Hello Max, you are alright! Here the informations I found: Emigration from Southwest-Germany Die URL dieser Seite: http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/ Status: Emigration from Southwest-Germany > Search for Emigrants Search parameter Last name: Stuft Last place of residence: Freudenstadt records: 1-3 of 3 Emigrant identification First name Last name Emigration year Continent Last place of residence gemeindeschluessel 46235 Christine Stuft 1854 North America Freudenstadt 08237028 46236 Johannes Stuft 1854 North America Freudenstadt 08237028 46237 Marie Stuft 1854 North America Freudenstadt 08237028 You can see that there a three persons emmigrated with there families from Freudenstadt (is is in the black forest). The following informations you can found for them on the same homepage: First for Christine: Emigrant identification: 46235 First name: Christine Last name: Stuft Emigration year: 1854 Continent: Nordamerika Last place of residence: Freudenstadt Marital status: led. (means ledig = not married/single) Denomination: ev. (evangelisch) Sex: w (weiblich = female) Date of emigration: 21.09.1854 ( September, 21.) Number of adults: 1 Number of children: 1 (seams that she has an illegitime child) country of destination: Nordamerika County: Freudenstadt Archive: Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart second for Johannes: Emigrant identification: 46236 First name: Johannes Last name: Stuft Emigration year: 1854 continent: Nordamerika Last place of residence: Freudenstadt Title: jun. Marital status: verh. (verheiratet = married) Denomination: ev. (evangelisch) Profession: Erzgraeber sex: m (maennlich = male) Date of emigration: 21.09.1854 (September, 21.) Number of adults: 2 (means he and his wife) Number of children: 7 Contry of destination: Nordamerika County: Freudenstadt Archive: Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart and then for Marie: Emigrant identification: 46237 First name: Marie Last name: Stuft Emigration year: 1854 continent: Nordamerika Last place of residence: Freudenstadt Marital status: led. (ledig = not married/single) Denomination: ev. (evangelisch) sex: w (weiblich = female) Date of emigration: 21.09.1854 (September, 21.) Number of adults: 1 Number of children: 2 (seams that she have 2 illegitime children) Country of destination: Nordamerika county: Freudenstadt Archive: Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart It seams, that they were all siblings, maybe brother and sisters? You can try to get the emigration acts (with the identification numbers) from the Hauptstaatsarchive Stuttgart. You'll find the e-mail-adress on the homepage. There are also family books for Freudenstadt from Mr. Frey: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Freudenstadt%2C_OFB Maybe you can found them on the LDS as microfilms. regards from germany Manuela (Siewert) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Burgdorf" <pharmaxx@knology.net> To: <BADEN-WURTTEMBERG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:19 PM Subject: [BW] Old Subscriber - New Address > > > BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } > Hello > > Can anyone tell me if Freudenstat is in the area best covered by > this list? I am looking for any information on the Johann Stufft > family who emmigrate to America in 1854. I know his wife was Johanna > but she perished on the voyage and among the children was a > Catharina. They settled in New Orleans and Catharina married Jacob > Haas. Their daughter Magdalena was my grandmother. > > Many thanks, Max > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Max, maybe you can find your ancestors on those films: Title Auswanderungsakten, 1624-1866 Authors Freudenstadt (Württemberg). Oberamt (Main Author) Bd. 188 1854 FHL INTL Film 569273 Bd. 189 1854 FHL INTL Film 569274 And here the films for the "evangelische" church books: Title Kirchenbuch, 1602-1875 Authors Evangelische Kirche Freudenstadt (OA. Freudenstadt) (Main Author) Notes Mikrofilme aufgenommen von Manuskripten im Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart. Parish register baptisms, marriages, confirmations, deaths and family books of Freudenstadt, Württemberg, Germany; includes Christophs- and Friedrichstal. Subjects Germany, Württemberg, Freudenstadt - Church records Format Manuscript (On Film) Language German Publication Stuttgart : Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, 1992 Physical auf 8 Mikrofilmrollen ; 35 mm. Film Notes Note - Location [Film] Taufen 1808-1854 - FHL INTL Film [ 1884465 ] Taufen 1867-1875 Heiraten 1808-1865 - FHL INTL Film [ 1884467 ] Heiraten 1866-1875 MIT CHRISTOPHS- UND FRIEDRICHSTAL: Tote 1808-1852 - FHL INTL Film [ 1884468 ] Tote 1851-1875 Familienbuch 1717 Mitgliederliste Familienbuch 1785 - FHL INTL Film [ 1884469 ] Quellenbuch ersetzt die verbrannten Bücher für 1602-1808 Taufen 1602-1747, 1773-1808 Heiraten 1603-1673 Quellenbuch ersetzt das 1945 verbrannten Bücher Auswanderungen 1752 Stammbuch der Linie Johannes Bernhardt der Jüngere und alle Freudenstädter Bernhard Familien Taufen 1603-1795 Heiraten 1602-1773 - FHL INTL Film [ 1884470 Items 1-3 ] Tote 1613-1808 GERLINGEN: Taufen 1561-1794 Heiraten 1568-1740 WÜRTINGEN: Heiraten 1751-1828 Tote 1651-1791 Stammtafel der Familie Nußkern aus Freudenstadt Gesammelte Daten zu den durch Kriegsverlust verbrannten Kirchenbücher - FHL INTL Film [ 1884470 Items 3-4 ] Daten zu den durch Kriegsverlust verbrannten Kirchenbücher - FHL INTL Film [ 1884471 ] Daten zu den durch Kriegsverlust verbrannten Kirchenbüchern Heiratsindex - FHL INTL Film [ 1884472 ] regards from germany Manuela (Siewert)