I'm resending also. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Nay" <snay2@verizon.net> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Fw: Questions about guilds in Siegen area > There is a wonderful book "German Home Towns 1648-1871" by Mack Walker. > There is a chapter on Guilds which opens with a story about a man who was > in a guild who wanted to marry. His intended's father had been born out of > wedlock. This could mean that the children of the marriage might not be > eligible for guild membership! I highly recommend reading this book - at > least that chapter. One would probably have to get it through > inter-library loan. > Sherry Nay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzanne Matson" <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> > To: "Germanna Colonies" <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:47 AM > Subject: [GERMANNA] Fw: Questions about guilds in Siegen area > > >>I am resending this because it apparently never came through for unknown >>reasons-- >> >> Suzanne Collins Matson >> >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ---- >> From: Suzanne Matson <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> >> To: Germanna Colonies <GERMANNA_COLONIES@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:08:30 AM >> Subject: Questions about guilds >> >> >> Has anyone done any research on guilds in the Siegen area? >> >> Were they organized like the Dutch guilds or the British guilds (livery >> companies today)? >> >> Did membership have benefits such as care when ill or no longer able to >> work or confer social status? >> >> Did membership pass automatically to male direct line descendants? >> >> Was the control of the members of the guild limited to the town limits of >> any given town? >> >> Suzanne Collins Matson >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >