Hello everyone I would like to ask if anyone has information about a Paul C BEIER. He established himself near Dwight IL. Apparently the family split sometime before or in Illinois from the original family name BEYER. The only information I have up to this point is that a SCHACK took the name BEYER for their children. This is where I got stumped. Ancestry.com had no more information. Rootsweb was limited for me. Any information will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance for helping me fill in the missing pieces to this puzzle. Respectfully Maria In a message dated 1/19/2008 11:41:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fhheld@netzero.net writes: Barbara, You can think of Wissembourg as a "county" as well as a city. You might be able to find the marriage of his parents in the civil records for the city. You can rent the microfilms at your local LDS Family History Center. ==================== Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882 Wissembourg (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil (Main Author) Civil registration of ten-year indexes, births, marriages, deaths for Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France; also called Weißenburg, Elsaß- Lothringen, Germany. ==================== Unfortunately the records have not been recorded after 1882, probably because of the secrecy laws, so Philippe EIDEL's birth will not be recorded. There may be siblings to Philippe though. BTW, I have changed the subject to be consistent with a standard genealogy query. Subjects, such as "Information please?" are likely to be ignored by many people who are members of a number of mail lists and just skip looking for subjects of interest. >From: "BARBARA EIDEL" <ebarbarajo@verizon.net> >Subject: [A-L] Information please? >To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> > >Dear List members, > I hope these are not stupid questions, but I am very new to this forum. >I am only beginning my search for my relatives from Wissembourg. If I >understood more about the researchers, and their roles, it would help me to >know how to begin. > I see several messages sent to EWALD, and have already received some >information from CHARLIE.(thanks again). Are any of these people actually >living in Alsace? Are you doing research out of the goodness of your >hearts? What are the books that you are referring to? > Also, does anyone know where I might find an archive of the obituaries >from that area? Is there an index for any of the cemetaries? > > > >The following is what I know about my family. > >My grandfather - Philippe EIDEL born in 1890 to Louis EIDEL (son of Adam >EIDEL and Catherine BEY) and Dorothee FENNINGER, (daughter of Norbert >FENNINGER and Dorothee Wachtal). He came to America in 1907, and never >returned to Wissembourg. I have only recently learned the names of his >parents and grandparents. > >I learned that both Louis and Adam were stone masons in Wissembourg, but I >know nothing beyond that. Any other ideas of where I may look is very much >appreciated! > >Thank you again! > >Barbara Eidel -- 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 **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489