Hello Karen, 2 Christian Männle? Then it could mean Christian Männle senior received the permission to emigrate with his family. But strange that they took not the same ship. Have you found at familysearch other children of Christian Männle senior? That's possible that the men from the Durbach record are yours. Bottenau belonged at this time to the community (till 1935) and parish Durbach. The community Herztal with Maisenbühl belonged to the parish Nußbach. The community Bottenau was constituted and the community Herztal dissolved in 1935. > The entire passage cost the municipality > with provisions 600 guldens, had 350 guldens to to it-put The community of Herztal had to pay 350 Gulden. The total expenses were 600 Gulden. - Wendelin On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:32:53 -0800 Karen Querna <Karen@qualitypumps.com> wrote: > Dear Wendelin and all! > below is my translation from the Bottenau book. I am curious just > what area did it cover? This might help me narrow down a > birth place for Christian. This is the second document which > mentions 9 members. I wish I could find where they ended up if they > were not on the ship with Christian. > I am also curious what would a gulden be worth in US dollars today? > > > I have recently found on Family Search, and am wondering if perhaps > this could be a link - my Christian states that he was born on Oct. > 15, > 1815. Looks like I need to order the Durbach films. Or am I chasing > a "John Smith" > Christian <Maennle> > Birth: > 21 OCT 1815 > Durbach, Offenburg, Baden > Father: > Christian Maennle > Mother: > Dorothea Haisch > > > *The 9 members of the family Christian Maennle, which had likewise > lost its fortune by foreclosure sale, was pushed away with > municipality support 1853. The entire passage cost the municipality > with provisions 600 guldens, had 350 guldens to to it-put > * > Thank you for everyones thoughts on this. > Karenq > > you are maybe interested to know the text from the book.Die > dreyherrschaftliche Gemeind Bottenau" > page 70: > Die neunköpfige Familie Christian Männle, die ebenfalls durch > Zwangsvollstreckung ihr Vermögen verloren hatte, wurde mit > Gemeindeunterstützung 1853 abgeschoben. Die gesamte Überfahrt kostete > mit Proviant 600 Gulden, die Gemeinde mußte 350 Gulden dazulegen.