To whom it may concern, my name is Christopher Ludwig. Wondering if you could assist me. I'm presently doing research for my family history and I've become stuck. I'm looking for info on Louis Schwartz. Born Feb 2nd 1854. This is when France still controlled Alsace Lorraine. I don't know the name of the town/city where he was born or know his parents names. Just the region, his first and last name and date of birth. According to Us Census records he arrived in the United States in 1860. So I'm defenitely looking for a birth record or baptism record. Any help you could offer, or any ideas when I may inquire with this kinda search would be most welcoming. Thank you. Christopher E. Ludwig **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
Hi Christopher, you are about the fourth person this week asking almost the identical question. So I'm answering *you* and anyone else who is just starting to research in this rich area of France. For all European research, you must have a village name, or at least a small region with a few villages, because that is where all the records are kept! There are few to no departement, county or region-wide censuses or other general surveys such as our US Census records. So, you must do your American or Canadian research, before trying to "jump the pond" back to Europe. Have you found the naturalization applications? Often the first and second application contain much more detail than the final certificate. How about obituaries, in particular those published in small local newspapers, church publications, or German or French newspapers? Many of the old newspapers are available on microfilm. For lots of ideas of how to go about this, see: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/european-research.html I hope this is helpful. Valorie On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:06 PM, <Celvampire@aol.com> wrote: > To whom it may concern, my name is Christopher Ludwig. Wondering if you > could assist me. I'm presently doing research for my family history and I've > become stuck. I'm looking for info on Louis Schwartz. Born Feb 2nd 1854. This is > when France still controlled Alsace Lorraine. I don't know the name of the > town/city where he was born or know his parents names. Just the region, his > first and last name and date of birth. According to Us Census records he arrived > in the United States in 1860. So I'm defenitely looking for a birth record > or baptism record. Any help you could offer, or any ideas when I may inquire > with this kinda search would be most welcoming. Thank you. > > Christopher E. Ludwig -- Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=507013560 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/valoriez MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/valoriez Genealogy Blog: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/ All my pages: http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com