Hi! Geissen is in Hesse. There is a fabulous site of just Hesse. Good Luck Linda Los Angeles Researching: DIENST< GEMMECKE< BECK< GEISS

You can use the ShtetlSeeker or the GeoServer to locate towns or cities. The GeoServe will give you more specific info, whereas the Shtetl is a map. http://wwwjewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/www/abt/geoserv.html Nancy harveyfam wrote: > > Hi List, I was wondering if someone could tell me where Giessen Germany is? I have a friend who is researching her relatives there and isn't sure which list would be the appropriate one. Thanks so much Susan Harvey > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com

Hi List, I was wondering if someone could tell me where Giessen Germany is? I have a friend who is researching her relatives there and isn't sure which list would be the appropriate one. Thanks so much Susan Harvey

I am looking for a coordinator who will give time and energy to maintain the Baden-Wurttemberg site as part of WorldGenWeb Project. Please contact if you are very interested in taking over the site from the present coordinator, Frank Mailänder who has to step down because of his election to his city muncipal counil in his town in Germany. If there are several interesting in taking over, Frank and I will discuss who has time and willing to do it before selecting the coordinator. Baden-Wurttemberg site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~deubadnw if you wish to check it out. There are few policies governing WorldGenWeb Project http://www.worldgenweb.org And as usual we are always looking for any volunteers to run and maintain OTHER countries in South America, southern Europe, Africa, Asia and Pacific where the volunteers are extremely needed badly. Many countries are currently without any coordinator. W. David Samuelsen

Good Morning List My husbands gggrandfather is George Wachtler and his wife Kate Wagner. He immigrated to the US in June of 1844 through the port at Baltimore MD. The passenger list says his last known address was Ehingen. According to a book I read at the FHC it states that a lot of Wachtler's resided at Donau, Ehingen, Wurttemburg. I'm not sure how these addresses go but thought it would be a good thing to check for them in this area. How do I go about finding info from this area. I ordered a film of church records from this area but of course did not find anything. They were protestants and not catholic. I find German records very hard to read but I guess I will become more familiar with them. Any help in this area would be appreciated. Is there any place that I could write to for the info they needed to have in order to immigrate? They sailed from the the port at Bremen. Thank you very much for your time and effort, it is greatly appreciated. Dawn Rocky comfort, MO

Dear listers, Can you help me ? I search the ancestors of Theodorus Langolf, maried in Doerrenbach (Pfalz, near Kandel), with Rosina Gehl, on January 29 th, 1691, in the Evangelish Church of this village. Problem : the evangel. church register of Doerrenbach begin only in 1690 !! Question : can I find earlier citations of this familly name (if Langolf live in this place before 1690) ? Any researcher tell me, I can mayde find this informations into the census (Volkszaehlungs-listen), or in "Buergerbuechern", or in "Testamente". There's one snag : I can't go to Germany !! Your help is my alonest chance: Thank you very in advance, God bless. J Patrick Langolf, Ardeche, France ===== ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Votre e-mail @yahoo.fr gratuit sur http://courrier.yahoo.fr

Dear listers, Can you help me ? I search the familly name Langolf into lists of immigration (in the Pfalz) from Switzerland and from Alsace (France) following the depopulation of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). Can you maybe give a look on this lists (if you have an easy access on this documents) I can't travel to Germany, and your help is my alonest chance: Thank you very in advance, God bless you. J Patrick Langolf, Ardeche, France ===== ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Votre e-mail @yahoo.fr gratuit sur http://courrier.yahoo.fr

I am researching my ggrandfather STROHMIER, Johan who came to the U.S. about 1888 settling in the Chicago area or Most Northern Indiana....with his wife Katherine and 3 children, John Jr, Charles and Theresa....all I know is that they're from Bavaria....any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Marlo in Texas

I have GRIESMEIERs from N�rnberg. My dad was born there. He came to the US in 1950. I would be very happy if your Grillmeier were a misspelling....... ;) I also have these surnames: DEINDORFER, FEHLNER, SEISCHAB, KUNZ, KUNSHIER, and BILLER. nicol

Hi -- I am new to this list. I have been researching a family with the Surname LINK. My research indicates that there was a Daniel Boone LINK born in Simpson County Kentucky on October 30, 1857. His parents were John Link born in Bavaria, Germany and E Linn. I would like to know where to start looking for John LINKs birth information. I understand that Bavaria is a large place, but any help in pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks JOHN FORLOW

Donna, These links should give you a start for now: BAVARIA GERMANY http://www.rootsweb.com/~deubay/ German Genealogy Translation Service http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/abt/translation.html German Letter Writing Guide http://www.familysearch.org/sg/LGGerman.html German Genealogy Web site: Form Letters http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/muster.html I also went to High School in Germany wit a Fraunholz (you will find various spelling), that family lived in the Nuernberg Area of Bavaria. You can also check the German phone book for any Surnames you are Searching still living there: http://www.teldir.com/de/ Good Luck, Scarlett

Please visit my new site, maybe you will find something to help with your search http://www.vvm.com/~cfung/ Christine

The Palatinate or the Pfalz was once part of Bavaria. At one time I was lead astray by my 2g grandfather indicating on census and naturalization records that he was from Bavaria. I eventually found that he was from the Pfalz near the Alsatian border. This URL will lead you to the history of the Pfalz and 3 maps of the Pfalz from 1789-1818: http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/gene/reg/RHE-PFA/rhein-p.html#gener Good luck in your research. Janice Danks Greneder@aol.com wrote: > Dear List, I am not clear on the connection between Bavaria and the > Palatinate. I believe that at one time they were affiliated...but how, I > don't know. When was this and was this section ever known as Bavaria? > Would someone born in the Palatinate saynthat his birth place was Bavaria? I > think not but someone is trying to convince me that that could be the case. > Are there any good sources of maps of this region and Alsace during the 1800 > to 1870 period. Thanks for any information. DN > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com

I have just begun research in Germany for the surnames GRILLMEIER & FRAUENHOLZ (may be spelled wrongly). They were from Bavaria. So far those are the only surnames I have. As I don't speak or read German, can someone post German links that have an English version. If anyone has those lines, I would love to hear from you. Thanks! Donna (Ohio, USA)

If you use the ShtetlSeeker and GeoServer you will be able to locate Spesbach. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/www/abt/geoserv.html David Westbrook wrote: > > Hi everyone! > I'm new to this list and am going to do what everyone before me has > probably done and post a message with the surnames of the ancestors I am > researching and any details I have on these people. If any of these names > ring a bell please let me know. Here goes.... > > Maria KAPPLER born 12 October 1831 in Spessbach, Bavaria. Her parents were > Phillip (bn 1811)and Magdalena SCHRETROM (born 1815) She married Ernst > Adolph Phillip HAGEDORN from Blomberg, Lippe Hanover. They came to Canada > and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. > > I haven't been able to locate Spessbach on any map that I own. Can someone > help me out with its location? > > Thanks, > Jann in Toronto > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com

Hi everyone! I'm new to this list and am going to do what everyone before me has probably done and post a message with the surnames of the ancestors I am researching and any details I have on these people. If any of these names ring a bell please let me know. Here goes.... Maria KAPPLER born 12 October 1831 in Spessbach, Bavaria. Her parents were Phillip (bn 1811)and Magdalena SCHRETROM (born 1815) She married Ernst Adolph Phillip HAGEDORN from Blomberg, Lippe Hanover. They came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. I haven't been able to locate Spessbach on any map that I own. Can someone help me out with its location? Thanks, Jann in Toronto

am seeking information on paternal and maternal sides of family both came from bavaria germany. the family names are haubrick and betzenhauser. however these were changed from von haubrich and von betzenhauser respectivly. georg von betzenhauser jumped ship in the early 1900's. he was born in 1894. as for the haubricks i was told that the ancestor was nicholas but it could have beenjohann also. any information would help. thank you

If you got that name from a census, they frequently abbreviate. That is probably Hesse. Ceal ----- Original Message ----- From: AND-400 <jlink@erols.com> To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 0813 AM Subject: [BAVARIA] Hess, Germany > Can anyone help me locate Hess, Germany? my ancestors listed that as > their place of origin. And is there anyway to find any genealogy > information from Hess? > thanks, > Jim > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > Ask me why..... mailto:dsam@wasatch.com >

Hello, We are looking for information on:Nathan HAMBURG from Scheffau, Germany. He emmigrated in the mid 1800's possibily to Michigan. Any clues will be greatly appreciated. Janice Hamburg Bergbom

I need some help in finding information on my German wappen and would like to correspond with someone who could do research for me in Nurnberg via E-mail or smail.