> Von: Steven Woods <woodssl@charleston.quik.com> > In an article about my ggggrandfather, John Vetor/Vietor, arrived > in New York in 1831 with his father William. It also says that > John was born Nov. 22, 1817 in Koressin. I now believe > that to be Kurhessen, possibly Neustadt. I have an other > article which was thought to be about the same John. > That states "...in the churchbooks of the catholic parish > 'St. Trinitas' in Neustadt. They found Johannes Vietor > born Nov. 22, 1825...", "he was the legitimate son of Georg > Vietor and his wife Anna Faber." "Godfather was > Johannes Vietor." I do not think these Johannes' are my > John, but I do feel they could very well be the same > family. Perhaps William and Georg were brothers. Does > any one have idea's about how I would go about proving > or disproving this. Yes, I have an idea. :-) You should write a letter to the Neustadt church offices to ask for records (copies): Evangelische Kirche Pfarramt Neustadt Hochstrasse 1 D-35279 Neustadt (Lutheran Church) Katholische Kirche (no street address available) D-35279 Neustadt (Catholic Church) -- Best regards/Gruss, Johannes Sempert Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.