Hi Ralph, in Goldscheuer is a historical club = Heimatverein. I would recomment you write to them to get more info. Hope they understand english. This is the mailing address: Heimatverein Hans R o s e r Lessingweg 4 77694 Kehl-Goldscheuer or e-mail: heimatverein.gmk@t-online.de Just try it, usually they have very good and interesting information. Regards Erika (Stuttgart, Germany) -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:baden-wurttemberg-bounces@rootsweb.com] Im Auftrag von Ralph Haus Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. Dezember 2008 17:21 An: Baden-Wurttemberg Betreff: [BW] Goldscheuer-Marlen Research Help List, I have been researching my Batschka ancestry, in particular the HAUS line, and have finally had a possible break through in the quest to discover the German origin for this line of the family. I have information that now places an ancestor, Andreas HAUS, b abt 1740, as having been born in Goldscheuer. Andreas HAUS appears on the Stader list and also in the Harjung & Reimann and Schuy-Tuffner Hodschag OSBs. My initial research for Goldscheuer information indicates that some of the early church records (Catholic) for this district were destroyed in a fire and research prior to the 1820's would be impossible. So I am now trying to discover families in the area who are either associated with, descendants of, this generation of relatives, and enjoy genealogy. Or find a resource that has additional information, such as civil records. My research would start somewhere in the 1760's. This is when Andreas HAUS was noted as having migrated to the Batschka region, in particular the village of Hodschag. What I know. My family has always had Catholic roots (at least until the 20th century), So I would be confident on the point of religious affiliation. The detail that I have is as follows (according to the Harjung & Reimann Hodschag OSB): Andreas HAUS * 1744 in Goldscheuer oo 15.02.1762 to Anna Maria THORER (DORER, TORER) *1744 8 Children Stader lists this couple as marrying in Hodschag, but I hold out hope that they either knew each other prior to migration or their families came from the same area. So research on the wife's name would also be important. One complication is that there is an additional Andreas HAUS listed in the Harjung & Reimann Hodschag OSB. This second Andreas has the same approximate birth date and is listed as marrying a Magdalena WACHSTLER and having 8 children. My suspicion is that the OSB authors missed a first name and only picked up on the second name. What is interesting is that this second Andreas (nor anyone resembling him) appears in the Schuy-Tuffner Hodschag OSB. In this OSB the children (the names and birth dates match between them) are solely attributed to the Andreas HAUS that married Anna Maria THORER. Very confusing. But this does not change the German origin place name, Goldscheuer. Only possibly adding another surname for research, WACHSTLER. One other clue, unsupported, but suspicious. In the Schuy-Tuffner Hodschag OSB there is a Lorenz HAUS who, by my intuition, appears to be Andreas' brother. He married a Anna Maria LAUBER (LEBER). I know this is a lot of information. My basic goal is to find someone in the Goldscheuer region who may have knowledge of these families. A search in the German white pages reveled no HAUS names. Ralph Haus ------------------------------- 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