Janice, I lived in Aschaffenburg from 1965 to 1968. You are correct. It IS a city. Aschaffenburg, a warm, wonderful, charming city, is also a very old and intrinsic part of German history, as well. Richard :-) Winston-Salem, NC On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:22:19 -0400 "Janice M. Zengel" <zengel@comcast.net> writes: > Aschaffenburg IS a city. Maybe in recent years it has incorporated > > very nearby villages. My great-grandmother was born in Röllfeld, > and > my great-grandfather was born in Grosswallstadt - they were married > > in Grosswallstadt. Those two villages are within about 15 miles of > > the city Aschaffenburg, but nevertheless have their own records of > births, marriages, etc. I would assume that old records listing > Aschaffenburg really mean that city and not other villages. Census > > records, on the other hand, are often inaccurate, especially if the > > census taker was trying to communicate with immigrants who were not > > facile with the English language. My greatgrandmother never learned > > English, so the 1900 census record spelled the family name wrong > (Sangle instead of Zengel) and listed my great aunt as Conrad the > son > instead of Cora (actually Cunigunda) the daughter! > > > On Oct 15, 2005, at 5:54 PM, lp247a@aol.com wrote: > > > Thank you Steve for the tip...I noticed on the map I found that > > Aschaffenburg was spread out indicating a region, not a city and > so > > this confused me a bit. I could not tell if Reistenhausen (or now > > > named Collenburg) was in this Aschaffenburg region, but from the > > link George sent me for the Wurzburg diocese, it must be close, > > because both Aschaffenburg and Reistenhausen are listed as having > > > church records which are available. Reistenhausen is my main > > objective for my Hartmann ancestors. > > Thanks again.. > > > > Noreen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Frank <SFRANK@woh.rr.com> > > To: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:47:51 -0400 > > Subject: RE: [BAVARIA] RE: Aschaffenburg > > > > > > > > > > I wanted to share with the group my experience with an ancestor > who > > was > > said to be from Aschaffenburg in the Census Records here in the > United > > States. > > > > Based on a census record, I assumed the ancestor was from the city > of > > Aschaffenburg. For years, I had tried to search every available > > > source > > for the city of Ashaffenburg and did not find them. > > > > Eventually, I came to the conclusion that the census record was > > indicating the region of Aschaffenburg. I turned my attention to > a > > search of villages around the city of Aschaffenburg, and > eventually > > found them in KLEINKAHL and SONDERKAHL. > > > > Based on my experience, I would encourage searchers to research > > further > > if you find a record indicating Aschaffenburg. You may be > pleasantly > > surprised when you are able to find even more specific information > > > about > > your ancestors in a nearby village. > > > > Steve Frank > > SFrank@woh.rr.com > > Tiffin, Ohio > > > > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > > Have you consider the volunteering of transcribing parish records > > > to be added to > > WorldGenWeb Archives for others to research? > > Contact mailto:dsam@sampubco.com?subject=transcribing_records > > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html > > to unsubscribe > > > > > > Janice M. Zengel > zengel@comcast.net > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html > to unsubscribe > > >