My sister and I will be traveling to Bavaria around the middle of September, and while there we hope to do some research on our great grandparents' families. (They were Henry ZENGEL born c1833 and Katherine Barbara LOEFFLER born c1859.) From Katherine's funeral records, we learned that her father was Peter LOEFFLER of Rollfeld, so we are assuming that my great grandfather was also from that town or a nearby town. We would appreciate any advice anyone can give us for researching the appropriate church and civil records in Rollfeld and/or in Wuerzburg, where I understand the diocese records are kept. How accessible are these records? Is it necessary to make an appointment, or are they open to the public? Also, does anyone know anything about the town of Rollfeld, or any Catholic Churches in or near that town? Finally, any suggestions for "must-see" places in Bavaria? We will be flying in and out of Frankfurt and renting a car. We will have about 8 days for tourism and family tree research. Thank you! Best regards, Janet Zengel Messer Micanopy, Florida USA

Your trip sounds fantastic! How fortunate to have your sister interested in your ancestors, too. The only advice I can think of is that if you don't know any German, try to learn some. I think it's a little harder to communicate in small towns than in large cities, where more Germans know English. (Did you ever wonder why, when we travel to Europe, we more or less expect the Europeans [I've been to Italy and Greece] to speak at least some English... and they do!) And then if someone from a foreign country comes to the US, we hardly ever know their language? I know English is sort of "universal," but it seems a bit one-sided. Good luck with your plans! Say hi to Bavaria for me, since I didn't get there this year! Beth STEINBERG ARNOTT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Zengel Messer" <jzm@atlantic.net> To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:51 PM Subject: [BAVARIA] ZENGEL - LOFFLER - Genealogy research in Bavaria > My sister and I will be traveling to Bavaria around the middle of > September, and while there we hope to do some research on our great > grandparents' families. (They were Henry ZENGEL born c1833 and Katherine > Barbara LOEFFLER born c1859.) From Katherine's funeral records, we learned > that her father was Peter LOEFFLER of Rollfeld, so we are assuming that my > great grandfather was also from that town or a nearby town. > > We would appreciate any advice anyone can give us for researching the > appropriate church and civil records in Rollfeld and/or in Wuerzburg, where > I understand the diocese records are kept. How accessible are these > records? Is it necessary to make an appointment, or are they open to the > public? > > Also, does anyone know anything about the town of Rollfeld, or any Catholic > Churches in or near that town? > > Finally, any suggestions for "must-see" places in Bavaria? We will be > flying in and out of Frankfurt and renting a car. We will have about 8 > days for tourism and family tree research. > > Thank you! > > Best regards, > Janet Zengel Messer > Micanopy, Florida USA > > > ==== 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 > > >