Hello Carol, do you still offer lookups for the parish records of Hofweier? I recognized a new familyname from Hofweier as ancestor. Anna Maria Giethle (Gietle), daughter of the deceased Friedrich Giethle from Hofweier, married oo 12.01.1739 in Niederschopfheim Jakob Ehret Seems she had a sister who also married in Niederschopfheim: Regina Giethle (Gietle) oo 15.01.1742 in Niederschopfheim Adam Brüstle I have an index of the Familienbuch Hofweier which shows the name as Gietli on page 194. I hope it's the name I am looking for. I assume the surname could be written as Gietle, Gütle and it seems also Gietli. Carol, if you have a little bit time, can you please look for Friedrich G. and his family? Thanks, Wendelin

Hello Wendelin, Unfortunately, I under estimated the time for what this search would take and spent several hours at the public library doing other research before stopping at the FHC to look at the Guetle records. I did find the two Güthle marriages in Niederschopfheim that you referred to. As well, I found the "Gietli" page in the Familienbuch in Hofweier films. However, some of these earlier Hofweier records are extremely hard to read as the letters are tiny and messy. Plus, the writing is somewhat blurred, making it hard to get copies in order to magnify the script. We are fortunate to have a familienbuch for Hofweier as the inner part of some of the pages from the original records are folded into the book binding - cutting off some of the script. Plus, there are missing years from 1644 to 16 Nov 1669. Children of Joh. Friedrich and Anna Maria ?Biffinger 1) Friedrich* 2) Anna Maria* 3) Barbara b. 25.4.1672 *I searched the records from 16 November 1669 through 25 Apr 1672, but found nothing for either Friedrich or Anna Maria. However, with Friedrich married in 1684, he was probably born before 1665. Children of Friedrich and Maria nee ?Sermann 1) Maria b. 11.08.1685 2) Haus Jacob b. 21.07.1687 3) Maria Ursula b. 11.09.1695 4) Joannes b. 24.06.1697 * *(The original record looks like a "24" vs. the "14" that appears in the familienbuch.) I'll have to finish the other marriages/children next visit as I ran out of time. Also, I hope to find some other records with clearer spelling of the spouses' surnames. Carol -----Original Message----- From: deu-bad-ortenau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:deu-bad-ortenau-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Wendelin Irslinger Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ortenau] Gietle from Hofweier Hello Carol, do you still offer lookups for the parish records of Hofweier? I recognized a new familyname from Hofweier as ancestor. Anna Maria Giethle (Gietle), daughter of the deceased Friedrich Giethle from Hofweier, married oo 12.01.1739 in Niederschopfheim Jakob Ehret Seems she had a sister who also married in Niederschopfheim: Regina Giethle (Gietle) oo 15.01.1742 in Niederschopfheim Adam Brüstle I have an index of the Familienbuch Hofweier which shows the name as Gietli on page 194. I hope it's the name I am looking for. I assume the surname could be written as Gietle, Gütle and it seems also Gietli. Carol, if you have a little bit time, can you please look for Friedrich G. and his family? Thanks, Wendelin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEU-BAD-ORTENAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message