Wendelin-- Thanks for your quick and informative response. I was hoping to find some info via the internet. I have gone back to Michael (b. 9/28/1844--d.12/29/1905) and Maria Anna Schweigler GAISER(b. 5/17/1835-d.9/28/1893)---all in Ottenhoffen. I looked in the Ottenhoffen phone book, picked 1 name and wrote a letter (via snail mail) and haven't heard anything as yet. Perhaps it's time to write to another of the 13 GAISERS listed as living there now to see if they can assist me in going back further in my Mother's family history. Toni -----Original Message----- From: Wendelin Irslinger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ortenau] kinship book / Familienbuch Toni, there are 2 history books of Ottenhöfen: volume 1 treats 11th century till 19th century and volume 2 till end of WWII Mostly such books are available in the town halls. And there was an older book with the title "Ottenhöfen einst und jetzt" by Bernhard Meyer. - Wendelin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward & Toni McCarthy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: RE: [Ortenau] kinship book / Familienbuch > Are there any books on Ottenhoffen that anyone knows about? > > Thanks---Toni Walier McCarthy ==== DEU-BAD-ORTENAU Mailing List ==== List your surnames at the Ortenau Search web site < http://ortenau.genealogy-bw.de/search/ >. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx
Toni, Rather than letters.....sometimes they work but too often they don't....maybe you have a chance to do further searching on your own. I know your problem is that the filmed Church Registers for Ottenhoefen start in 1824 and you need earlier years. Logically, there could be, there should be earlier Church records. I can not tell where to look into which town but if I were you with a problem at Ottenhoefen, I might gamble on Kappelrodeck to see if the Ottenhoefen townspeople are listed in its earlier Registers. From a topographical map of the area, there is a direct valley between Ottenhoefen im Schwarzwald and Kappelrodeck. I think that you would have had to have been a mountain climber to have gone to any other larger town. Another, this is merely a gamble; hopefully, someone on this List who knows more about the area can give you a better suggestion for Ottenhoefen but, if not, try Kappelrodeck. Being able to search on your own should bring you more information than a bunch of letters to others of the same surname who probably know little about their family's history. djweber [email protected] ------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward & Toni McCarthy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:16 PM Subject: RE: [Ortenau] kinship book / Familienbuch > Wendelin-- > > Thanks for your quick and informative response. I was hoping to find some > info via the internet. I have gone back to Michael (b. > 9/28/1844--d.12/29/1905) and Maria Anna Schweigler GAISER(b. > 5/17/1835-d.9/28/1893)---all in Ottenhoffen. I looked in the Ottenhoffen > phone book, picked 1 name and wrote a letter (via snail mail) and haven't > heard anything as yet. Perhaps it's time to write to another of the 13 > GAISERS listed as living there now to see if they can assist me in going > back further in my Mother's family history. > Toni >