I am researching the family of John Nicholas OPEL. He was born July 30, 1843 in OberFranklin, Bavaria, Germany, His parents are W. OPEL born 1794 Bavaria and Anna FISHER OPEL born 1809 Bavaria. Anna was his second wife. His first wife was Margaret ZIMMERMAN (there were five children from this marriage, but I do not know names-in case this helps someone). John OPEL married Phoebe Ann SLOAN born 1845 in Decatur County, Indiania. Daughter of Benjamin SLOAN. John and Phoebe had six children: Bertha Florence born 1868 Laura Jane born 1872 Anna Bethsina born 1875 Effie Panelia born 1877 Benjamin Lewis born 1883 Mary Caroline born 1887 Looking for a connection to share information with. Laurie Acuncius Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Where is Alsenz? I have searched the internet and my encyclopedias. Can anyone help me? My ancestor, Philip ENGHERT/ENGARD, immigrated to America in 1728 as a "Palatine". We know he had relatives in Rossdorf near Darmstadt in 1827, but believe that Philip may be one of the sons of Heinrich ENGERS and Anna APPOLONION who were in Alsenz mid to late 1600's. They were connected to the Evangelical Lutheran/Protestant Reformed Church(es) of Alsenz. Can anyone help me further? Gerre Engard Byrd

Searching for info on Simon Fuhrman, b. 1789 in Bavaria. Came to USA about 1840. Wife was Elizabeth Madar ? Not sure of her last name. They died in Dubois Co. IN. Thank you, Nancy

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Hello All, in Bavaria it is usual to print so-called "Sterbe-bildchen" when somebody has died and hand them out e.g. during the funeral. I have here copies of such Sterbe-bildchen from 1897 on. I don't know, when this habit started, and whether it would be a useful source for genealogical data. The Sterbe-bildchen are small enough that they fit into a prayer book and contain, besides the name and the death date, all or some of the following data: - profession - birthdate and place - maybe a photograph - a hint about the reason of the death (e.g. "after long illness") They start with something like "To pious commemoration of Ms.....", followed by the a.m. data and then some prayers. I checked my dictionaries here, but didn't find something suitable. How is / or would be something like this called in English? Regards, Stefan

My version of Microsoft Word [Word 8.0 which came with Office '97] allows easy creation of umlauts simply by using the [ " ] mark. It is painless; there is no need to recall the various combinations. Nomie -----Original Message----- From: Mary Ann Allen <wallen@pipeline.com> To: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2000 2:28 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] Umlaut question Thanks to everyone who responded to my umlaut question. It is still interesting to me that these letters can be made with different combinations. How many combinations can make umlauts? What determines if the umlaut can be seen on a particular computer? Sometimes I receive e-mail where the writer is obviously trying to use an umlaut but the word is full of odd letters/symbols and not the umlaut itself. Surely others have seen this also. Kind regards, Mary Ann --- Mary Ann Allen wallen@pipeline.com The Gathering Place http://sites.netscape.net/murrallen/homepage ______________________________

Dear List: Austria, Bavaria, German-Bohemian, Wisconsin, Winnebago I have my new web site ready. Stop by and let me know what you think of it. It is a work in progress but it is ready for viewing. I used up all my free space already so the site will change monthly as I add new pictures. The main names are KINDERMAN, EBERSBERGER, WINKELBAUER, KELLERMANN, SELWITSCHKA, JUNGWIRTH, GOLOMB, BLOECHL, PHILLIP. The main areas of interest are Southern Bohemia, Bavaria, Wisconsin, Winnebago county, and Oshkosh. There is the Austrian and Bohemian listing from the 1900 census for winnebago county; a listing of WWI and WWII participants from Bischofsreut, Bavaria; a whole lot of information on Oshkosh and many pictures of my ancestors. Go to www.members.tripod.com/highholder . Also if you can read German and can translate some letters for me, I sure would appreciate it. See the translation page. Peter Kinderman

If you go to the Microsoft-update Website you can download the German Language Support for Windows, that might solve the Problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Ann Allen <wallen@pipeline.com> To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 7:28 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] Umlaut question > Thanks to everyone who responded to my umlaut question. It is > still interesting to me that these letters can be made with different > combinations. How many combinations can make umlauts? What > determines if the umlaut can be seen on a particular computer? > > Sometimes I receive e-mail where the writer is obviously trying to > use an umlaut but the word is full of odd letters/symbols and not > the umlaut itself. Surely others have seen this also. > > Kind regards, > Mary Ann > --- > Mary Ann Allen > wallen@pipeline.com > > The Gathering Place > http://sites.netscape.net/murrallen/homepage > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister or Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal > >

Dave, Yes, Iowa has 1885 and 1895 state census. You can order from your local Family History Center or perhaps inter-library loan. Neither 1885 or 1895 ask for year of immigration. 1885 does ask if person named was "alien applied for papers" or "alien not applied for papers", but the census taker did not bother to fill it in on my family. Most questions are usual: age, occupation, married or single, where person born and where parents born. Evi in Iowa > Does anyone know whether or not the state of Iowa conducted a census in 1885 > and 1895? > > If the state did conduct a census in 1885 and 1895 were columns provided for > year of immigration and or number of years in the United States? > > If the state did conduct a census in 1885 and 1895 what agency in Iowa can I > contact for information. > > Thank you very much for your attention to in inquiry. > > Dave > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > Just click this and send it. It is all set up for you. > mailto:Bavaria-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > >

If anyone knows of a church in the small town of Andelfingen, will you please contact me? Information on the family of Johan Hoelzle, and the date of Johan's departure for America is recorded in church records of that town. I am in need of an address for that church so as to make contact requesting further information regarding his extended family. Thanks to anyone who knows something about Andelfingen, Germany. Lyla

Thanks to everyone who responded to my umlaut question. It is still interesting to me that these letters can be made with different combinations. How many combinations can make umlauts? What determines if the umlaut can be seen on a particular computer? Sometimes I receive e-mail where the writer is obviously trying to use an umlaut but the word is full of odd letters/symbols and not the umlaut itself. Surely others have seen this also. Kind regards, Mary Ann --- Mary Ann Allen wallen@pipeline.com The Gathering Place http://sites.netscape.net/murrallen/homepage

Hi everybody! I was surfing around the Library of Congress website and found the URL for the reference guide on American immigrants I offered to send to everyone! (I didn't have it before) I will still honor requests to forward the reference guide to anyone who asks, but now all of you have the option to go to the site and read it for yourself. They have lots of interesting things (online displays, etc...) to access from the Library's homepage that I'm sure you would also find interesting. On the bottom of the guide's page there is a link to take you back to the homepage to do this. Go to: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/immigrant.html Happy Hunting! Joanne

Does anyone know whether or not the state of Iowa conducted a census in 1885 and 1895? If the state did conduct a census in 1885 and 1895 were columns provided for year of immigration and or number of years in the United States? If the state did conduct a census in 1885 and 1895 what agency in Iowa can I contact for information. Thank you very much for your attention to in inquiry. Dave

Joanne If it is not too late, would you please send me a copy of Lib. of Congress document? Thanks a lot lslock@aol.com

Tom asked: Has anyone heard of Weissenbach, Bavaria, Germany? I got a lead on my Schiedt family name and I understand there are two Weissenbachs near Berlin, but I want the one in Bavaria (I am assuming there is only one). Tom I am aware of one place named Weißenbach in Bavaria. It is a village located just south of Zeitlofs in the extreme northwest corner of Bavaria. This generally was a protestant (Lutheran) area ruled by the Barons of Thüngen (Freiherren von Thüngen). From my research in the area, I know that there were Scheidts there. What time period are you dealing with, and what other family names do you have? David F. Schmidt Walnut Creek, CA, USA dfschmidt@earthlink.net

I am searching for Schlagmann Franz born 2 May 1854 in Feistenberg, Reischach, Bavaria and his brother Schlagmann Johann Baptist born 14 January 1851 in Feistenberg, Reischach, Bavaria. Emigration to America must have been after 1878, I neither know the emigration date nor the destination place in America. Thanks for your answer in advance Helga Weigl

Hi, Would like to learn more about Frieda Conrath born 30 Nov 1870 in Karishruhe Rupper... She married David Henry Waldmann in 1909 having arrived in NY in 1888. Thanks David Waldmann>>>StL MO Dhwaldmann@aol.com

I am looking for information on the following family. If anyone knows anything about them or clues on where to search, please e-mail me at RPatter530@aol.com. Thanks! This is what I know of my ancestors to date: My great grandfather Anton Luttner, b. 2/15/1844 in Loibling My great grandmother Rosina Hoecherl, b. 6/1/1855 in Holz (?) They were married in Cham on 2/8/1875. (I have wedding banns.) Anton's parents were Josef Luttner and Anna Maria Sigl. Rosina's parents were Franz Xavier Hoecherl and Maria Schreiner (?). Anton had a brother, Josef Luttner, b. 8/6/1851. Anton and Rosina emigrated to the US in approximately 1880. Anton and Rosina's children born in Bavaria were Ann, b. 1876 and Joseph, b. 3/19/1878. I know from their marriage banns that they were Catholic.

Hello, please send a request to Stadtverwaltung Kronach -Standesamt- 96317 Kronach Germany and a order a "Geburtsurkunde" (birth certificate) of your G-mother. The Geburtsurkunde also gives more information on her parents. Good luck !!! Helmut Neuner Kreinberg genealogy: http://members.xoom.com/kreinberg Links. http://members.xoom.com/kreinberg/links.htm Dharmaboo@aol.com schrieb: > Looking for information or help on finding records in a lutheran church in or > around Kronach. My grandmother was raised in a catholic church after her > parents died and her brother went off to ww1 and never came back. As an > adult she found her birth record in a lutheran church. Is there a way for me > to find them or are they now at a county place? Her name is Dorothea Thierauf > and born 27.6. 1908 and died 1.12.1983 in Kronach. I know where she is > buried....could they have her record or any record there? Can anyone give me > the address to Friedhof in Kronach? email me please > dharmaboo@aol.com....thanks for any help. > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > Just click this and send it. It is all set up for you. > mailto:Bavaria-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe

Do you have the name of the ship? Thanks