When the Family History Center told you that you couldn't go back any further in tracing your Schwank ancestors, they may have meant that they didn't have any films going back before that date. You can check that by going to the library catalog at familysearch.org. Or it may mean that any earlier records for your village were destroyed in one of the wars that ravaged the area, most likely the Thirty Years' War. Although Luther ordered the Evangelisch churches to begin to keep records in the mid-1500s, not all churches started at the exact same date; and not all the records have survived war, fire, insects, or other destruction. I would start by looking at the familysearch.org catalog. Beyond that, I would write to the Evangelisch church in your village and ask how early the surviving records go. Teva Scheer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kemle Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BW] need help Yes You can. For example, I have my ancestry back to 1558. On Familysearch.org you may find more ancestors related to your Johannes Scchwank. Or on Ancestry.com which has a 14 day free trial. David Kemle ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Swank<mailto:[email protected]> To: baden-wurttemberg<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:06 AM Subject: [BW] need help Hi. I have a question. I have found my Johannes Schwenk who died in Oberriexingen, Ludwigsburg, Wurttenburg, Germany in 1736. He was born about 1670. I found this information on www.online-ofb.de<http://www.online-ofb.de/> and have verified it with copies of the original records for the whole family. I have been told by the attendants at the Family History Lib. in Salt Lake City, Utah, that is about as far back as I can go. Is there a way to go back farther on my Johannes Schwenk family? I will thank you for any help that I get. Richard Swank in So. California [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] sweb.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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Check this site: http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ klick on left "Kirchenbuchdatenbank" then in the middle "In der Kirchenbuchdatenbank recherchieren" start Ortsindex. There you find a register of all villages/cities in Wuerttemberg and their church books. Erika -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Teva Scheer Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. März 2012 18:46 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [BW] need help When the Family History Center told you that you couldn't go back any further in tracing your Schwank ancestors, they may have meant that they didn't have any films going back before that date. You can check that by going to the library catalog at familysearch.org. Or it may mean that any earlier records for your village were destroyed in one of the wars that ravaged the area, most likely the Thirty Years' War. Although Luther ordered the Evangelisch churches to begin to keep records in the mid-1500s, not all churches started at the exact same date; and not all the records have survived war, fire, insects, or other destruction. I would start by looking at the familysearch.org catalog. Beyond that, I would write to the Evangelisch church in your village and ask how early the surviving records go. Teva Scheer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kemle Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BW] need help Yes You can. For example, I have my ancestry back to 1558. On Familysearch.org you may find more ancestors related to your Johannes Scchwank. Or on Ancestry.com which has a 14 day free trial. David Kemle ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Swank<mailto:[email protected]> To: baden-wurttemberg<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:06 AM Subject: [BW] need help Hi. I have a question. I have found my Johannes Schwenk who died in Oberriexingen, Ludwigsburg, Wurttenburg, Germany in 1736. He was born about 1670. I found this information on www.online-ofb.de<http://www.online-ofb.de/> and have verified it with copies of the original records for the whole family. I have been told by the attendants at the Family History Lib. in Salt Lake City, Utah, that is about as far back as I can go. Is there a way to go back farther on my Johannes Schwenk family? I will thank you for any help that I get. Richard Swank in So. California [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] sweb.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thank you for this valuable search aide, Erika. I was unaware of it. Elsie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BW] need help Check this site: http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ klick on left "Kirchenbuchdatenbank" then in the middle "In der Kirchenbuchdatenbank recherchieren" start Ortsindex. There you find a register of all villages/cities in Wuerttemberg and their church books. Erika -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Teva Scheer Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. März 2012 18:46 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [BW] need help When the Family History Center told you that you couldn't go back any further in tracing your Schwank ancestors, they may have meant that they didn't have any films going back before that date. You can check that by going to the library catalog at familysearch.org. Or it may mean that any earlier records for your village were destroyed in one of the wars that ravaged the area, most likely the Thirty Years' War. Although Luther ordered the Evangelisch churches to begin to keep records in the mid-1500s, not all churches started at the exact same date; and not all the records have survived war, fire, insects, or other destruction. I would start by looking at the familysearch.org catalog. Beyond that, I would write to the Evangelisch church in your village and ask how early the surviving records go. Teva Scheer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kemle Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BW] need help Yes You can. For example, I have my ancestry back to 1558. On Familysearch.org you may find more ancestors related to your Johannes Scchwank. Or on Ancestry.com which has a 14 day free trial. David Kemle ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Swank<mailto:[email protected]> To: baden-wurttemberg<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:06 AM Subject: [BW] need help Hi. I have a question. I have found my Johannes Schwenk who died in Oberriexingen, Ludwigsburg, Wurttenburg, Germany in 1736. He was born about 1670. I found this information on www.online-ofb.de<http://www.online-ofb.de/> and have verified it with copies of the original records for the whole family. I have been told by the attendants at the Family History Lib. in Salt Lake City, Utah, that is about as far back as I can go. Is there a way to go back farther on my Johannes Schwenk family? I will thank you for any help that I get. Richard Swank in So. California [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] sweb.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message