I feel like I'll be treading on well-worn paths, but this has been a real journey of discovery for me. I'm not really doing this for the scholastic things, rather just to better understand where I fit in. I really appreciate the help offered, I'll be definitely looking into the areas. If for no other reason than just to say I've been there. If I do find anything interesting, I'll be sure to pass it along. Thanks again. ---- Betty Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick, > > Your Yeager cousin Dan Franklin was stationed at Kaiserslautern in Germany for several years (I believe from about 2005-2007 or 2008?) and did a lot of personal research on the Yagers during that time. I'm afraid I imposed on him unmercifully while he was there to dig into any and all Yager records, because he lived not far from the Marienthal-Winnweiler-Falkenstein area. > > Dan made copies and got translations of every record he could find. I had furnished him with data from "Before Germanna," number 10 (May 1990) so he could follow up on all the leads that Gary Zimmerman and Johni Cerny compiled. I'm hoping Dan is still on the list and has seen your request but I have e-mailed him just in case. > > Chad Yeager, who may or may not still be on this list, also put together a lot of information from the Oberzell records and generously shared it with any and all who asked. > > John Blankenbaker dedicated several issues of his newsletter "Beyond Germanna" to the German churches, including the one at Winnweiler. > > Note that Winnweiler is a much larger place than Marienthal. Falkenstein is between them. The area is quite popular with German hikers. > > In 2006, I went on the Germanna Foundation's tour and Dan met us in Winnweiler. In his tiny little car, he took Suzie Oberg, Jim Wilhite and his wife Pat, and me to the castle ruins at Falkenstein, then down the mountain into little Marienthal, where we went to the protestant church and where he introduced us to friends Freddie Yager and his family, as well as to the pastor and another church lady, who were all just wonderful. They had not been expecting us, but Dan went to Freddy's house, and Freddy went and got the lady with the church key and then the pastor arrived -- all on foot and all so happy to see us. It was a great day. The Marienthal church has some lovely altar pieces dedicated to the Falkenstein family. > > The entire tour group attended Sunday services at the church in Winnweiler that Sunday, where Dan (then a colonel and U.S. Army chaplain) was invited to read the text. Suzie and I were so moved by the place and the experience, we had to share a handkerchief! > > Note that Winnweiler, not Marienthal, is the place where our ancestor Adam Yager and one of his sisters were baptized. His parents were married in the church in Marienthal, where his other sisters were baptized. > > Dan also found the village named Weichersbach. You may or may not know that there is not consensus about the name of the father of the immigrant Nicholas, nor about the village where he was born. In the new Germanna Record 19 on the Yagers, Cathi Frost states it was "probably Oberzell," but I do not agree and last I heard, Dan did not agree, either. I think it far more likely he was from Weichersbach, because his naturalization certificate says he was born in Weichersbach, Hesse. His marriage record, gives his father as "Paul Jager of Meierspach" with Meierspach accepted by some as a corruption of Weichersbach. Thus, if you accept his marriage record to Anna Maria Sieber, you accept his father's name as Paul. But if you accept that he was from Oberzell, then you accept his father's name as Johan (Hans) Jager, shown in the Oberzell records, and not Paul -- and must reject the marriage record to Anna Marie Sieber in Marienthal. > > Betty > Elizabeth Yates Johnson > List Administrator, Yeager-South-US > "Following John [Yager]" > "The Family of Daniel Wayne Yeager 1835-1910" > "Yeagers Named John Who Lived in present Madison County, VA 1732-1850" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Yeager <[email protected]> > To: germanna colonies <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:29:29 -0000 (UTC) > 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. Any advice would be welcomed. > > Thanks in advance. > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-reques[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message