All I know is that there was one Presbyterian church, and other churches were Evangelical, but I know little else. Paul On Dé Céadaoin, 15 Meitheamh, 2011, at 04:57, Trevor Gontz wrote: > When you say, "and built protestant churches in the US when they > arrived.", what denominations are you referring to? > > Trevor > > At Wednesday, 06/15/2011 on 7:13 am [email protected] wrote: > > Folks, > > Is there any way to know whether or not my protestant Swiss-German > ancestors in the Bas-Rhin were Anabaptists? > > There is some belief in my family that my family (Hirtzels, to begin > with) came from Switzerland before they settled in the Alsace. I am > aware somewhat of the history of the persecution and migration of > Anabaptists starting arond 1650 down the Rhine to the Alsace. > > My ancestors are in the protestant church books in the Alsace, and > built protestant churches in the US when they arrived. > > best, > Paul Carr > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > [1]; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Evalorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm%C2%A0%C2%A0 > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

With that information after their arrival in the US, I doubt that they were Anabaptists; more likely Calvinist/ Reformed. When you say Alsace church books - what church in Alsace? Where in Alsace? Gloria I On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: > All I know is that there was one Presbyterian church, and other churches were Evangelical, but I know little else. > > Paul > > On Dé Céadaoin, 15 Meitheamh, 2011, at 04:57, Trevor Gontz wrote: > >> When you say, "and built protestant churches in the US when they >> arrived.", what denominations are you referring to? >> >> Trevor >> >> At Wednesday, 06/15/2011 on 7:13 am [email protected] wrote: >> >> Folks, >> >> Is there any way to know whether or not my protestant Swiss-German >> ancestors in the Bas-Rhin were Anabaptists? >> >> There is some belief in my family that my family (Hirtzels, to begin >> with) came from Switzerland before they settled in the Alsace. I am >> aware somewhat of the history of the persecution and migration of >> Anabaptists starting arond 1650 down the Rhine to the Alsace. >> >> My ancestors are in the protestant church books in the Alsace, and >> built protestant churches in the US when they arrived. >> >> best, >> Paul Carr >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> [1]; >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Evalorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm%C2%A0%C2%A0 >> >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I believe that one of them was a Lutheran church book, if I recall correctly now. Sundhausen, Boofzheim, Baldenheim are some of the towns. Paul On Dé Céadaoin, 15 Meitheamh, 2011, at 06:05, gloria ishida wrote: > With that information after their arrival in the US, I doubt that they were Anabaptists; more likely Calvinist/ > Reformed. When you say Alsace church books - what church in Alsace? Where in Alsace? > > Gloria I > On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> All I know is that there was one Presbyterian church, and other churches were Evangelical, but I know little else. >> >> Paul >> >> On Dé Céadaoin, 15 Meitheamh, 2011, at 04:57, Trevor Gontz wrote: >> >>> When you say, "and built protestant churches in the US when they >>> arrived.", what denominations are you referring to? >>> >>> Trevor >>> >>> At Wednesday, 06/15/2011 on 7:13 am [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> Is there any way to know whether or not my protestant Swiss-German >>> ancestors in the Bas-Rhin were Anabaptists? >>> >>> There is some belief in my family that my family (Hirtzels, to begin >>> with) came from Switzerland before they settled in the Alsace. I am >>> aware somewhat of the history of the persecution and migration of >>> Anabaptists starting arond 1650 down the Rhine to the Alsace. >>> >>> My ancestors are in the protestant church books in the Alsace, and >>> built protestant churches in the US when they arrived. >>> >>> best, >>> Paul Carr >>> -- >>> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >>> [1]; >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Evalorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm%C2%A0%C2%A0 >>> >>> -- >>> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message