Oh Elke, I wish I knew. All I know is that he first shows up in Neuenburg church records in 1685 apparently having been born and married elsewhere. Where in Austria did the Schlundt family originate. The Blankenbakers were from Austria -- the Blankenbakers and the Thoma family were closely connected in Germany -- along with the Scheibles. I am also wondering if the children of Albrecht who remained in Germany -- left the Neuenburg area--need to find the latest dates for them in the Church books which apparently go to 1900. Thanks for the heads up on this locality question. Take care. Marilyn Marilyn, I am wondering why Thoma chose to get his wife from so far away, in Aurach. It's quite a distance from the Kraichgau. He had to have known the family somehow. Did they originally come from a common area (like Austria)? Elke

Marilyn, no, I don't know if the Schlundt's were indeed from Austria or if they always had been in the Franconian region, just wondered. So many in the region were displaced from Austria. It was just a question I threw out. Elke -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gneolog@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 9:07 AM To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Thoma family sources Oh Elke, I wish I knew. All I know is that he first shows up in Neuenburg church records in 1685 apparently having been born and married elsewhere. Where in Austria did the Schlundt family originate. The Blankenbakers were from Austria -- the Blankenbakers and the Thoma family were closely connected in Germany -- along with the Scheibles. I am also wondering if the children of Albrecht who remained in Germany -- left the Neuenburg area--need to find the latest dates for them in the Church books which apparently go to 1900. Thanks for the heads up on this locality question. Take care. Marilyn Marilyn, I am wondering why Thoma chose to get his wife from so far away, in Aurach. It's quite a distance from the Kraichgau. He had to have known the family somehow. Did they originally come from a common area (like Austria)? Elke TN Germanna Reunion - Sept. 9-11 http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/easttennesseereunion2011.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message