Hi, please tell me the name of the Philadelphia church. Thanks, Isabelle On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Dottie Klein <scubamama@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks Tom > After many years searching for my great grandparents and where they came > from in Wurttemberg I found their church in Philadelphia. The church > included their villages in their death listing! I thought I had died and > gone to heaven. It opened up so many records. > I struggled and failed with the Old German records, but then learned there > was an Ortsippenbuch, which I probably, misspelled available. I bought it > and it made things so much easier. They came from Schopfloch and > Oberiflingen. > Thanks again for your info! > Dottie > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Tom Kuehn <kuehngenes@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dottie, I just got lucky. > > > > A person in Northern Germany found my website and contacted me about a > > sister-in-law to one of my ancestors. We exchanged information, and > struck > > up a friendship. He was instrumental in interceding on my behalf, > > contacting a researcher in Baden, and then he also contacted a museum > that > > covered Weingarten archives. And he helped translate the old German > script. > > > > I would not know how to find a person to help, and how to communicate > with > > them. In my efforts, the person in Germany writes to me in German and I > > respond in English and it works out quite well - thanks to translation > > software. The trick is reading the old German script and rewriting it in > > current German. Baden script I could not read, but Weingarten is not as > > difficult. > > > > Bottom line, the person found me because he found value in what I had > > posted publicly of my website. I reciprocated by helping him with USA > > research, and I sent him a book published associated with church in > > Southwestern Missouri that had stories about the German immigrants > > including the one he had inquired about. > > > > The real trick is that you have to find the place your ancestor came > from - > > which I did know from cemetery and other records in the St. Louis area. > > Working backward got me to Germany. It is all pick and shovel work! > > > > The most important thing is to find the town they come from in Germany. > > Obituary records often help, but what is listed as from Germany, is > > sometimes Alsace-Lorraine because the person died while that area was > > occupied by Germany. Then searching church book records page by page (no > > index) you can find family members. > > > > Another tool that I learned of from the local Family History Center is a > > series of books called "Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of > > Württemberg by Kevan M. Hansen. It maps out the Districts of the Kingdom > > with Parish / Town Cross reference tables for each completed district. > Not > > all districts are completed yet. The two districts I was interested in > > were: Donaukreis (which includes Ravensburg -> Weingarten), and > Neckarkreis > > (which includes Grand Duchy of Baden). As I recall the maps relate to the > > 1871 timeframe for Kingdom of Württemberg. > > > > Hope that helps. > > Tom > > > >> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Dottie Klein <scubamama@aol.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Tom > >> Great info! I was wondering how you found someone in BW to research the > >> emigration records. I know the places they emigrated from but would > love to > >> learn more. > >> Thanks > >> Dottie > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Isabelle, It was on Ancestry under Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Last year about this time Ancestry added that database of records from the Pennsylvania Historical Society. My relatives were found in the St James Evangelical Church Records, however I have never been able to find their graves. My great grandmother's burial was in Milltown, Montgomery County according to St James, but according to Philadelphia Death Records it was Summerville, Montgomery County. My great grandfather had no burial place listed and there is no death record for him although he died in 1884. His daughter who died two months before him was listed in St James as being buried in Milltown, Montgomery County, but her Philly Death record says Cheltenham, Montgomery County. Sometimes when one door opens another closes. Dottie -----Original Message----- From: Isabelle Addis <ikaddis@gmail.com> To: baden-wurttemberg <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 13, 2014 5:15 pm Subject: Re: [BW] BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Digest, Vol 9, Issue 39 Hi, please tell me the name of the Philadelphia church. Thanks, Isabelle On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Dottie Klein <scubamama@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks Tom > After many years searching for my great grandparents and where they came > from in Wurttemberg I found their church in Philadelphia. The church > included their villages in their death listing! I thought I had died and > gone to heaven. It opened up so many records. > I struggled and failed with the Old German records, but then learned there > was an Ortsippenbuch, which I probably, misspelled available. I bought it > and it made things so much easier. They came from Schopfloch and > Oberiflingen. > Thanks again for your info! > Dottie > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Tom Kuehn <kuehngenes@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dottie, I just got lucky. > > > > A person in Northern Germany found my website and contacted me about a > > sister-in-law to one of my ancestors. We exchanged information, and > struck > > up a friendship. He was instrumental in interceding on my behalf, > > contacting a researcher in Baden, and then he also contacted a museum > that > > covered Weingarten archives. And he helped translate the old German > script. > > > > I would not know how to find a person to help, and how to communicate > with > > them. In my efforts, the person in Germany writes to me in German and I > > respond in English and it works out quite well - thanks to translation > > software. The trick is reading the old German script and rewriting it in > > current German. Baden script I could not read, but Weingarten is not as > > difficult. > > > > Bottom line, the person found me because he found value in what I had > > posted publicly of my website. I reciprocated by helping him with USA > > research, and I sent him a book published associated with church in > > Southwestern Missouri that had stories about the German immigrants > > including the one he had inquired about. > > > > The real trick is that you have to find the place your ancestor came > from - > > which I did know from cemetery and other records in the St. Louis area. > > Working backward got me to Germany. It is all pick and shovel work! > > > > The most important thing is to find the town they come from in Germany. > > Obituary records often help, but what is listed as from Germany, is > > sometimes Alsace-Lorraine because the person died while that area was > > occupied by Germany. Then searching church book records page by page (no > > index) you can find family members. > > > > Another tool that I learned of from the local Family History Center is a > > series of books called "Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of > > Württemberg by Kevan M. Hansen. It maps out the Districts of the Kingdom > > with Parish / Town Cross reference tables for each completed district. > Not > > all districts are completed yet. The two districts I was interested in > > were: Donaukreis (which includes Ravensburg -> Weingarten), and > Neckarkreis > > (which includes Grand Duchy of Baden). As I recall the maps relate to the > > 1871 timeframe for Kingdom of Württemberg. > > > > Hope that helps. > > Tom > > > >> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Dottie Klein <scubamama@aol.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Tom > >> Great info! I was wondering how you found someone in BW to research the > >> emigration records. I know the places they emigrated from but would > love to > >> learn more. > >> Thanks > >> Dottie > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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