Thank you so much for the info Joanne. It gets me started in my search. All I know right now is that the surname was van/von Munch/Muench/Munig/ and that they were from Augsburg probably, if my understanding was correct. They (Cretian, Johanes and George) left there w/some other family members around 1749 headed to Bethany Georgia in the USA to start a Dunkard (German Baptist) colony. Supposedly Cretian (Christian) van Muench was an Augsburg banker. That is all I have to go on, w/the exception of them leaving on the ship - Queen of Denmark. Thanks so much, Amelia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [BAVARIA] location and info re: Swabia > > Hi Amelia, > > Swabia (in English), Schwaben (in German) is one of the 7 *'Bavarian > districts*. Bavaria itself is one of many states in Germany (13-16 states? > I can't remember). > > Here's a map for you to look at: > > http://bavariangenealogy.com/bh/baystat1.html > (scroll down a little ways to see the map) > > And here's a general map of the German states so you can see where Bavaria > is: > > http://baltenhof.tripod.com/germstates.htm > > The fortunate news about Swabia is that if a person's ancestor from there was > Catholic, the Catholic church records of the Augsburg diocese were filmed by > the Latter Day Saints (LDS) and are accessible on film IN the USA (or other > countries besides Germany itself-- you can't see them in Germany, but if > you're there you can just go to the church archive instead). You can rent > them to be sent to your local FHC (Family History Center) after you look them > up in the LDS Family History Library (FHL) Catalog. This isn't true of a lot > of Catholic records from other parts of Bavaria and it has the potential to > save a person whose ancestors were from Swabia a lot of money, if they're > willing to search the old records themselves. > > If your ancestors were from Swabia and you know what town and the parish > people who lived in that town went to, if they were Catholic I can help you > look up the parish in the Catalog. If they were Protestant I can still look > it up in the Catalog, but I'm not positive it will be in there. In that > case, I can still give you the name of the correct Protestant archive to > write to in Bavaria. > > Good luck! > Joanne > > > > In a message dated 02/11/2003 11:24:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > Could someone please explain Swabia in Bavaria to me? Was it a German > > state, so to speak or was it a region w/in Bavaria? Any information would > > be deeply appreciated. > > > > TIA, > > Amelia > > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister or Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal > >

Amelia, If you are looking for Augsburg, there are 11 entries for Muench in Hanno Trurnit's new database on rootsweb.com http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=patriziat . The family came from Frankfurt am Main to Augsburg. If you have any question, I am sure Hanno Trurnit [email protected] will be happy to guide you. Michael Rauck -----Original Message----- From: SmithFarms [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 7:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BAVARIA] location and info re: Swabia Thank you so much for the info Joanne. It gets me started in my search. All I know right now is that the surname was van/von Munch/Muench/Munig/ and that they were from Augsburg probably, if my understanding was correct. They (Cretian, Johanes and George) left there w/some other family members around 1749 headed to Bethany Georgia in the USA to start a Dunkard (German Baptist) colony. Supposedly Cretian (Christian) van Muench was an Augsburg banker. That is all I have to go on, w/the exception of them leaving on the ship - Queen of Denmark. Thanks so much, Amelia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [BAVARIA] location and info re: Swabia > > Hi Amelia, > > Swabia (in English), Schwaben (in German) is one of the 7 *'Bavarian > districts*. Bavaria itself is one of many states in Germany (13-16 states? > I can't remember). > > Here's a map for you to look at: > > http://bavariangenealogy.com/bh/baystat1.html > (scroll down a little ways to see the map) > > And here's a general map of the German states so you can see where Bavaria > is: > > http://baltenhof.tripod.com/germstates.htm > > The fortunate news about Swabia is that if a person's ancestor from there was > Catholic, the Catholic church records of the Augsburg diocese were filmed by > the Latter Day Saints (LDS) and are accessible on film IN the USA (or other > countries besides Germany itself-- you can't see them in Germany, but if > you're there you can just go to the church archive instead). You can rent > them to be sent to your local FHC (Family History Center) after you look them > up in the LDS Family History Library (FHL) Catalog. This isn't true of a lot > of Catholic records from other parts of Bavaria and it has the potential to > save a person whose ancestors were from Swabia a lot of money, if they're > willing to search the old records themselves. > > If your ancestors were from Swabia and you know what town and the parish > people who lived in that town went to, if they were Catholic I can help you > look up the parish in the Catalog. If they were Protestant I can still look > it up in the Catalog, but I'm not positive it will be in there. In that > case, I can still give you the name of the correct Protestant archive to > write to in Bavaria. > > Good luck! > Joanne > > > > In a message dated 02/11/2003 11:24:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > Could someone please explain Swabia in Bavaria to me? Was it a German > > state, so to speak or was it a region w/in Bavaria? Any information would > > be deeply appreciated. > > > > TIA, > > Amelia > > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister or Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html to unsubscribe