Gooday Bob, I, too, have been to Clausthal and been able to follow my family through the Church records. But I find it interesting that you were able to get extra information from the Mine Warden, something I didn't do. Do you have a contact please? Geoff Leunig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moritz, Bob" <bfmoritz@bechtel.com> To: <AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 20 November 2004 4:51 PM Subject: RE: [AUS-GERMAN] South Australian Immigrants > Jill, > > The Moritz family in Australia, until recent times, were all descended from > Gottlieb and Henrietta's children. > > We have a family treasure in the form of a lady cousin who has made it a > major part of her life to research the family history. > > Her research has included face to face interviews with most of the family > members and she has been shown a lot of documents including Gottlieb's > passport. > > The upshot is that she has obtained a large body of material which she has > published in a family history book. > > In support of her effort, I visited Clausthal - Zellarfeld, which is in the > beautiful Harz Mountains region of Germany, some years ago. I was given > access to Lutheran Church records, as well as the Mine Wardens files. > > "Vie Germans keep ze records." Both sources had family records - in > particular, the mine Warden had a detailed entry on Gottlieb's initial > application for assisted passage and later advice that he had decided to > emigrate at his own expense. > > I don't know if this helps much, but it gives an idea of how to get some of > the family information. > > Regards > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jill and Bill Cummins [mailto:cummins@hotlinks.net.au] > Sent: Saturday, 20 November 2004 10:29 AM > To: AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-GERMAN] South Australian Immigrants > > Thanks Bob, > But how did you find this out when shipping notes just say "left Bremen" and > mariage notes say "Germany" and it is a female I am trying to trace? > Why would a German father have a french name like Louis Phillipe Honig ... > >From cloudy Melbourne but who cares at least it is not hot and humid. > JILL > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >