I am looking for information on Charles Goetsch b. 1854 probably near Rhinau, Bas Rhin, Alsace France. He came to the US in about 1887 to LaSalle County, Illinois. He married Marie Ebersteiner/Eberstein who was born in Rhinau and came to the US in 1888 to LaSalle County, IL. Because she came here and married Charles, I assumed they knew each other in Alsace. I believe Charles' father's name was Jacob or Jaques. Any information most welcome. Thanks Carole
Hello Carole, The following Civil records of Rhinau are available on microfilm: Tables décennales 1793-1862 - FHL INTL Film [ 778027 ] Naissances 1840-1862 - FHL INTL Film [ 778030 ] According to the site www.geopatronyme.com, the name GOETSCH was present in Bas-Rhin between 1891-1915, mostly in Schoenau (10 km south of Rhinau), then in Osthouse (10 km north of Rhinau), in Sélestat (20 km SW of Rhinau) and in Strasbourg. The civil records are available on microfilm for all these towns. The name GOETZ was also present in Rhinau at the same time period. Wish you a nice week end Ewald +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----- Original Message ----- From: <nagle.j@att.net> To: <ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:27 AM Subject: [A-L] Goetsch/Goetz/Ebersteiner/Eberstein >I am looking for information on Charles Goetsch b. 1854 probably near >Rhinau, Bas Rhin, Alsace France. He came to the US in about 1887 to >LaSalle County, Illinois. He married Marie Ebersteiner/Eberstein who was >born in Rhinau and came to the US in 1888 to LaSalle County, IL. Because >she came here and married Charles, I assumed they knew each other in >Alsace. I believe Charles' father's name was Jacob or Jaques. Any >information most welcome. > Thanks > Carole > -- > 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