No problem, Rick! I will get directions from Katharine for you and the name of the pastor in Marienthal. They're really not that far from each other and you will be blown away by Falkenstein, it is a very small village with a very steep main street that leads up to the castle ruins, they are quite magnificent and the view is spectacular! Barb Price Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Rick Yeager" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:14:47 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Extended Stay in Germany Wow! Thanks to both of you for the many things to look for. I wish it was an unencumbered trip for research, but my company has a bit of a say in what my activities will be for most of the time. One thing I would ask, I've looked for Falkenstein and found several. The literal translation is "Falcon Rock" and even German colleagues ask "Where is Falkenstein". The Hessen lead with both Marienthal and the Falkenstein possibility are fairly close to where I'll be. I can be reached also privately at [email protected] Thanks for all the suggestions. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Virginia Nuta" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 9:02 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Extended Stay in Germany > Rick-- > > If I were going to spend some serious time in Germany, here is what I > would > be doing: > > 1) Pin down Nicholas' father's village. > > The father of our immigrant ancestor Nicholas was identified as Paul Yager > of Meiyerspach in Hesse in the record of Nicholas' marriage to Anna Maria > Sieber. Meiyerspach is thought to be a corruption of Weichersbach, a > village in Hessen in the Mottgers parish. > > We have information on Yagers in that village and surrounding villages but > nothing conclusive on the birth of a Nicholas that fits our Nicholas. (Not > that it is a given that Nicholas is required to have been born there, he > could have been born elsewhere and then his family moved.) > > It has been suggested by another visitor to Germany that there is a > Meiyersbach, in Hessen, that could be the the father's village, rather > than > Weichersbach. If so, it would be a small place because I have not been > able > to find it. I still want to rule it out. No doubt in Germany there is > someone who would know one way or another and I think it would be an > important step for us. > > 2) Investigate the godparents of Nicholas' and Anna Maria's children. > > ADAM: Adam's godfather was Johann Adam Yager, a soldier of Wolfstein, and > godmother Barbara, daughter of Claus Yager of Munchweiler. Munchweiler, > I > believe, is SW of Falkenstein. There was a Wolfstein area in Bavaria but > also a village in the SW of the Palatinate. > > MARIA GERTRAUD: Nicolaus Jaager and Gertraud, his wife, of Munchweiler, > were > godparents for Nicholas' daughter, Maria Gertraud Yager in 1711. Rev. > Dan > Franklin, who obtained this information, thought that it is this couple > who > had the daughter Barbara born in 1690 in Weichersbach or Meiyersbach. > > ANNA MARIA: "On the 22nd of May, (1707), Nicolaus Jaeger of Falckenstein > and > his wife, Anna Maria, had a small daughter baptized. The daughter was born > on the 19th of May at 8:00 am, and her godparents (witnesses) were Michael > Jaeger of Meyersspach (Meiersspach or Weiersspach) of Hessen and his wife > Anna Maria, the daughter of Johannes Wachmanns of Falkenstein and his wife > Barbara, the legitimate daughter of Valentin Mayers of Muenchweiler." > > ANNA MARGRETHA: 1716: In April, on Easter Tuesday, a baby daughter was > born > to Niclas Jeger of Falckenstein and she was later baptized at the Dom > Quasimod. The Godparents were Johann Theobaldt Coestner of Falckenstein > and > Anna Margretha, the wife of Michel Jeger of the old Glasshutte. The child > was named Anna Margetha. > > ANNA MARIA: The godparents of the daughter Anna Maria were local from the > Falkenstein area and were not Yagers. > > Clearly there is a Munchweiler connection as well as a Meiyersbach or > Weichersbach connection. I think we have been hampered by the assumption > that all our ancestors stayed in place for generations. John > Blankenbaker's > work shows us that this is not true. Further, when you think about the > Wars > of Louis IV that played out over these areas during the time our immigrant > ancestors were growing up, it is more astonishing when they DID stay in > place, because there were a lot of unpleasant things going on. > > I may be going out on a very weak limb here, but in finding out what I > could > about the local rulers of the Mottgers/Weichersbach/Oberzell area of > Hessen, > I saw that in the 17th century they were a branch of the Counts of Hanau > who > also controlled some lands in the SW of the Palatinate. I started to > wonder > if our Yagers could have been employed by this family and moving around to > their different areas of influence. Also, we have assumed that because > Nicholas' father was said to be of Hessen, that meant that Nicholas also > was > born in Hessen. But it could be possible that Nicholas' family had been > in > the Palatinate for some time, and it was his father who, for whatever > reason, settled in Hessen. Anyway, if I could have a delightful year of > research in the Old Country, I would be looking around in Munchweiler for > the trail, and I would also be looking for a "Glasshutte" in those areas. > > Virginia Nuta > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Yeager" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:29 PM > Subject: [GERMANNA] Extended Stay in Germany > > >> I'll be spending about 1 year in Germany. I'm looking for advice on >> towns, churches, people, etc. to visit to pick up details on the 2nd >> Colony Nicholas Yager family heritage in Germany. I will be living >> southwest of Dusseldorf. 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