Baerbel, the towns I'm looking for are Angersbach, Lauterbach, Blitzenrod, Maar, Rudlos, Stockhausen ..... they are very rare and hard to find and if they come up for auction they are snapped up by local researchers. Although I was lucky one time when I found 5 different postcards from Lauterbach all written by various relatives and all addressed to the immigrant Thomas Stock in St. Louis. Thomas Stock was born in Eisenbach/Lauterbach. He had immigrated to St Louis in the 1850s. When his wife had died, he had sent for another woman he had known while growing up and then married her. With the information contained on the 5 postcards and with the help of a local researcher in Lauterbach, I was able to trace and connect them to the descendants left behind. I will never have such luck again. Very fascinating what information postcards can reveal. I found Mr. Charles Ramm and his wife Therese on the 1920 census in Davenport, Iowa. He said he immigrated in 1906. The postcard was mailed from Mittweida, Germany on 14 NOV 1906 and arrived in Davenport on 20 NOV 1906. His friend writes: "How are things going with you? Did you arrive OK? Were you not seasick?" Oh how I wish I could inform some descendant of Charles Ramm of this postcard! Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baerbel Johnson" <JohnsonBx@familysearch.org> To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:27:56 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Vintage Postcards Ursula, I also have some historical postcards from Hessen. Please remind me which was your home town. I have also been impressed with the turn of the 20th century postal service - not only did they deliver the mail to the correct place; they delivered twice a day, and it took only ten days for a letter to travel from Rome, Italy, to Chicago, and three days from California to Chicago in the 1890s. Baerbel Hello All, Just searched through hundreds of German vintage postcards on ebay in the hope of finding one from my hometown in Hesse. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I thought I'd remind all of you family researchers that this is an excellent place to find postcards of German towns from the turn of the last century, before many of the fabulous structures were destroyed by the two wars. My favorites are the ones that have lots of writing on them, including the address of the recipient. Funny that in 1906 German relatives could send a postcard addressed to Mr. K. Ramm c/o Mr. Hinr. Kelling, Davenport, Iowa and it got there without a street address. I guess that was a time where you had to personally pick up your mail at the postoffice. This explains the frequent messages found in old newspapers alerting local citizens that they had a letter or postcard waiting for them. Check it out sometime. On ebay go to Collectibles > Postcards > International Postcards > Germany. Happy hunting! Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- 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 NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- 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

If anyone wants a picture of a postcard I bought on line years ago, of Trossingen, let me know.  I will email it to them.  I bought it from someone in Germany, and he told me that the original village of Trossingen had burned down, and the villagers rebuilt it, and that the postcard was of the new village. MYRA HERRON Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet him. --- On Thu, 3/31/11, Ursula <ubatrans@comcast.net> wrote: From: Ursula <ubatrans@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Vintage Postcards To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 10:41 AM Baerbel, the towns I'm looking for are Angersbach, Lauterbach, Blitzenrod, Maar, Rudlos, Stockhausen ..... they are very rare and hard to find and if they come up for auction they are snapped up by local researchers. Although I was lucky one time when I found 5 different postcards from Lauterbach all written by various relatives and all addressed to the immigrant Thomas Stock in St. Louis. Thomas Stock was born in Eisenbach/Lauterbach. He had immigrated to St Louis in the 1850s. When his wife had died, he had sent for another woman he had known while growing up and then married her. With the information contained on the 5 postcards and with the help of a local researcher in Lauterbach, I was able to trace and connect them to the descendants left behind. I will never have such luck again. Very fascinating what information postcards can reveal. I found Mr. Charles Ramm and his wife Therese on the 1920 census in Davenport, Iowa. He said he immigrated in 1906. The postcard was mailed from Mittweida, Germany on 14 NOV 1906 and arrived in Davenport on 20 NOV 1906. His friend writes: "How are things going with you? Did you arrive OK? Were you not seasick?" Oh how I wish I could inform some descendant of Charles Ramm of this postcard! Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baerbel Johnson" <JohnsonBx@familysearch.org> To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:27:56 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Vintage Postcards Ursula, I also have some historical postcards from Hessen. Please remind me which was your home town. I have also been impressed with the turn of the 20th century postal service - not only did they deliver the mail to the correct place; they delivered twice a day, and it took only ten days for a letter to travel from Rome, Italy, to Chicago, and three days from California to Chicago in the 1890s. Baerbel Hello All, Just searched through hundreds of German vintage postcards on ebay in the hope of finding one from my hometown in Hesse. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I thought I'd remind all of you family researchers that this is an excellent place to find postcards of German towns from the turn of the last century, before many of the fabulous structures were destroyed by the two wars. My favorites are the ones that have lots of writing on them, including the address of the recipient. Funny that in 1906 German relatives could send a postcard addressed to Mr. K. Ramm c/o Mr. Hinr. Kelling, Davenport, Iowa and it got there without a street address. I guess that was a time where you had to personally pick up your mail at the postoffice. This explains the frequent messages found in old newspapers alerting local citizens that they had a letter or postcard waiting for them. Check it out sometime. On ebay go to Collectibles > Postcards > International Postcards > Germany. Happy hunting! Ursula ____________________________________________________ There will come a time, when you'll have no more time. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- 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 NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. 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I have 2 interesting postcards c.1912 which belonged to my ggrandmother, Elizabeth Rau Brückner, She received them from her sister after she emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri in 1880. I will be happy to forward them to anyone interested in the area: Pfersdorf, Hildburghausen, now in Thruringia. 1. "Aum 300 jährigen Jubilaum der Pfärret, Pfersdorf-Lemrieth". Kirche in Pfersdorf. 2. "Gruss aus Pfersdorf bei Hildburghausen." Scenes of the town. You can email me @ jey1@swbell.net Joan Schaller Yeckel St. Louis, Missouri > If anyone wants a picture of a postcard I bought on line years ago, of Trossingen, let me know. I will email it to them. I bought it from someone in Germany, and he told me that the original village of Trossingen had burned down, and the villagers rebuilt it, and that the postcard was of the new village. > > > > MYRA HERRON > Honk if you love Jesus. > Text while driving if you want to meet him. > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > 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 >