oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2008-02 00019

[Lisa Niemeyer <lniemeyer(a)frontiernet.net>]

 I am looking for advice on researching in Cincinnati and the Covington, KY
areas.  I have sent a request for sacramental records for the Niemeyer's
and Kerk's but have not heard back yet from the Archives of the Church yet.
I've noticed some listers mention cemetery records and city directories in
Cincy and Covington, KY.  Are any of these resources online?   Would a
subscription to ancesty.com be worthwhile?   Like I said,  I feel I'm at a
brick wall and looking for some advice on what's available for these areas.

I know that my ancestor John Henry Niemeyer applied for citizenship in Cincy
in 1844, and was born in Germany in 1820.  He married Catherine Maria Kerk (
Kark / Karch) in 1846 in Cincy.  I believe he had other family in the Cincy
and Covington, KY area because a Frederick Niemeyer was a witness to the
wedding, but don't know if he was a brother/ cousin or if related at all.
John Henry and Catherine moved to Teutopolis, IL in 1847.  Family stories
passed on says there was family that stayed in Cincy and the Covington, KY
area.   Other names I want to look for in the Cincy area are Catherine
Maria' Kerk's parents  John Jacob Kerk  and Maria Adeleide Kerk also known
to be in Cincy in the 1840's.  One of the family stories mentioned loosing
some family in the cholera epidemic that swept through the city in the late
1840's.

Thanks,
Lisa Niemeyer