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Re: Wiesentheid-Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/01 21:37:32
From: Karl Federschmidt <karl(a)feder.wupper.de>

Hi Karen,
there is a small town close to würzburg called wiesentheid.
Its postal code is 97353.
The address of the catholic church there is:

Kath. Pfarramt St. Mauritius,
97353 Wiesentheid

phone: +49 (9383) 372

Karl Federschmidt

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>Dear List memebers,
>Hi- I'm new to this list. I'm looking for information and history on a town
>East of Wurzburg called WIESENTHEID. My GGGrandfather emigrated from their
>and I've been told by family in Wurzburg that our Ancestors (SEISSIGER)
came
>to Wiesentheid from Vienna with the Von Schonborn Bishops and princes. Our
>ancestor was a hunter of deer for the main Von Schonborn castle in
>Wiesentheid. Does anyone know of this town or the catholic church in the
town
>?  (After deer shooting the "kids" became merchants in Wiesentheid).
>
>Thanks for any help,
>Karen Seissiger Kelley
>
>



Re: Wiesentheid-Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/01 22:48:22
From: KKELS10S <KKELS10S(a)aol.com>

Thanks so much for the zip and address of the Catholic Church in Wiesentheid. 
I don't think the church records have been filmed by the LDS so I will write 
to them!
Thanks again!

Re: WIESENTHEID

Date: 1999/05/01 23:29:02
From: B. Bauernschmidt <bauernschmidt(a)odn.de>

Hi karen Seissiger,
you are searching for the village WIESENTHEID

There is a (german) book about the history of the rectory of Wiesentheid:
Wilhelm Buettner: Geschichte der Pfarrei Wiesentheid, published in Wuerzburg
in the year 1939, 439 pages.

Bruno Bauernschmidt
bauernschmidt(a)odn.de



Re: Vorra

Date: 1999/05/01 23:29:07
From: B. Bauernschmidt <bauernschmidt(a)odn.de>

Hi Dick Hoffman,
you are searching for GROETSCH in VORRA.
There is a private genealogist in Franconia, who has the surname GROETSCH in
the village VORRA in his database:
    Mr. Heinrich Wieser
    Egerlandstr. 33
    D-91781 Weissenburg

There is also a (german) book about Vorra:
Manfred Meyer: Vorra. Ein Heimatbuch; published in the year 1978, 298 pages

Bruno Bauernschmidt
bauernschmidt(a)odn.de



History Books of towns

Date: 1999/05/02 15:56:33
From: Ruth & Steve <taylorsr(a)snip.net>

Hello Bruno,
Since you were knowledgeable about a book on Wiesentheid,
would you know if there is a book about the town of Bischofsheim a.d. Rhone
and/or  about St. Georg Catholic church inside this town?

I wrote to someone in this town asking the same question but never have received
an answer.
The only thing I know is it was around in the 1600's from a writing on the back
of a postcard
that the person who owns "Papier Schonder" sent me a couple years ago. Also that
their is still a wall
built around the town from that same time frame or maybe 1700's.

Thanks for any clues on where to find such books.

Ruth Schonder Taylor
Pennsylvania



Re: Vorra

Date: 1999/05/02 17:23:28
From: IVall2c <IVall2c(a)aol.com>

In a message dated 5/1/1999 5:29:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bauernschmidt(a)odn.de writes:

<< There is a private genealogist in Franconia, who has the surname GROETSCH 
in
 the village VORRA in his database:
     Mr. Heinrich Wieser
     Egerlandstr. 33
     D-91781 Weissenburg
 
 There is also a (german) book about Vorra:
 Manfred Meyer: Vorra. Ein Heimatbuch; published in the year 1978, 298 pages
  >>
This most interesting,  I will get a letter off to Mr. Wieser.  There was a 
Conrad MAYER that would have been from that area that migrated with my 
ggrandfather.   Of course that is a common name.  My German lanugage skills 
are non exsistant thus the book would not be too helpful but would like to 
see it at least.  

My ggrandfather Frederick HOFFMANN would have been from that area too.  But 
am trying to use the less common name of GROETSCH to find his ancestors too.

Thank you,
Dick Hoffman

Re: Wiesentheid, again!

Date: 1999/05/03 01:57:31
From: KKELS10S <KKELS10S(a)aol.com>

Dear Bruno,
Sorry to be  a pest, but having read your letter to another inquirer, you 
recommended a privated genealogist in his area. I am planning to visit 
Germany this summer, could you recommend a genealogist in the Wurzbut=rg area 
that might be able to assist me?
Sincerely,
Karen Seissiger

Re: Wiesentheid, again!

Date: 1999/05/03 03:40:11
From: George Richmond <grichmon(a)localnet.com>

Karen,

Pardon me for butting in, but I had a Wuerzburg genealogist recommended to
me several years ago by a knowledgeable person at the Family History
Library in Salt Lake City. I have not personally used this person, but she
might be a useful resource for you:

Diethild Uhlich 
Crevennastr. 10
97072 Würzburg
Germany 
Genealogist for hire, ~$25/hour 
0931/56814 

I also had the two following people recommended to me last August as "fully
qualified" with rates set by an "offical ordinance". Again, I have no
personal experience

Dr. Dirk Rosenstock, Uhlanderstr. 11, 97072, Würzburg
Dr. Ekkard Schöffler, Bohnesmühlgasse 2, 97070 Würzburg

I plan to visit the Diocesan Archive in Würzburg this fall. I would much
appreciate anything you can tell me about your experiences.

>Sorry to be  a pest, but having read your letter to another inquirer, you
>recommended a privated genealogist in his area. I am planning to visit
>Germany this summer, could you recommend a genealogist in the Wurzbut=rg area
>that might be able to assist me?

George



Freibott,Freybott,Limpert,Denner,Federlein

Date: 1999/05/03 12:50:25
From: Bernd Freibott <freibott(a)hotmail.com>

Hi,
somebody also researching the following names?
Freibott
Freybott
Limpert
Denner
Federlein
I am looking for other researcher of these names and families!
Ciao
Bernd

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Re: Wiesentheid, again!

Date: 1999/05/03 22:25:34
From: B. Bauernschmidt <bauernschmidt(a)odn.de>

Hello Karen,
it is not easy to give a good answer to your question about a genealogist,
who will assist you in the Wuerzburg area. There are some professionel
genealogists in Franconia, but this persons you have to pay. The other
persons are private researchers like me and I only know the contents of
their databases, because many private researchers put their databases (in a
small version) together in a database called FOKO. This means they want to
exchance dates with other researchers.
If you come to Wuerzburg, it would be the best to visit the
Dioezesan-archive (there are most of the church-books from Unterfranken).
There you can find peoples, who will assist you.

Bruno Bauernschmidt
bauernschmidt(a)odn.de

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Betreff: Re: Wiesentheid, again!


>Dear Bruno,
>Sorry to be  a pest, but having read your letter to another inquirer, you
>recommended a privated genealogist in his area. I am planning to visit
>Germany this summer, could you recommend a genealogist in the Wurzbut=rg
area
>that might be able to assist me?
>Sincerely,
>Karen Seissiger



Re: Wiesentheid, again!

Date: 1999/05/03 23:28:58
From: Joseph Kempf <a046898t(a)bc.seflin.org>

Dear Bruno,
I see that the Catholic Church records are available at the Archives in 
Wurzburg!!  Where might the Protestant / Lutheran Records be available???
I understand that "most" civil records are only available for after 1870????

Thanks, Joe

I'm searching ;KEMPF, KISTNER in Uengerhausen
               DUSEL, RAAB. KLEIN  in Binsfeld
               WEIPPERT (WIBERT), HERGENROTHER  in Euerdorf




Joe Kempf
a046898t(a)bc.seflin.org

On Mon, 3 May 1999, B. Bauernschmidt wrote:

> Hello Karen,
> it is not easy to give a good answer to your question about a genealogist,
> who will assist you in the Wuerzburg area. There are some professionel
> genealogists in Franconia, but this persons you have to pay. The other
> persons are private researchers like me and I only know the contents of
> their databases, because many private researchers put their databases (in a
> small version) together in a database called FOKO. This means they want to
> exchance dates with other researchers.
> If you come to Wuerzburg, it would be the best to visit the
> Dioezesan-archive (there are most of the church-books from Unterfranken).
> There you can find peoples, who will assist you.
> 
> Bruno Bauernschmidt
> bauernschmidt(a)odn.de
> 
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> An: franken-l(a)genealogy.net <franken-l(a)genealogy.net>
> Datum: Montag, 3. Mai 1999 02:01
> Betreff: Re: Wiesentheid, again!
> 
> 
> >Dear Bruno,
> >Sorry to be  a pest, but having read your letter to another inquirer, you
> >recommended a privated genealogist in his area. I am planning to visit
> >Germany this summer, could you recommend a genealogist in the Wurzbut=rg
> area
> >that might be able to assist me?
> >Sincerely,
> >Karen Seissiger
> 
> 

Re: Wiesentheid, again!

Date: 1999/05/04 00:07:56
From: Jim Amaral <jamaral(a)columbus.rr.com>

Not to be a wet blanket, but I visited the Wurzburg archivist 2 years ago, and
left with little. He re-iterated the failure of the church to microfilm the major
parishes ( first 2 times failed, working on third) told me my parishes were not
in Wurzburg (very small church) that the priest had them in his home (so small
that 1 priest served 5 churches on a rotating basis) and limented the fact that
getting priest was not very successful. I did find the priest, not living where
they said he'd be, but at a different chuch in his group, found he spoke almost
no english, but that the records were NOT with him in Schondra, but were with
Herr Leonhard Rugel in Bad Brukenau.
I didn't catch where you were looking for (town) but I hope you have better luck.

In finishing, the archivist said the LDS ("More-Mahns") will never microfilm his
records, because he did not wants his people to be baptised "More-Mahn"
Happy Hunting! The rest of Frankonia far made up for the strike-out at Würzburg!
JimA

Karen wrote:

> I plan to visit the Diocesan Archive in Würzburg this fall. I would much
> appreciate anything you can tell me about your experiences.
>
>


Schondra and church records

Date: 1999/05/04 03:41:57
From: Ruth & Steve <taylorsr(a)snip.net>

Jim,
What town were your ancestors from?  I notice you mention Schondra.
I saw that town on a map once and I wondered about it because it was
somewhat near the town of Bischofsheim where my "Schonder" family  was from.
The spelling was so similar that it caught my eye.

I heard the same thing you mentioned about churches having their records microfilmed.

St. Georg church at least as of 2 years ago had not had them microfilmed, but kept
the books
in the church. They also kept the records of the town of Untenweissenbrunn which was
the other town
I needed to search.  There is a Hans Schonder who works in St. Georg church with a
title I am not sure
because his son Matthias didn't know how to translate it for me.  He told me that one
of the books from
the 1700's had been stolen from the church during a break-in and they never found it.

Makes me wonder where it will turn up some day.

What year did your ancestors arrive in the US?

Ruth in Eastern PA

Searching names in Germany:
Schonder, Maeder/Meder, Bielhart, Benz, Bergere, Bockhorn, Comte,
Hockenberger, Holzwarth, Kraut, Mayer, Rudolph, Wuertz




Re: Wiesentheid, again!

Date: 1999/05/04 18:15:01
From: B. Bauernschmidt <bauernschmidt(a)odn.de>

Hello Joe,
I do not know, where the protestant records from Wiesentheid are.
Civil records exists since the year 1876 (in whole germany) and they are in
the town-hall of Wiesentheid. But remember, that you can only get civil
records from persons, which were your direct ancestors.

Bruno Bauernschmidt
bauernschmidt(a)odn.de





New gen. homepage: Limper(t)

Date: 1999/05/07 17:45:18
From: Bernd Freibott <freibott(a)hotmail.com>

Next to the genealogy page for FREIBOTT, there is now also a page for the name LIMPERT available:

Limpert:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7765/family/4.html

Freibott:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7765/family/1.html

Limpert German version:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7765/family/4d.html

Freibott German version:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7765/family/1d.html


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Village in Bavaria

Date: 1999/05/13 04:40:27
From: Bernice Hinz <Bernice_Hinz(a)email.msn.com>

Hi Listers,

I have been trying to find the town in Germany my ggrandfather Johann Adam
SCHEUERLEIN was born.  Church records only say he came from Bavaria.
Perhaps he had a sister who came before him and her church record states she
was from Obereichenbach.  I have written to: Ansbach, Regensburg, Roth,
Roßtal but could not find any information on him.  Does anyone out there
know if the town still exists.  I think they came from Franconia.  All the
communities that grew from their immigration were called either
Frankenmuth, Frankenlust, Frankentrost.   Would appreciate any advice you
could give me how to proceed with my queries.  Thank you in advance.

Bernice Hinz
Lapeer, MI




Re: Village in Bavaria

Date: 1999/05/13 14:38:50
From: Karl Federschmidt <karl(a)feder.wupper.de>

Hi Bernice,
according to the "book of postal codes" in Germany, there is  a place
"Obereichenbach" which indeed belongs to Ansbach. Postal Code is 91522
Ansbach.
With whom in Ansbach did you correspond? I could offer you to make a phone
call to find out, which protestant parish is in charge for that place. But
perhaps sombody else from this list nows more about this area.

Karl Federschmidt,
Wuppertal


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Datum: Donnerstag, 13. Mai 1999 05:57
Betreff: Village in Bavaria


>Hi Listers,
>
>I have been trying to find the town in Germany my ggrandfather Johann Adam
>SCHEUERLEIN was born.  Church records only say he came from Bavaria.
>Perhaps he had a sister who came before him and her church record states
she
>was from Obereichenbach.  I have written to: Ansbach, Regensburg, Roth,
>Roßtal but could not find any information on him.  Does anyone out there
>know if the town still exists.  I think they came from Franconia.  All the
>communities that grew from their immigration were called either
>Frankenmuth, Frankenlust, Frankentrost.   Would appreciate any advice you
>could give me how to proceed with my queries.  Thank you in advance.
>
>Bernice Hinz
>Lapeer, MI
>
>
>
>



AW: Village in Bavaria

Date: 1999/05/14 20:54:44
From: Claus Hummel <CHummel(a)t-online.de>

Hi!

Perhaps the village is Oberreichenbach. A part of my small town Schwabach is
named Oberreichenbach. And in Schwabach there are living some people with
name Scheuerlein.
Schwabach is next to Roth (15 kilometer), Roßtal and Ansbach (1 hour with
car).
I hope this is helpful.

Yours sincerely
Claus Hummel

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-franken-l(a)genealogy.net
> [mailto:owner-franken-l(a)genealogy.net]Im Auftrag von Bernice Hinz
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 13. Mai 1999 04:37
> An: Franken
> Betreff: Village in Bavaria
>
> Hi Listers,
>
> I have been trying to find the town in Germany my ggrandfather Johann Adam
> SCHEUERLEIN was born.  Church records only say he came from Bavaria.
> Perhaps he had a sister who came before him and her church record
> states she
> was from Obereichenbach.  I have written to: Ansbach, Regensburg, Roth,
> Roßtal but could not find any information on him.  Does anyone out there
> know if the town still exists.  I think they came from Franconia.  All the
> communities that grew from their immigration were called either
> Frankenmuth, Frankenlust, Frankentrost.   Would appreciate any advice you
> could give me how to proceed with my queries.  Thank you in advance.
>
> Bernice Hinz
> Lapeer, MI
>
>
>


BAUKEL

Date: 1999/05/16 00:27:35
From: LTBoehmke <LTBoehmke(a)aol.com>

Hello, list,

Does the name BAUKEL sound like a possible German name?

I am trying to read the name of the baptismal witness for my grandmother Emma 
Margaretha LINHARDT.  Born 8 April 1865 in St Louis, Missouri and baptized at 
the German Evangelical Friedens.  Church on 31 December 1865.

It is not a name with which I am familiar.  But I hope it will lead me to 
more clues about my great grandparents.

LaVerne
LTBoehmke(a)aol.com

Re: BAUKEL

Date: 1999/05/17 02:16:43
From: Karl Federschmidt <karl(a)feder.wupper.de>

Hi,
Baukel sounds a bit like a German name, but most probably it is no German
name. The telephone-book of Germany doesn't know a name like BAUKEL. You can
check it yourself: http://www.teleauskunft.de/


karl(a)feder.wupper.de
Dr. Karl Federschmidt
Am Deckershäuschen 67
42111 Wuppertal

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Datum: Sonntag, 16. Mai 1999 00:37
Betreff: BAUKEL


>Hello, list,
>
>Does the name BAUKEL sound like a possible German name?
>
>I am trying to read the name of the baptismal witness for my grandmother
Emma
>Margaretha LINHARDT.  Born 8 April 1865 in St Louis, Missouri and baptized
at
>the German Evangelical Friedens.  Church on 31 December 1865.
>
>It is not a name with which I am familiar.  But I hope it will lead me to
>more clues about my great grandparents.
>
>LaVerne
>LTBoehmke(a)aol.com
>
>



Re: BAUKEL

Date: 1999/05/17 02:35:57
From: LTBoehmke <LTBoehmke(a)aol.com>

Thank you, Karl.

I'm trying to read a faded baptismal certificate and church records on 
microfilm.  Once I thought it might be Bartel.  But at least I am sure of the 
U because it has that half circle over it. 

Could it be Beukel?

LaVerne

Re: BAUKEL

Date: 1999/05/17 04:22:25
From: W. Fred Rump <fred(a)k2nesoft.com>

On 17 May 99, at 2:16, Karl Federschmidt wrote about Re: BAUKEL:

> Baukel sounds a bit like a German name, but most probably it is no German
> name. The telephone-book of Germany doesn't know a name like BAUKEL. You
> can check it yourself: http://www.teleauskunft.de/
> 

On the other hand there a number of Baukelmann names. 
Sometimes the end was dropped.

Fred


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4788 Corian Court, Naples, FL 34114 or 
somewhere on the road but connected to
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97355 Castell, Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/27 04:10:50
From: John Helmut Merz <hessian(a)cgocable.net>

Hello, may I ask somebody for help. the German PLZ book shows the
above postal code and town, however, my otherwise trusty RV-Autoatlas
does not give the name at all. I am looking for the birth place of
one Hessian soldier of the American Revolution who was born at
Steinbach Grafschaft Castell. His name was Johann Gottfried Knauff.
I need directions to his home town. Thank You,
John Merz


Re: 97355 Castell, Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/27 06:04:20
From: W. Fred Rump <fred(a)k2nesoft.com>

On 26 May 99, at 22:12, John Helmut Merz wrote about 97355 Castell, Unterfranken:

Date sent:      	Wed, 26 May 1999 22:12:20 -0700
From:           	John Helmut Merz <hessian(a)cgocable.net>
To:             	franken-L(a)genealogy.net
Subject:        	97355 Castell, Unterfranken
Send reply to:  	franken-l(a)genealogy.net

> Hello, may I ask somebody for help. the German PLZ book shows the
> above postal code and town, however, my otherwise trusty RV-Autoatlas does
> not give the name at all. I am looking for the birth place of one Hessian
> soldier of the American Revolution who was born at Steinbach Grafschaft
> Castell. His name was Johann Gottfried Knauff. I need directions to his
> home town. Thank You, John Merz
> 

Steinbach is tough as there are dozends of the darn things. The 
Grafschaft was sort of spread out all over the place. Yours may be 
either Grafschaft Castell-Rüdeshausen or Castell-Remlingen. In the 
18th century Castell along with Breitenlohe including Buchbach as 
well as Gleißenberg with Frickhochstädt all belonged to the Kanton 
Steigerwald in the Ritterkreis Franken. The Grafschaft was 
mediatized in 1806 and went to Bavaria. It covered 4 sq miles with 
3 Flecken and 28 villages. Roughly 10,000 people lived there. 

Now as to where is Castell? On Rt 286 just below Rudeshausen 
and exchange 75 of the turnpike (3) to Würzburg.  

Fred



26 Warren St. Beverly, NJ 08010 or
4788 Corian Court, Naples, FL 34114 or 
somewhere on the road but connected to
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Re: 97355 Castell, Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/27 10:07:53
From: Bernd Freibott <freibott(a)hotmail.com>

Hi,
first of all, I found 14 Steinbachs. I tried the different locations, and I think this one of these is the right one:

96361
Steinbach, county Kronach, region Oberfranken, land Bayern
96515
Steinbach, county Sonneberg, land Thüringen
98667
Steinbach county Hildburghausen, land Thüringen
36448
Steinbach county Bad Salzungen, land Thüringen
37308
Steinbach county Heiligenstadt, land Thüringen
61449
Steinbach county Hochtaunuskreis, region Darmstadt, land Hessen

Your postcode of Castell is correct. Unfortunately, the counties of the counts and princes in this region were very distributed and not one monolithic block. So it is possible, that your Steinback is one of these, even if it is not close to Castell. Maybe the one in Hessen in your's???
Ciao
Bernd

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Hello, may I ask somebody for help. the German PLZ book shows the
above postal code and town, however, my otherwise trusty RV-Autoatlas
does not give the name at all. I am looking for the birth place of
one Hessian soldier of the American Revolution who was born at
Steinbach Grafschaft Castell. His name was Johann Gottfried Knauff.
I need directions to his home town. Thank You,
John Merz



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Re: 97355 Castell, Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/27 18:18:02
From: John Helmut Merz <hessian(a)cgocable.net>

Thank you, W. Fred Rump, this was very informative and has helped me
tremendously to pinpoint not only Castell, but also should help to
determine where this particular Steinbach is located. Thanks again.
John Merz    http://www.cgo.wave.ca/~hessian

W. Fred Rump wrote:
> 
> On 26 May 99, at 22:12, John Helmut Merz wrote about 97355 Castell, Unterfranken:
> Date sent:              Wed, 26 May 1999 22:12:20 -0700
> From:                   John Helmut Merz <hessian(a)cgocable.net>
> > Hello, may I ask somebody for help. the German PLZ book shows the
> > above postal code and town, however, my otherwise trusty RV-Autoatlas does
> > not give the name at all. I am looking for the birth place of one Hessian
> > soldier of the American Revolution who was born at Steinbach Grafschaft
> > Castell. His name was Johann Gottfried Knauff. I need directions to his
> > home town. Thank You, John Merz
> -----------------------------------
> 
> Steinbach is tough as there are dozends of the darn things. The
> Grafschaft was sort of spread out all over the place. Yours may be
> either Grafschaft Castell-Rüdeshausen or Castell-Remlingen. In the
> 18th century Castell along with Breitenlohe including Buchbach as
> well as Gleißenberg with Frickhochstädt all belonged to the Kanton
> Steigerwald in the Ritterkreis Franken. The Grafschaft was
> mediatized in 1806 and went to Bavaria. It covered 4 sq miles with
> 3 Flecken and 28 villages. Roughly 10,000 people lived there.
> 
> Now as to where is Castell? On Rt 286 just below Rudeshausen
> and exchange 75 of the turnpike (3) to Würzburg.
> 
> Fred
> 
> 26 Warren St. Beverly, NJ 08010 or
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Diözesan-Archiv Würzburg

Date: 1999/05/30 23:29:51
From: George Richmond <grichmon(a)localnet.com>

Has anyone had any useful contact with the Diözesan-Archiv Würzburg
lately? I wrote them two months ago to inquire if the film records for
St. Kilian's, Mellrichstadt were available, and I have yet to receive an
answer. I am planning a trip to Wuerzburg this fall, and I would like to
know what is available.

George

Re: Diözesan-Archiv Würzburg

Date: 1999/05/31 00:01:15
From: Jim Amaral <jamaral(a)columbus.rr.com>

I visited there about a year ago, and they were still trying to figure out
how to microfilm. They did not want LDS to "baptise" their people. There
was only 1 priest, and he was complaining about the lack of priests to do
the work of the parishes. (Our town had 1 priest serving 5 parishes on a
rotating schedule) Many of the small parishes still had all their own
records, and in our case it wasn't even in the church. It was in the home
of the regional historian. (in Bad Brükeneau)
Jim
Columbus, OH

George Richmond wrote:

> Has anyone had any useful contact with the Diözesan-Archiv Würzburg
> lately? I wrote them two months ago to inquire if the film records for
> St. Kilian's, Mellrichstadt were available, and I have yet to receive an
> answer. I am planning a trip to Wuerzburg this fall, and I would like to
> know what is available.
>
> George


Re: Diözesan-Archiv Würzburg

Date: 1999/05/31 03:24:37
From: JMBEZAK <JMBEZAK(a)aol.com>

George,

I have had the same luck as you.  My great grandfather was born in 
Wittershausen, and I have tried every which way to get copies of the records. 
 If you find a way to success, let me know.

Janet

Re: 97355 Castell, Unterfranken

Date: 1999/05/31 07:02:54
From: Karla Nurnberg <muessidenn(a)yahoo.com>

This is part of Hessen-Cassel. On the Internet there is a site that
checks for place names. Unfortunately, all my bookmarks were lost about
two weeks ago or I could give you more information about how to find it.
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