> Wendelin, first of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all this new > information! I really appreciate the trouble you went to, not only looking it all up, but then typing it too. I have a few questions. 1) I notice there are a few Stulz families (if not several) in Kippenheim. Is it likely that somewhere back in time most are related, or is Stulz a common name in Germany? 2) How far back do the books go? 3) How large was Kippenheim in the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s? Is there a place to look up the history of the area? 4) I noticed for most of the marriages it lists a religion after the wife. Does that mean SHE was that religion, or that the family is that religion? What was the common practice - to be the husband's or the wife's - or were they probably the same (meaning not likely that they were mixed marriages?) 5) Maybe there isn't a connection to Johann Georg Stulz baron of Ortenberg ............ but I wonder if there is a connection to another tailor, John (Johann?) Stulz b. abt 1788 (denization papers from England say Kippenheim) d. 1849 England m. 1) ? 2) Sophia Ray no biological children, one adopted daughter His mother died in 1845. John's siblings. -Male, name unknown, son Christian ... ties to St. Petersburg? -Elizabeth m. 1) Dr. Nicola of Manheim (d. bef. 1848) 2) Schoeffle or Schaeffle -Anna Maria m. Schmelzer, children Charles, Carl, Carolina Sorry to be so vague, but we have this family story that has been consistent in it's telling that there was this Uncle John who was a tailor, etc, etc. The time frame doesn't fit for the Baron (because he died before the family even emigrated to the United States). Is there anyone else out there researching Stulz ? Thanks again, Wendelin. You're great! - Mimi > > From: Wendelin Irslinger <genealogy@babbalu.com> > Date: April 17, 2008 10:46:24 AM PDT > To: deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com > Cc: donnmimi@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [Ortenau] kinship book for Kippenheim: Stulz > Reply-To: deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com > > > Hello Mimi, > > please let me know if I have forgotten a name. The earliest Stulz > ancestor of Johann Georg Stulz baron of Ortenberg has the number > 5542 and yours has the number 5548 so we don't know how they were > related. >