Catherine, One of the reasons the references to Germany show up is that between 1871 and 1918 Alsace and Northern Lorraine were occupied by Germany. This back and forth between France and Germany and earlier invaders, went on for centuries. My grandfather was born in Weiler, Alsace when it was France, but was conscripted into the German army in his early 20s because they had been occupied by Germany. After trying that for about 3 years, he decided to leave and come to America. Narda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cath Skeet" <cskeet@optusnet.com.au> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] 1836 census Bischwiller - GILLICH > Hello Karl, > Thank you for your response to my posting I will check out the sites you > mentioned. I live near a Family History Centre so I will pay them a visit > and see which films are available to order in. > I'm actually doing this research for my sister who lives in the England > [who > does not have the internet] She was told Henry GILLICH came from > Alsace-Lorraine. > Her late husband is a descendant of Henry William GILLICH who first > appears > on the 1891 census living in London but is shown as being born in Germany. > He is aged 22 years, occupation Baker & Confectioner. On his marriage > certificate [which took place in London] he gives his father's name as > George GILLICK a Master Builder. > Also on the census he is living with a Charles BECK born Germany occ. > Baker. > This is all the information I have. > Regards > Catherine > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karl Roussin > Sent: Saturday, 1 November 2008 1:52 AM > To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [A-L] 1836 census Bischwiller - GILLICH > > Catherine > You do not have very much info to search for , maybe You have more info > that You did not send in. > For Your search > Check out > > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp > or > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > or > http://www.surnamenavigator.org/ > > Just fill out the blanks , and click " search " , or " go " > > If the records are not entered , then You may have to order some films > , > > of that town ( if You find the towns name ), of that time , > from the FHC library > > Karl Roussin > ============================================= > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cath Skeet" <cskeet@optusnet.com.au> > To: <ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:58 AM > Subject: [A-L] 1836 census Bischwiller - GILLICH > > >> Hi, I'm new to the list and have just found out that the person I'm >> researching was born in Alsace-Lorraine. >> >> >> >> The IGI at Family Search has two families listed with the name of >> GILLICH, >> as being born in Bischwiller. As the records only go as far as 1827, I'm >> hoping some kind lister could look up the 1836 census and see if there >> are >> anymore members of these two families. In particular I'm looking for a >> George or William GILLICH. >> >> >> >> Many Thanks >> >> Catherine >> >> Melbourne Australia. >> >> -- >> 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 >> ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com 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 > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com 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 > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message