Hello, If you have the patience, go to http://www.archivesnumerisees57.com/mdr/index.html After lower box to agree to conditions (French); then see and click, Registres paroissiaux, click H, find Hellimer, put in your date 1739, click what comes up 'don't worry if dates don't match, just click; records start at 1737, on left side go to Image 21, that begins 1739 and good luck! Gloria ishida On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Gaby Uth wrote: > Hi! > I'm new in this list. May I introduce myself: I am 59 years old, married, > secretary and since 10 years active to find my ancestors. I started > genealogy because my mother in law believed that her familytree is from the > famous organ maker Silbermann (Alsace and Erzgebirge/Saxe). I found she is > not, but I have started a great hobby. And I am very thankful for the > support of experienced co-searcher. Till now I was searching in Germany > only. But recently I expanded to BANAT, DONAUSCHWABEN. And found some > relations to Alsace-Lorraine. > > One of the ancestors is Johann ACHTZEHNER, said to be from "Helma" or > "Helmer" in Lorraine in 1739. Might this be Hellimer? Is there a chance to > find out whether a Johann Achtzehner is born in +-1739 in Hellimer. If not, > do you have any idee what Helma or Helmer could mean? > > Johann Achzehner was registered in Vienna 1770 for emigration to Banat. In > February 1771 he married Susanne DUPPEN in Grabatz. Later on the family > moved to Zichydorf, where Johann died in the age of 100. He was married 3 > times, the 3rd marriage was in the age of 90. > > Your kind help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your reply! > Cordial greetings, > Gaby Uth > > (from Jüchen, Rhein-Kreis Neuss) > -- > 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 Gloria "Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own." Ambrose Bierce