Recently there was some discussion about church records that might be missing because they were destroyed by wars, fire, insects, etc. Today I was looking at birth/baptism records in Bartenbach (near Goeppingen). In the late 1630's and early 1640's there are birth/baptism entries for children of couples from many neighboring towns. There are entries for people from Gammelshausen, Jebenhausen, Uhingen, Grosseislingen, Faurndau, Holzhausen, Oberhausen, Boll, Heiningen, and Albershausen, etc. Birth/baptism entries for Gammelshausen begin in 1670, so these entries supplement the Gammelshausen records. It appears that for some reason, birth/baptisms were recorded in Bartenbach during this period. I mention this because if the records for a certain town don't go back to the 1550's, it might be worth looking at the records of nearby towns to see if the events were recorded there. Kathy Bonnell

Kathy, the period you reference is smack dab in the middle of the Thirty Years' War, as you know. I have ancestors from the village of Fuerfeld, who moved in to Wimpfen during the same period. Wimpfen had a wall, and many villagers from the area moved to Wimpfen for protection while the soldiers ravaged the countryside. Some of my ancestors were born in Wimpfen, then moved back with their parents to Fuerfeld after the soldiers moved on. I did a little checking to see if Bartenbach also had walls at that time. I didn't find anything definitive, but I did learn that there was a monastery near the town. So perhaps people from villages near Goeppingen moved to Bartenbach for the same reason as my Fuerfeld ancestors. Teva On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:15 AM, kathy bonnell <[email protected]>wrote: > Recently there was some discussion about church records that might be > missing because they were destroyed by wars, fire, insects, etc. Today I > was > looking at birth/baptism records in Bartenbach (near Goeppingen). In the > late 1630's and early 1640's there are birth/baptism entries for children > of > couples from many neighboring towns. There are entries for people from > Gammelshausen, Jebenhausen, Uhingen, Grosseislingen, Faurndau, Holzhausen, > Oberhausen, Boll, Heiningen, and Albershausen, etc. Birth/baptism entries > for Gammelshausen begin in 1670, so these entries supplement the > Gammelshausen records. It appears that for some reason, birth/baptisms were > recorded in Bartenbach during this period. I mention this because if the > records for a certain town don't go back to the 1550's, it might be worth > looking at the records of nearby towns to see if the events were recorded > there. > > Kathy Bonnell > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Kathy, While you're looking at records for these small towns near Goppingen, could you keep an eye out of any Rudershausers? I'm still stuck with the Johannes born in 1669. I found his marriage record in Hattenhofen and it said that he was a schoolteacher in Sparwiesen. I ordered the film for Sparwiesen which was included in the Uhingen film. No Rudershauser names on that film. I guess he went there to work but not born there. You have help me so much and I appreciate all the hard work you do for everyone. Thanks once again, Janet On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:15 PM, kathy bonnell <[email protected]>wrote: > Recently there was some discussion about church records that might be > missing because they were destroyed by wars, fire, insects, etc. Today I > was > looking at birth/baptism records in Bartenbach (near Goeppingen). In the > late 1630's and early 1640's there are birth/baptism entries for children > of > couples from many neighboring towns. There are entries for people from > Gammelshausen, Jebenhausen, Uhingen, Grosseislingen, Faurndau, Holzhausen, > Oberhausen, Boll, Heiningen, and Albershausen, etc. Birth/baptism entries > for Gammelshausen begin in 1670, so these entries supplement the > Gammelshausen records. It appears that for some reason, birth/baptisms were > recorded in Bartenbach during this period. I mention this because if the > records for a certain town don't go back to the 1550's, it might be worth > looking at the records of nearby towns to see if the events were recorded > there. > > Kathy Bonnell > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >