Stemmen is a village in the parish of Silixen.The Silixen parish registers are available on microfilm throughFamilySearch. You can order them to a family history center in your area. Lippe also has a very active genealogical society; the resources on the society's website can be very helpful: http://www.nhv-ahnenforschung.de/ Good luck! Baerbel <Karl Busch was born 1778 and died in 1848 in Germany. His wife name is Amalie Sophie Ehlebract. Karl was born in Silixen, Lippe-Demold, Germany. Karl had one son that I know of, Christian August Hilker wird Busch Christian was born 10 Jan 1830 Stemmen, Lippe-Demold. I am trying to find out if Karl had any more children and who was Karl parents. Thanks for your help Jerrald Lloyd> 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.