You said you had on permanent loan films - are films for Offenberg, Baden. If so could you do a lookup for me? I think they were not Catholic. I believe my great great great grandmother Catharina Hummel was from Offenberg. She was born 18 Nov 1803. She had a brother born (Suppose to be born in Strassboerg on 3 Apr 1801) and a sister Mary - no date for her. Catharina married Michael Schrenier in Offenberg about 1815 (their first child was born in 1819/20 in Diersham) I would like to know Catharina's parent, and maybe the exact of her marriage. Thank you, Barbara Bower

Barbara: I am afraid that the microfilms I was referring to are from Urloffen, Offenburg, Baden and not Offenburg proper. However, I know that there are microfilms of various parishes of Offenburg available through the Family History Center. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Bower" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:40 PM Subject: Re:Dan Bravard-Look up for ancestors from OFFENBURG > You said you had on permanent loan films - are films for Offenberg, Baden. > If so could you do a lookup for me? I think they were not Catholic. > > I believe my great great great grandmother Catharina Hummel was from > Offenberg. She was born 18 Nov 1803. She had a brother born (Suppose to > be born in Strassboerg on 3 Apr 1801) and a sister Mary - no date for > her. > > Catharina married Michael Schrenier in Offenberg about 1815 (their first > child was born in 1819/20 in Diersham) > > I would like to know Catharina's parent, and maybe the exact of her > marriage. > > Thank you, > > Barbara Bower > > ______________________________ >

Barbara, > I believe my great great great grandmother Catharina Hummel was from > Offenberg. She was born 18 Nov 1803. > Catharina married Michael Schrenier in Offenberg about 1815 (their > first child was born in 1819/20 in Diersham) I believe something is wrong with your Hummel data. It's impossible that she married in 1815 when she's born in 1803. I would even expect that she was of full age when she got her 1st child. Maybe it's a mix of at least 2 different Catharina Hummel. Where have you found your information? Hummel is not a seldom name in that area. There was even a noble family with that name. (And I remember the swindler Karl Ignaz Hummel who said he's Oskar Daubmann the last German prisoner of world war I whose father was born in Hofweier) - Wendelin