Hi Betty, take a look here: http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/wiki/Virtual_%22German_Post_Office%22 I started this a few years ago, but the demand was not that high.. However, I still have a few stamps left and probably will not re-order any.. Just let me know how many stamps you want.. Good luck with your letters, Wolf [Zscheile] ******************************************** Visit our homepage with ALL the latest NEWS http://www.saxonyroots.com ******************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Bbfritch@aol.com > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:08 PM > To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Surname Distribution - Fingado > > > How do we buy German postage to send along with a letter. I > sent five - no > answers. I heard it costs about $4 for Germans to mail > letters to the U.S.?? > > Betty > FL -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: 10/23/2006

How do we buy German postage to send along with a letter. I sent five - no answers. I heard it costs about $4 for Germans to mail letters to the U.S.?? Betty FL

Hello Ann, You asked to be steered into the right direction regarding your search for your Charles JAEP ancestor. Firstly, you can forget about trying to find him on any passenger ship list around 1871 as this is not his date of immigration but rather his date of "naturalization". Charles Jaep and his parents appear already on the 1850 census! I ran a search on the family but have misplaced it...when I find it I'll contact you at your private email address. Ursula from Michigan Ann Brown wrote: > Thanks Don, This looks like I have a lot to learn. > Ann > > > On 10/17/06, Don Watson <dwats@cox.net> wrote: > >> >>http://members.cox.net/hessen/hsstory.htm >> >>Happy Hunting! >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >

Hello Jerrald, The BALSKE family immigrated via the Port of Antwerp, Belgium arriving in New York on 30 Sep 1881 (Ship name was omitted) The family consisted of the following members: John BALSKI, 31 Marie, 31 Wilh. 4, Louise 9 months. Their first census enumeration was in 1900: Mount Pleasant Twp, Whiteside County, Illinois: John BALSKEY, 49, b. Feb 1850 in Germany, widower Louise BALSKEY, 19, b. Jan. 1881, Ger John G BALSKEY, 17, b. Feb 1883 in Illinois [Wilhelm/William has probably left the home] 1910 Census Genesee Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois: John BOLSKE, 60, married 2 x Anna BOLSKE, 31, married 2 x (married for 3 years) 1917 Selective Service Registration: William BALSKE, 37, b. Sep 10, 1881 (year??) Home Address: RFD #2, Ruthorn, Palo Alto, Iowa Naturalized Citizen, Farm Laborer, working for Olaf A Nelson, Clay, Iowa Wife: Dorathy Balski, RFD #2, Ruthorn, Palo Alto, Iowa 1920 Census Spencer Ward 3, Clay County, Iowa William BALSKI, 35, estimated birth: 1885, b. Germany, Father + Mother b. Germany; Dorcas BALSKI, 25, b. Iowa, Father b. IL; Mother b. CAN/ENG Normandine W BALSKI, 3 +3/12, b. Iowa Dale E. BALSKI, 2 + 3/12, b. Iowa Glenys I. BALSKI, 0/12, b. Iowa 1930 Census Fairmont Twp., Martin Co., Minnesota No William! Dorcas BALSKE, 38, married 22 Years, b. Iowa, works in canning factory Normadean W BALSKE, 13, b. Iowa Dale E BALSKE, 12, b. Iowa Glennys I BALSKE, 10, b. Iowa I hope that's what you were looking for. Ursula from Michigan Jerrald Lloyd wrote: > I am trying to find the parents of William Balske. William was born Sept 10, 1874 in Germany. At the age of three they came to America, his parents they settled in Illinois. Then the family moved to Clay County, Iowa. William married Dorcas Battern in 1915 at Terrill, Iowa. > > Thanks for any help. > Jerrald Lloyd > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > . >

Hello, Following your initial query, I tried locating your Gottfried Hafner on a passenger ship list and also on the 1850 census in Essex County NJ, both without success. You wrote that Gottfried was married in Essex County in 1841 and that both he and his son, Gottfried Jr, appear on the 1850 census in Essex County. Do you have the name of the Ward or Township in which they lived? According to the index at Ancestry.com, there were only 2 persons by that spelling listed in Essex County, namely Anna HAFNER b.~1826 and Louis HAFNER b.~1822; both lived in the West Ward of Newark. On the 1860 census I found a Maria E HAFNER (48) b. Hessen, and children Caroline (16), Christiane (15), Louise (13), and John G. (11), but no Gottfried HAFNER senior or junior. How did you obtain your information? Ursula gwcolby@juno.com wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:34:44 -0400 > Subject: Fw: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J. > Message-ID: <20061022.173444.3644.3.gwcolby@juno.com> > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:42:07 -0400 > Subject: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J.

this is awesome, i got over 2000 names for my surname of seemann thanks Wolf for sharing that Jackie Wolf Zscheile <saxonyroots@charter.net> wrote: Sue, why make it so complicated ?? According to the German telephone directory: http://www.telefonbuch.de/ there are 26 Fingado listed in Germany. Their address is also included.. just get some letters going.. Good luck, Wolf [Zscheile] ******************************************** Visit our homepage with ALL the latest NEWS http://www.saxonyroots.com ******************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Sue Hubbard > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:28 AM > To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G-P-L] Surname Distribution - Fingado > > > I was most interested in Don's surname distribution chart. I've > never been able to find my grandfather's birth place in Germany. > > This web page indicates there are two places in "Bavaria" where > Fingado surname appears. > > http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen_map.aspx?mode=abs&lang=en > > Would anyone be able to tell me the city name from the two locations > in Bavaria? > > Or, any other suggestions where I might search church records for my > grandfather? I've exhausted the Lahr region. I always thought he > was from Baden, so not sure from this map where I might do more > research. I'm so motivated to find my missing grandfather! > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Sue Fingado-Hubbard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Jackie McCarty May God Bless your day! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.

this is awesome, i got over 2000 names for my surname of seemann thanks Wolf for sharing that Jackie Wolf Zscheile <saxonyroots@charter.net> wrote: Sue, why make it so complicated ?? According to the German telephone directory: http://www.telefonbuch.de/ there are 26 Fingado listed in Germany. Their address is also included.. just get some letters going.. Good luck, Wolf [Zscheile] ******************************************** Visit our homepage with ALL the latest NEWS http://www.saxonyroots.com ******************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Sue Hubbard > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:28 AM > To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G-P-L] Surname Distribution - Fingado > > > I was most interested in Don's surname distribution chart. I've > never been able to find my grandfather's birth place in Germany. > > This web page indicates there are two places in "Bavaria" where > Fingado surname appears. > > http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen_map.aspx?mode=abs&lang=en > > Would anyone be able to tell me the city name from the two locations > in Bavaria? > > Or, any other suggestions where I might search church records for my > grandfather? I've exhausted the Lahr region. I always thought he > was from Baden, so not sure from this map where I might do more > research. I'm so motivated to find my missing grandfather! > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Sue Fingado-Hubbard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Jackie McCarty May God Bless your day! --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.

Hi Ursula, sorry, I'm a little late with my answer.. which really is no answer.. I'm not to sure what to answer here, maybe you should ask the Rootsweb help desk, they are in a much better position to answer questions like this. As I can see it, the internet and mailinglists are so huge and sometimes you might get a 'traffic jam' in one of the distribution centers. The messages are put into 'storage' until the jam clears up, while in another center they go right through to the recipient... Does this make sense and answer your question?? Maybe some of our experts will have a better answer for you... Have a nice week and 'talk' to you later, Wolf -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: 10/23/2006

Sue, why make it so complicated ?? According to the German telephone directory: http://www.telefonbuch.de/ there are 26 Fingado listed in Germany. Their address is also included.. just get some letters going.. Good luck, Wolf [Zscheile] ******************************************** Visit our homepage with ALL the latest NEWS http://www.saxonyroots.com ******************************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Sue Hubbard > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:28 AM > To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G-P-L] Surname Distribution - Fingado > > > I was most interested in Don's surname distribution chart. I've > never been able to find my grandfather's birth place in Germany. > > This web page indicates there are two places in "Bavaria" where > Fingado surname appears. > > http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen_map.aspx?mode=abs&lang=en > > Would anyone be able to tell me the city name from the two locations > in Bavaria? > > Or, any other suggestions where I might search church records for my > grandfather? I've exhausted the Lahr region. I always thought he > was from Baden, so not sure from this map where I might do more > research. I'm so motivated to find my missing grandfather! > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Sue Fingado-Hubbard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: 10/23/2006

Dear G. Colby: I'm sure people were not ignoring your request it is just that not any where near all ships lists have been translated. I have several such relatives. Many of the German records have been destroyed. You just have to keep trying and hope some day you find them. If you know where they came from try getting records from the church in that community or maybe they published a book about those who left the area. One never knows where you will find a piece of information that will lead you on. You may never find the ship they came on! -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gwcolby@juno.com Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: [G-P-L] Fw: Fw: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J. Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:34:44 -0400 Subject: Fw: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J. Message-ID: <20061022.173444.3644.3.gwcolby@juno.com> --------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:42:07 -0400 Subject: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J. ..I visited the list on a previous occassion with no one giving any advice. My Great Grandfather Gottfried Haeffner born 1801 in Eberberg,Oberrott,Jagstkreis,Wuerttemberg, Germany. I need to know when he came(Mo. Yr.).... From What Port ?What Port he came to?...What ship? and if he travelled with any one.

I was most interested in Don's surname distribution chart. I've never been able to find my grandfather's birth place in Germany. This web page indicates there are two places in "Bavaria" where Fingado surname appears. http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen_map.aspx?mode=abs&lang=en Would anyone be able to tell me the city name from the two locations in Bavaria? Or, any other suggestions where I might search church records for my grandfather? I've exhausted the Lahr region. I always thought he was from Baden, so not sure from this map where I might do more research. I'm so motivated to find my missing grandfather! Thanks for any assistance. Sue Fingado-Hubbard

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When one receives only one (1) piece of email it does not matter whether one opens from the tope or bottom! I'm still waiting for the query! Ursula Rujan2000@aol.com wrote: > Your mail comes into your mail box one at a time. The first one in, is at > the bottom of the list of messages. The last one in, is at the top. Do you > open the top one first? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > . >

Your mail comes into your mail box one at a time. The first one in, is at the bottom of the list of messages. The last one in, is at the top. Do you open the top one first?

Hello: I've asked the same question on two other lists and yet have not received an answer... yet. As I've noticed this particular quirkiness has happened within the past week. Thanks Ursula for reminding me about the "little things" in life that can bug me even more than "bigger things". Regards, --Manaia "Ursula B. Adamson" <ubatrans@klondyke.net> wrote: Hello Wolf, Why is it that I get the ANSWER to a query before I get the actual query? Ursula --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.

Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:34:44 -0400 Subject: Fw: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J. Message-ID: <20061022.173444.3644.3.gwcolby@juno.com> --------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:42:07 -0400 Subject: Gottfried Hafner 1850 Census Essex County N.J. ..I visited the list on a previous occassion with no one giving any advice. My Great Grandfather Gottfried Haeffner born 1801 in Eberberg,Oberrott,Jagstkreis,Wuerttemberg, Germany. I need to know when he came(Mo. Yr.).... From What Port ?What Port he came to?...What ship? and if he travelled with any one. He was in Newark, N.J. In 1841 already. Because I have a marriage Record from a German Evangelical Church in Newark, N. J. That he Married Maria E. Ries.On Dec 14th 1841. So some time before that he immigrated here. The letter (e) and letter (f) was dropped when he came here. as the 1850 Census Listed him as Hafner) and in later census as Haefner. He had a son born in 1848 Gottfried also...My Grandfather! he was on the 1850 census also for N.J. Looked at a lot of Ship 's lists over the years...no luck can you help me on the Germany side. What am I overlooking? Would appreciate any help or advice from you or someone on the list. With Thanks G. Colby

Hello Wolf, Why is it that I get the ANSWER to a query before I get the actual query? Ursula

Good evening, friends, well, what's new ?? Lots of things !! Due to 'overload' on my side, our ships and passenger list databases had been 'idling' for quite a while, but Kathleen and Russell have been very activ and started to give these projects a big 'boost' and we already added a few more ships and a lot of passengers. A BIG 'Thank you' to Kathleen and Russell !! And of course, a BIG 'Thank you' is due to our transcribers, who work silently and busily in the 'background' doing the sometimes 'impossible' task to transcribe something which had been written 100 to 200 years ago, by someone who didn't really know how to 'write'... You probably will not notice much difference in our websites, but the 'technical stuff' has been totally reworked. First, you will notice on the bottom of the 'starting page': http://www.saxonyroots.com/ships that the latest additions to our databases are listed there. Many of the place names now show a link to 'Mapquest' where you can see the location of that place and in doing that, I learned a lot of 'geography' myself. Another amazing thing is, that with Mapquest some of the places have a link in the upper right corner called 'Aerial Image'. With that you will have a look from space at that place and you can even 'zoom in' and can see the streets and buildings. Not all of the places have been 'linked' yet, but Jackie is working very hard to add the geographical data, which is a very time-consuming job... Thanks a lot for that, Jackie !! And.. there are lots of more changes coming soon, but we will talk about that later on.. I try to do everything as perfect as possible, but I'm sure, that there are some 'develish' bugs hiding somewhere.. :-( PLEASE give me a little help and let me know whenever you find one of them... Anyone out there having some knowledge with Excel and/ or PHP ?? and willing and able to give me a hand (or two) ?? This would even speed up the further development of our websites !! A note to our germanspeaking friends: We always claim, that our websites are 100% bi-lingual... Well, sorry, this is not completed yet, but will be soon... Thanks for listening and have a nice evening wherever you are, Wolf [Zscheile] ******************************************** Visit our homepage with ALL the latest NEWS http://www.saxonyroots.com ******************************************** -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.9/490 - Release Date: 10/20/2006

The places you're looking for are ACHERN and OENSBACH: Achern calls itself the "Gate to the northern Black Forrest". It's located abt. 30 kilometres southwest of BADEN-BADEN, enroute to OFFENBURG (abt. 25 km south of Achern). OENSBACH or ONSBACH is just 3 kilometres in the south of Achern, today maybe an integral part of the village of Achern. Regards Malte -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com]Im Auftrag von jamesweaver Gesendet: Sonntag, 22. Oktober 2006 14:54 An: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS@rootsweb.com Betreff: [G-P-L] Researching WEBER/SCHIEBEL place location I have document with a place of birth listed as Onsbach Achern, Bad. Germany. I have used all the sites I know of to locate this place with no luck. Perhaps someone out there recognizes this name . ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greetings fellow genealogists, Peter GROROCK married in Rockhampton, Australia in 1863 and died there in 1902. All records including naturalisation documents list only Germany as birthplace. Can anyone site any records with the Grorock name from any region in Germany before or after that date? He had no sons. Thankyou all. Maree Ganley _________________________________________________________________ Find out how to win FREE Fuel at tradingpost.com.au - Click here http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etradingpostcompetition%2Ecom%2Eau%2Ffuelgiveaway%3Freferrer%3Dplace11&_t=758874118&_r=HM_Tagline_Oct06&_m=EXT