Dear Listers, Aware of the axiom, "Beware of all stories that begin with "Two Brothers went to America," I hesitate to talk about my ancestor. But that seems to be the case with Adamus and Andreaus Sebastian who suddenly appear on the 1860 census for Louisville, KY. Oh, I do not know if they were brothers, but they were close in age and had the same last name and general home in Bavaria (Bayern). Adam became a citizen about 1862, which means he had to have been in the Country by 1857. But does he show up in the "Germans to America" series of books? Certainly not. That is why I never use the term, "Wetbacks." I am afraid my ancestor swam to America. The 1937 flood wiped out Jefferson Co., KY records, so I cannot find what Adam said about his homeland, and his 1874 tombstone is eroded so that I cannot read anything but Adam Sebastian on it. NARA has nothing on him. So I need to find some local records in Bavaria, so I can go there before I die. Or, drop dead whilst I am there, which is embarrassing, but OK. Tom the bewildered.

Tom, a suggestion: You wrote that the courthouse flooded. Well my courthouse burned to the ground. Immediately the folks started going to adjoining counties and registering their ownership of property etc. So go next door and see what you can find. Also check to see if the home county every spilt. If it did the new county might have copies of all the things the original county had. That also happened to our folks. So when the county split in 1865 and the court house burned in 1890 only 25 years worth of records burned. Check it out. Never can tell. Mary Lou Looking in Titus Co. TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Fiske" <evitom@earthlink.net> To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 6:44 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] Two Young Men > Dear Listers, > > Aware of the axiom, "Beware of all stories that begin with "Two Brothers > went to America," I hesitate to talk about my ancestor. But that seems to > be the case with Adamus and Andreaus Sebastian who suddenly appear on the > 1860 census for Louisville, KY. > > Oh, I do not know if they were brothers, but they were close in age and had > the same last name and general home in Bavaria (Bayern). Adam became a > citizen about 1862, which means he had to have been in the Country by 1857. > But does he show up in the "Germans to America" series of books? Certainly > not. That is why I never use the term, "Wetbacks." I am afraid my > ancestor swam to America. > > The 1937 flood wiped out Jefferson Co., KY records, so I cannot find what > Adam said about his homeland, and his 1874 tombstone is eroded so that I > cannot read anything but Adam Sebastian on it. > > NARA has nothing on him. So I need to find some local records in Bavaria, > so I can go there before I die. Or, drop dead whilst I am there, which is > embarrassing, but OK. > > Tom the bewildered. > > > > > ==== 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 >