Kostenrechnung baldgefälligst berichtigen zu wollen, einen großen Theil davon habe ich den Arbeitsleuten bereits vorschießen müssen, wofür
mir nicht wird, und ist zu fürchten, dass durch verzögerte Zahlung nun den Arbeitsleuten Unannehmlichkeiten veranlasst und die Arbeiten künftig nicht so billig gemacht werden.



Vogelsang Deichgeschworener (=Deichschultheiß)


Bei Interesse gebe ich den Brief zum Selbstkostenpreis von € 8,95 inkl. Porto ab.
Hier die Links zum schauen:


http://www.kramer-stefan.de/Lesehilfe/Brief1.jpg
http://www.kramer-stefan.de/Lesehilfe/Brief2.jpg

Gruß,
Stefan
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[HN] 3. Re: Oliver Bund (Brouwers)

Date: 2007/02/03 00:11:59
From: Oliver Bund <ollibund(a)gmx.de>

   3. Re: Oliver Bund (Brouwers)


----------------------------------------------------------------------


Hi Anna Marie,

it wasn't a stupid queation, becauser it gives no stupid questions...:-))
My name is Heike and Oliver was my husband, but we take a mailadress
together, it was the easyest way...

Sorry for my bad english, but it was from schooltime, a long time ago...:-))

regards
Heike (Bund)
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Re: [HN] Hueffed Family Surname

Date: 2007/02/03 01:54:19
From: Hueffed, Henry <henry.hueffed(a)seattlechildrens.org>

Thanks though might be a clue... 

-----Original Message-----
From: hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net [mailto:hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of Werner Honkomp
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:31 AM
To: hannover-l(a)genealogy.net
Subject: Re: [HN] Hueffed Family Surname

The German phone directory listed no Hueffed/Hueffeld, but some Hüffel (Hueffel) and Hüffell.
Mainly in in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis / Nordreihn-Westfalen - not Hannover.

Check with this:  http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/

Werner Honkomp

> Hello,

>        That is a rather unusual name and one that probably is often 
> misspelled. I have done some research in Hannover (kingdom), but 
> haven't yet found that family there. The German phonebook has no such 
> listing. I would suggest that you look at some of the materials that 
> are available for those who lived in the USA. The census lists mostly 
> refers to Lorain County, Ohio and the town of Amherst. The 1900 census 
> is the best one for finding the year of immigration. There is an 
> Elizabeth there, but is probably married with that name. There it says 
> she immigrated in in 1860. She is in the 1880 census with husband John 
> Hueffeld (age 49) who came from Hannover.

>      There is also a Henry Hueffed in the 1880 census who was born  in 
> Hannover (yes, that would include the whole kingdom, not just the city).




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[HN] Surnames BUTT, T(H)IEDEMANN

Date: 2007/02/03 02:04:07
From: rsjoer <rsjoer(a)comcast.net>

This is my first introduction to this website - I hope I am posting this properly.  I have two ancestors (husband and wife) who sailed out of Bremen on the ship Germania and arrived in Baltimore June 14, 1867.  They were Johann Friedrich Butt, his second wife Margaretha (T(h)iedemann) Butt, and his two sons from his first marriage to a Ms. Engel(?), Heinrich and Johann.  American death certificates and obituaries state they were born in Hannover, but not which village in the kingdom.  John's date of birth is March 27, 1827, and Margaretha was born in 1842/1843.

According to Johann's death certificate, his parents were Heinrich Butt and Mattie Dammern, both born in Germany.

Can anyone suggest any areas heavily populated at that time by the Butt and/or Tiedemann families so that I would know where to begin my search?

Thanks in advance,

Robin Sjoerdsma
Sarasota, FL

[HN] Albers, Meier, Lindemann, Michaelis

Date: 2007/02/03 05:20:54
From: jeswansong(a)earthlink.net <jeswansong(a)earthlink.net>

Hi all:  I've helped a lot of you and now I'm looking for help in extending some lines that I have neglected up to now.  Seeking parents of any of the following:  (All in Kreis Hoya)
Ich suche die Eltern und was für andere Data von der Folgende:
Mette Albers,  *c. 1711, prob. Engeln +15 Jan 1758 Vilsen, m. Segelke 
        Schumacher who took the Albers name.   (Hans Peter - any connection to your lines?)
Ilse Mette Margarethe Meyer, *1713, wo?, +15 Jul 1784, m. 5 Dec 1737,Vilsen,Heinrich Meyer,
        data unk. Her parents were Dietrich Heinrich Meyer aus Schweringen & Anne Margarethe
        Klein aun Uddendorf.  (These Meyers were a prominent family in Vilsen down to today)
Johann Lindemann, Herzögliche Amtsschreiber in Bruchhausen, *1657, poss. Celle. +18 Jun
        1707
Michael Michels (Michaelis), *1672, poss. Asendorf, +1727, m. Adelheit  ??

Any clues greatly appreciated.  Thanks.    Jane

[HN] Matthies (Matthias)

Date: 2007/02/03 05:26:44
From: jeswansong(a)earthlink.net <jeswansong(a)earthlink.net>

And here is one more:
NN. Mathias * 1671, on 1 Oct 1734 fell off his horse and died in front of the church in Ahlden. Pastor took care of the burial not knowing who he was.  Family tradition has it that the family  were French Huguenots who followed Eleanor d'Olbreuse to Celle.  I believe he may have been one of the guards of Sophie Dorothea, the so-called "Princessin von Ahlden".  Later one Heinrich Anton Matthias (1710-nach 1760) who I think was his son owned the mill at Frankenfeld.  Who was he?  Any help or ideas greatly appreciated.  Thanks.   Jane

Den 1 Okt 1734 ein Reuter gennant Matthias (kein Vorname) ist bei der Kirche zu Ahlden vom Pferde gefallen und gestorben.  Ich glaube er war Wächter von Sophie Dorothea, die sogennant "Prinzessen von Ahledn"  Weisst jemand wer er ist?  Danke für deine Hilfe.   Jane


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Re: [HN] Oliver Bund (Brouwers)

Date: 2007/02/03 07:25:02
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Heike or Heiko, Anna? Perhaps the latter was a diminutive for his middle name, if Andries (Andreas?) has been confirmed. Heiko is actually a Friesian/North German nickname for Heinrich (Henry in English, rooted from Heimerich and Haganrich in Old German, meaning strong ruler). Hinz, Heinz, Hein, Heini and Heino are more common German nicks for Heinrich and Heinfried, only Heini has morphed somewhat over time towards a more derisive connotation today, more along the lines of "moron" or "imbecile."

Heike is the Friesien/Low German short form of the Heinrike, the female form of Heinrich. It used to be a fairly popular North German girl's name, much like Elke and Silke, but has fallen a little out of fashion in recent years.

The modern replacements in many German children's names often sound more English or French (or biblical) than traditional Germanic, examples being Leah, Lena, Laura, Lara, Leonie, Jessica and Jennifer for girls; and Tim, Jonas, Louis, Kevin, Lucas, Marcel, Patrick and Finn for boys -- to name a few very popular modern examples. Of course the naming patterns in America have transformed considerably too, with names that often sounding "cutesier" than ever: Madison, Ashley, Kayla, Brianna, Megan, Ava, Alexis and Taylor regularly reach high marks for girls; and Jacob, Joshua, Ethan, Tyler, Dylan, Zachary, Brandon and Austin routinely make the prime time cut for boys.

Now I'm not poking fun at any names here, far from it. Some of those are actually very nice, only John barely makes the list anymore (nor does James for that matter). Which begs the question: What the [expletive deleted] is going on? :-0

I'll say it, but Jane may be soon on my heels :: Heike, to the best of my knowledge, does not have an English equivalent. There.

JANE!!

Jb

PS. Heike Bund, ich verstehe dein Schulezeit Englisch sehr gut, ich muss sagen. Das übertrifft Googlerama!

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From : Brouwers <anmaristin(a)zeelandnet.nl>
Sent : Friday, February 2, 2007 12:51 AM
To : "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject : Re: [HN] Oliver Bund

This maybe a stupid question but I noticed that you signed off as Heike what is that a nickname for? My gr. gr. greatgandfather was, his first name Andries( from Hanover to Netherlands born in the late 1700's) but also known as Heike, is that the only name associtaded with this nickname or were their others? Anna Marie Schmitz

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From : Oliver Bund <ollibund(a)gmx.de>
Sent : Friday, February 2, 2007 3:10 PM
To : <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Subject : [HN] 3. Re: Oliver Bund (Brouwers)

Hi Anna Marie,

it wasn't a stupid queation, becauser it gives no stupid questions...:-))
My name is Heike and Oliver was my husband, but we take a mailadress
together, it was the easyest way...

Sorry for my bad english, but it was from schooltime, a long time ago...:-))

regards
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Re: [HN] Albers, Meier, Lindemann, Michaelis

Date: 2007/02/03 10:24:04
From: 320097756779-0001 <320097756779-0001(a)t-online.de>

"jeswansong(a)earthlink.net" <jeswansong(a)earthlink.net> schrieb:
...
> Ich suche die Eltern und was für andere Data von der Folgende:
> Mette Albers,  *c. 1711, prob. Engeln +15 Jan 1758 Vilsen, m. Segelke 
>         Schumacher who took the Albers name.   (Hans Peter - any connection to your lines?)
...
Hi Jane Swan,

unfortunately not yet any connection, but I will keep the information for my "Whole-of-World-Albers-file" and my eyes open and will inform you, when I can tell you more.

Greetings Hans Peter Albers, Bienenbüttel

Re: [HN] Sometimes my wording stinks

Date: 2007/02/03 11:30:10
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Jo it goes without saying that the number one hindrance to making effective progress as it relates to non-intuitive tasks is the preliminary work required up front to master them, the very thing that is often dismissed as trivial - or disregarded in the rush to succeed as quickly as possible. Simple but classic example: 90% of computer errors are - believe it or not - USER errors. Now I say this knowing perfectly well that Windows is a far from perfect multi-task platform manager. But still, you can hardly blame it with all it has to do, and the often inane inputs it receives at the hands of its impatient operators! The thought of all those eager beaver Joes and Jills tripping and fumbling all over their keyboards with mugs of coffee in hand must warm the core of Windows good.

If more folks would take the time to read the manual, follow the instructions listed on the box, or perform their maintenance chores according to the product guides supplied, the majority of "problems" and "issues" that always arise would be overcome before they had a chance to rear their heads. The same applies to online activities. Many things on the Internet are not "intuitive"; in fact much of the computing experience is not straight forward. But that said, most "support" or "help" sections of websites spell out the necessary ABC's to succeed. These are the online equivalents to the physical manuals and guides mentioned earlier. It is an unfortunate but natural tendency in just about everyone to want to cut to the chase on things, to dive in and learn as quickly as possible in the name of expedition and fast-fast-fast results. But these various blind-at-full-speed approaches rarely progress well, in fact, more often they come back to nip us - and good.

Follow what that little voice inside is now hinting at. Devote at least an hour or two to the HELP section of that site, THEN attempt to reel in a few noteworthy catches. Personally I would open a second browser window - targeted on the same site - so you can apply what you are learning with a true "hands on" approach (= as you read through the help guides in browser window 1, apply experiments to browser window 2 as you progress). An hour or two at the help desk in that manner should pay dividends thereafter. As it is, almost all time-saving expedients are learned one of two ways - either the hard boiled way, by hit and miss experimentation, or by the sheer accumulation of hours in bump-n-grind hammering - or by reading the instructional data sheets (guides, manuals, FAQs) beforehand. Though both can succeed over the long run, the latter approach is a lot more painless and provides far quicker (and generally more comprehensive) results. But it does require one up front "deposit" -- you. :-)

I strongly suggest you consider that approach. If the website's help section is insufficient to the task, or if it seems to be laid out in an unclear manner, let us know. I'm sure you have already received a few tips from members trying to be helpful, but trust me your experience is by no means unique here. Simply take to heart that one guiding principle that rarely backfires: the Lord helps those who help themselves! As I see it, you have all the drive you need to see this kind of task through; you simply have to channel your energies towards where they will pay the best dividends. That can be done by setting a simple but laudable goal, a la: "By the end of this day, I WILL know my way around the Ancestry Immigration database." Then do it! If you think about it and are actually serious, you'll soon see there is only one way to accomplish this - by applying yourself to the task. Of equal importance will be the tools you choose to utilize, ones you will find within reach there.

Good luck. Remember drop the hammer; burrowing often works better.

Jb

PS. Speaking of 'sometimes my wording stinks', who recently began one of their posts with: "Peter I didn't forgot you." Uh yeah, meez can relate. ;)


From: "jo meyer" <gengeeheide(a)hotmail.com>
To: hannover-l(a)genealogy.net
Subject: [HN] Sometimes my wording stinks..sorry.
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:06:00 +0000

   I re read my letter and saw that the possibility of misinterpretation
   of what i said.  when I get an error with msn or explorer it gives me
   the message or the 'sermon' or the 'error  kind of response'.. I call
   them "Sorry'" messages. They are error messages. That is  exactly
   what  I meant by 'getting the sermon'.  I t says I that I should use "
   a wild card " and try  researching just the year.

   I am reviewing your kind suggestions. I am not going to  reply to each
   one. I will use them.

<snip>

jo

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Re: [HN] Sometimes my wording stinks..sorry.

Date: 2007/02/03 12:48:37
From: Cactus Flower <barbie8674(a)hotmail.com>

Dear Jo,

Were you looking for this?

http://landing.ancestry.com/immigration/main/Default.aspx?o_iid=27150&o_lid=27150&o_it=2

It's no longer a free immigration search offer but the link works ... and the other day I noticed that a few databases are viewable.. not actual ship lists..but compiled data on Prussia/Brandenburg and I believe Wuettenburg data..

Excuse spelling pleas :)

Barbie-Lew

I






I re read my letter and saw that the possibility of misinterpretation of what i said. when I get an error with msn or explorer it gives me the message or the 'sermon' or the 'error kind of response'.. I call them "Sorry'" messages. They are error messages. That is exactly what I meant by 'getting the sermon'. I t says I that I should use " a wild card " and try researching just the year.

   I am reviewing your kind suggestions. I am not going to  reply to each
   one. I will use them.

   Today while renewing my ancestry i asked if they had the secret. The
   man did not know that there was another way into this Hamburg
   passenger ship list through the advertisement above on the page.
   Several pages into it after one had clicked the immigration button,
   one could click on that advertisement and access the list from
   Hamburg. Does anyone know what i am taliking about.  He said he only
   used the 'search'  method or button. A wise choice.

. It was free sometime around thanksgiving and christmas.

   Now with that list, i was able to find out  Ritterling, who were
   suppose to be from Carwitz  Mecklenburg, were from Eichdorf for a
   time. The time they  emmigrated I already knew from research  done in
   wyoming.  That they had gone through Canada/Michigan port. this around
   1892, I think it was. I suppose that  they had gone to new york and
   because of much quarantine due to diseases and such, that they decided
   to go this other route. I was able to find a few others also within
   the 1890's and 1900's. It is wonderful to use.

   I  only mentioned my frustration with it in a cranky old lady style
   because I was hopeing someone would say.....I KNOW THE SECRET ENTRANCE
   AND THIS IS HOW Or just say along with me. Yeah we know. But  I am not
   sure yet, if  anyone has had luck with it.  Private email me if you
   like. I just would like to  see that someone has actually gotten to
   the back dates with this special ship list from Hamburg. I am sure by
   now it is from my  lack of knowledge about something that holds me
   back.  No one else saw it as a problem?????????

   Ashamed I am to say that again today I asked about  this secret  key
   into the immigration older years. The man  at ancestory.com ,who I
   renewed my subscription from, told me some thing about the learning
   button up at the top. He said  the wild card deffinition is  told  in
   there, which is very   similar to someones posting,   but a bit
   different.  He said it is using three letters and the asterick sign
   afterwards. I would have not done that.  Fearing the 'sermon' or the
   repeat message about 'the wild card  needed' in order to access
   earlier years of ships leaving hamburg. i am going to try that. and i
   am going to go into the learning link. Sometimes the simpliest thing
   can at times seem so hard.

   So thanks for helpful tips. and I hope no one was offended by my
   colorful phrases that amuse me.

   I love this list. And I know you all have good suggestions. Even  if
   it is merely said. 'weve answered that one tons of times try the
   archives a few months back. etc.' that is still a tip and helpful.

   For now I am going to just drop the subject. i'll figure it out. I
   must be part of the ride.

Have a good evening

   jo
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[HN] KORNRUMPF/ MEYER vom Eichsfeld

Date: 2007/02/03 16:26:14
From: Wolf Igmar Mispelhorn <wimisp(a)online.de>

Liebe Familienforscher!
Wer hat diese Namen in seiner AL?

Ich suche nach Geburtsorten und Eltern
Meine vorliegenden Daten:
Cyriax KORNRUMPF * um 1611 angeblich in Martenfelde/ Eichsfeld, dort ist aber nichts zu finden, + 26-4-1702 in Gross-Lengden, & 16-6-1640 in Gross-Lengden mit
Barbara MEYER * um 1620 angeblich in Wesenfelde/Eichsfeld, dort ist aber nichts zu finden., + 9-4-1682 in Gross-Lengden
Kind :Anna KORNRUMPF * 31-12-1649 in Gross-Lengden, + 1-9-1693 in Gross-Lengden & Cyriax Günther


Wer kann helfen?
Ich freue mich über jeden Hinweis
Wolf-Igmar Mispelhorn





[HN] Hannover 1945

Date: 2007/02/03 17:14:03
From: Monika Ehrentraut <Monika.Ehrentraut(a)t-online.de>

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Historiker und Genealogen,
seit Jahrzehnten suche ich nach jener Verbindung zwischen Cottbus und Hannover, die mir hilft meine Identität zurück zu finden. Vielleicht können Sie mir mit Ihrem Wissen ein wenig weiter helfen. - Nur zum Verständnis : Ich bin Deutsch- und Geschichtslehrerin an einer hessischen Realschule und habe, angefangen mit dem Suchdienst des DRK in Ost und West, seit 1970 keine Institution ausgelassen, die mir hätte beistehen können.
Kurz meine Geschichte, so wie ich sie seit 1999 ermitteln konnte. (Bis dahin gab es keine Zweifel an der Behauptung des Suchdienstes und des Landes Brandenburg, ich wäre ein einsames, nie gesuchtes und nicht-identifizierbares Kleinstkind aus dem deutschen Osten gewesen.)
Am 1./2. Februar 1945 traf in Cottbus eine auffallend gut ausgestattete Personengruppe ein ( 2 Frauen, 5-6 Kinder). Sie waren verletzt und hatten offensichtlich soeben eine Notsituation überstanden. Vieles spricht für die Notlandung einer JU52 östlich von Cottbus.Man brachte sie in den beiden besten, benachbarten Hotels unter, von denen eines inzwischen Behelfskrankenhaus war. Am 15. Februar '45 wurden auch diese beiden Häuser von Bomben getroffen, die Frauen kamen um, die Kinder hatten Phosphor- und Splitterverletzungen. Eine angebliche Retterin enteignete die Kinder sofort und verteilte sie einzeln an Bekannte ihrer Eltern. Schon am 16. Februar hatten alle 6 Kinder neue Namen erhalten, ihre Dokumente und das Evakuierungsgepäck blieben verschollen, bzw. fanden sich in neuer Form im Verwandtenkreis der jungen Cottbusser "Retterin" wieder. Ein Teil des Gepäcks wurde im Dezember der russischen Besatzungsmacht übergeben, die daraufhin den Übergebern großzügig eine beachtliche Summe britischer Pfund zur Eigennutzung überließ. - - - Es hat Jahre gedauert, bis eine Verbindung zur Mineralölindustrie hergestellt werden konnte. Denn zu Cottbus gehörte ein großes Synthese-Werk ( Fischer-Tropsch-Verfahren zur Flugzeug-Benzin-Herstellung) . Und es stellte sich die Frage, welchen Nutzen die Stadt hatte, als sie ab 2. Februar 1946 ein Kind dieser Gruppe nach dem anderen der Abteilung Justiz in Potsdam mit völlig verändertem Alter, erfundenen Flucht- und Herkunftsgeschichten nannte. Drei der Kinder lebten noch bis 1948 in Cottbus, ohne dass die miteinander bekannten, betreuenden Personen es wagten, den Mädchen von ihrer Verwandtschaft zu erzählen. Auch in den folgenden Jahren erfuhr keiner der Heranwachsenden, dass es sich 1945 um vier Mädchen und einen Jungen handelte, die mütterlicherseits ( Schwestern) verwandt waren, obwohl vier der Frauen, beginnend 1963 in Ost und West intensiv geforscht hatten.
Ihre Hilfe benötige ich aus folgendem Grund : Ich bin das jüngste Kind dieser Gruppe und in jener Familie aufgewachsen, deren Mitglieder sich mit Erlaubnis der russischen Besatzungsmacht am Privatbesitz der Evakuierten bereichert hatten. Ich erfuhr gelegentlich Bruchstücke der damaligen Vorgänge, die sich langsam zusammenfügen, seit ich drei dieser mit mir verwandten Anonymisierten in Regensburg, Hannover und Ulm gefunden habe. Fest steht : Wir kamen aus Hamburg, waren ab 1943 evakuiert zwischen Danzig und Stargard, hatten Väter in der Hamburger Direktion der Mineralölindustrie und sollten nach Kriegsende Familienangehörigen in Hannover übergeben werden zwecks Ausreise. Mindestens eines der Mädchen ( am Kriegsende ca 3-4 Jahre alt) sprach kaum deutsch sondern anglo-irisch. Das führte mich letztendlich zur Shell und zu deren Tochter, der Rhenania Ossag in Stettin-Pölitz. Aber welcher Shell-Prokurist , -Kaufmann, - Jurist kam aus Hannover oder hatte dort Verwandte ? Wer hat in der Deurag-Nerag neben dem Hamburger Prokuristen Horst von Wunsch in der Direktion gearbeitet ? Wie kann man Verbindungen norddeutscher Familien nach Irland/Nordirland ermitteln ? Wer war 'Of Reginald', den eine 1949 in Sachsenhausen ermordete Irin namens Mary-Claudette als ihren Vater bezeichnete ?
Da Hannover eine ganz wesentliche Rolle für die Entwicklung der deutschen Mineralölindustrie spielte, erhoffe ich mir Unterstützung von Fachleuten. 
Können Sie mir helfen ?
Freundlich grüßt
Monika Ehrentraut
Friedensstraße 18
65510 Idstein
Tel. 06126 - 54947



Re: [HN] Surnames BUTT, T(H)IEDEMANN

Date: 2007/02/03 21:15:51
From: Paul Scheele <pfsco1(a)comcast.net>

You might try this site to get an idea of where the most Butt's and
Tiedemann's live now. http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx

I have done some research on the Tiedemann name in church books of
Bremervörde. This is in Kreis Cuxhaven which is also where the most Butt's
and Tiedemann's now live.

Good luck,
Paul Scheele

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> bounces(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of rsjoer(a)comcast.net
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> Subject: [HN] Surnames BUTT, T(H)IEDEMANN
> 
> This is my first introduction to this website - I hope I am posting this
> properly.  I have two ancestors (husband and wife) who sailed out of
> Bremen on the ship Germania and arrived in Baltimore June 14, 1867.  They
> were Johann Friedrich Butt, his second wife Margaretha (T(h)iedemann)
> Butt, and his two sons from his first marriage to a Ms. Engel(?), Heinrich
> and Johann.  American death certificates and obituaries state they were
> born in Hannover, but not which village in the kingdom.  John's date of
> birth is March 27, 1827, and Margaretha was born in 1842/1843.
> 
> According to Johann's death certificate, his parents were Heinrich Butt
> and Mattie Dammern, both born in Germany.
> 
> Can anyone suggest any areas heavily populated at that time by the Butt
> and/or Tiedemann families so that I would know where to begin my search?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Robin Sjoerdsma
> Sarasota, FL
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Re: [HN] Surnames BUTT, T(H)IEDEMANN

Date: 2007/02/03 21:39:10
From: R&B Stewart <raybarbara(a)comcast.net>

Hi Robin,
    You certainly know how to present the needed information. Job well done.
I have been hunting around and cannot come up with the exact people.  I
think there were a great number of T(h)iedemann in numerous places. The
Butts are probably about the same. If you haven't  done so, you should look
search here:

http://meta.genealogy.net/

   I presume you have done these:

http://geneanet.org/
http://www.gencircles.com/

I looked around without little success.  They are in the census,  but that
doesn't seem to lead to anything definite either.

Good luck!
Barbara




> This is my first introduction to this website - I hope I am posting this
> properly.  I have two ancestors (husband and wife) who sailed out of Bremen on
> the ship Germania and arrived in Baltimore June 14, 1867.  They were Johann
> Friedrich Butt, his second wife Margaretha (T(h)iedemann) Butt, and his two
> sons from his first marriage to a Ms. Engel(?), Heinrich and Johann.  American
> death certificates and obituaries state they were born in Hannover, but not
> which village in the kingdom.  John's date of birth is March 27, 1827, and
> Margaretha was born in 1842/1843.
> 
> According to Johann's death certificate, his parents were Heinrich Butt and
> Mattie Dammern, both born in Germany.
> 
> Can anyone suggest any areas heavily populated at that time by the Butt and/or
> Tiedemann families so that I would know where to begin my search?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Robin Sjoerdsma
> Sarasota, FL
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[HN] FELDHAUSEN from Meyenburg, 31.01.2007

Date: 2007/02/03 21:40:25
From: Klaus Friedrichs <kl.friedrichs(a)freenet.de>

Hello Dorothy,


Can you give us the person, which you are looking for in Meyenburg, and an approx.-date of birth, because there are various families. The oldest entry is of about 1648. 

And I assume, that this Meyenburg is situated in North-Germany, south of Bremerhaven.
Is this correct?

Maybe we will hear from you.

Klaus Friedrichs

Re: [HN] FELDHAUSEN from Meyenburg, 31.01.2007

Date: 2007/02/03 21:56:26
From: Dorothy Johnston <dhjohnston7(a)comcast.net>

I have my Feldhusen line back to Johann Velthuysen, born about 1631 and died 1721 in Meyenburg. Claus Feldhusen born 1 May 1836 and died 13 Dec 1917 in Sacramento, California was my great grandfather. I am hoping to contact living Feldhusens from my line or related ones. I can supply what happened to them after they left Germany. The name died out here in 1967 because the males did not have children. This research was done in Meyenburg by a professor/school teacher so I think it is accurate. Do you think the early spelling of the surname indicates that they came from the Netherlands? I read that some Germans moved up from Southern Germany to Holland long ago.

Dorothy

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Subject: [HN] FELDHAUSEN from Meyenburg, 31.01.2007



Hello Dorothy,



Can you give us the person, which you are looking for in Meyenburg, and an approx.-date of birth, because there are various families. The oldest entry is of about 1648.


And I assume, that this Meyenburg is situated in North-Germany, south of Bremerhaven.
Is this correct?


Maybe we will hear from you.

Klaus Friedrichs
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Re: [HN] FELDHAUSEN from Meyenburg, 31.01.2007

Date: 2007/02/03 22:51:09
From: Dorothy Johnston <dhjohnston7(a)comcast.net>

Yes. Meyenburg, Hannover, Germany

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Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:22 PM
Subject: [HN] FELDHAUSEN from Meyenburg, 31.01.2007



Hello Dorothy,



Can you give us the person, which you are looking for in Meyenburg, and an approx.-date of birth, because there are various families. The oldest entry is of about 1648.


And I assume, that this Meyenburg is situated in North-Germany, south of Bremerhaven.
Is this correct?


Maybe we will hear from you.

Klaus Friedrichs
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Re: [HN] Surnames BUTT, T(H)IEDEMANN

Date: 2007/02/03 23:13:26
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Well presented synopsis indeed. I'd suggest working even harder from the American side, unless you are certain you have exhausted all possibilities (which is rarely the case, even when Knochenjägers think it is). With names as common as Butt and Thiedemann, you're going to need something of a bolt of good fortune to locate the ancestral village or town without more details (but don't be discouraged as anything is possible, even with Google searches).

Have you made contact with any <collateral> cousins here in the USA? In your case, the further removed, the better. Have you searched the cemetery registers, the port records on -both- sides of the pond, localized (19th century) church records stateside, the county archive and courthouse where they settled or spent most of their years, naturalization proceeding records, will and/or probate entries, early voter registers, localized history books for published biographical sketches, plus each and every census since the time of their arrival? Have you contacted the local historical society in the area they lived, to see if those folks might possess certain early records found nowhere else?

Remember, all it takes is one distant cousin with a fortuitous keepsake or letter from the past and the hunt may be over. Easier said than done, but still well within reach with the right kind of effort.

Wishing you continued success. Jb

Robin Sjoerdsma <rsjoer(a)comcast.net> on Friday, February 2, wrote:

This is my first introduction to this website - I hope I am posting this properly. I have two ancestors (husband and wife) who sailed out of Bremen on the ship Germania and arrived in Baltimore June 14, 1867. They were Johann Friedrich Butt, his second wife Margaretha (T(h)iedemann) Butt, and his two sons from his first marriage to a Ms. Engel(?), Heinrich and Johann. American death certificates and obituaries state they were born in Hannover, but not which village in the kingdom. John's date of birth is March 27, 1827, and Margaretha was born in 1842/1843.

According to Johann's death certificate, his parents were Heinrich Butt and Mattie Dammern, both born in Germany.

Can anyone suggest any areas heavily populated at that time by the Butt and/or Tiedemann families so that I would know where to begin my search?

Thanks in advance,

Robin Sjoerdsma
Sarasota, FL

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Re: [HN] Surnames BUTT, T(H)IEDEMANN

Date: 2007/02/04 01:48:07
From: Cactus Flower <barbie8674(a)hotmail.com>

Dear Robin,

Did your John Fredrich die in Minnesota? This data from family search on John Frederick Butt has same birthdate listed as the Johan Butt you look for.


Husband's Name John Frederick BUTT (AFN:107T-2L8) Pedigree Born: 27 Mar 1827 Place: <Hanover, , , Germany> Died: 21 Jan 1917 Place: Tenney, Wilkin, Mn Married: Place:

Father:
Mother:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wife's Name (1st wife)
Metha ALPERS (AFN:107T-2CS)  Pedigree

Born:  1831  Place:  Hanover, , , Germany
Died:  1867  Place:  Hanover, , , Germany
Married:    Place:

Father:
Mother:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Children

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.  Sex  Name
M  Frank BUTT (AFN:107T-2GF)  Pedigree

Born:  1859   Place:  , , , Germany
Died:  1938   Place:  Tolley, Ward, Nd

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2.  Sex  Name
M  Henry Nmn BUTT (AFN:107T-2D1)  Pedigree

Born: 24 Mar 1852 Place: Oschersleben, Hanover, , Germany **** wonder if this is place?
Died: 28 Feb 1931 Place: Wheaton, Travers, Mn
Buried: 3 Mar 1931 Place: Wheaton, Travers, Mn



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Wife's Name (Second Wife)
Margaret TEDMAN (AFN:107T-2MG)  Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1831 Place: <Tenney, Wilkin, Mn>

Father:
Mother:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Children

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.  Sex  Name
M  August BUTT (AFN:107T-2NN)  Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1853 Place: <Tenney, Wilkin, Mn>

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2.  Sex  Name
F  Anne BUTT (AFN:107T-2PV)  Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1855 Place: <Tenney, Wilkin, Mn>

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3.  Sex  Name
F  Mary BUTT (AFN:107T-2Q3)  Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1857 Place: <Tenney, Wilkin, Mn>

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4.  Sex  Name
M  Frank BUTT (AFN:107T-2R9)  Pedigree

Born: Abt. 1859 Place: <Tenney, Wilkin, Mn>

-------------------------------

Barbie-Lew

This is my first introduction to this website - I hope I am posting this properly. I have two ancestors (husband and wife) who sailed out of Bremen on the ship Germania and arrived in Baltimore June 14, 1867. They were Johann Friedrich Butt, his second wife Margaretha (T(h)iedemann) Butt, and his two sons from his first marriage to a Ms. Engel(?), Heinrich and Johann. American death certificates and obituaries state they were born in Hannover, but not which village in the kingdom. John's date of birth is March 27, 1827, and Margaretha was born in 1842/1843.

According to Johann's death certificate, his parents were Heinrich Butt and Mattie Dammern, both born in Germany.

Can anyone suggest any areas heavily populated at that time by the Butt and/or Tiedemann families so that I would know where to begin my search?

Thanks in advance,

Robin Sjoerdsma
Sarasota, FL
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Re: [HN] Schiff - S.S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie

Date: 2007/02/04 04:34:10
From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>

Hi Heike

kindly use your Schulezeit Englisch with this. ;)

In a nutshell, the fate of the magnificent S.S. Crown Princess Cecilie came down to wartime rivalries, and a little bad luck. The ship as you know was originally a luxury ocean liner, part of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line that was in fierce trans-Atlantic competition with the British liners of the day. That competition became even more pointed when England and Germany declared war against each other during that period.

Due to where she found herself - in the middle of the Atlantic ocean - when WWI began, and carrying a substantial load of gold and silver, the ship's commander, Captain Pollack, fearing discovery by the British Navy and thus either confiscation or sinking, turned his vessel back to neutral American waters. He avoided detection by cleverly masquerading the ship as one of Great Britain's most famous ocean liners, the RMS Olympic, and successfully landed her in Bar Harbor, Maine. A week later, the ship was escorted to Boston where the crew was, to their dismay, interned.

Unfortunately for the crew (and Norddeutscher Lloyd), the Americans decided to enter the war on the British side a few years later. All German ships that had previously been held in American harbors in 1914 were now confiscated permanently. This included the enormous S.S. Vaterland, the Kronprinz Wilhelm, the Kaiser Wilhelm II, in addition to the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. These were some of the most impressive passenger liners of the day.

The Cecilie was soon renamed 'Mount Vernon' for American military purposes, mostly to serve the Allies as a troop transport ship towards the end of the war. When the battles ended a year later, the ex-Kronprinzessin Cecilie remained under American authority, one of the numerous spoils of war, and was moored in the backwaters of Chesapeake Bay. The ship was not put to much use from that point on, particularly sad as she was magnificently decked out with the finest adornments German craftsmenship had to offer. Some 20 years later she was offered by the U.S. government to the British as a troop-transport in WWII, but the Brits declined the offer, considering her too old to be of immediate service. So the steamer remained where she had been in Chesapeake Bay and simply rusted away her remaining days, eventually being broken up for scrap in a Baltimore port in 1940.

Basic ship specifications:

Length: 707 feet (216 m)
Beam: 72 feet (22 m)
Tonnage: 19,360 gross tons
Engines: Steam quadruple expansion machinery powering two propellers.
Service speed: 22.5 knots
Passengers: 1,970 people

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