My family has Darmstadt on the census, but they were from Arnshain, Hesse-Darmstadt. Susan Sent from my iPhone On Jan 22, 2011, at 9:11 PM, "Kathy Cochran" <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> wrote: > Okay I have a silly question. I found the naturalization document of my > great-great grandfather, Jacob Born, which said he came from Hesse-Darmstadt > in 1836. Okay, that is a relatively large area. But then in the 1860 > Census in New Orleans, I found his mother Sophia Born (then either widowed > or deserted) living with his brother Adam Born, and both of them said that > they were born in "DARMSTADT." Does that indicate to anyone that that MIGHT > be the town (city) where they came from - and that I don't have to scrounge > around at every single little town in that state after all? AND, if so, > does anyone know if this info is online or have an address to write to? (I > believe that they were Lutherans while in Darmstadt, but when they came to > New Orleans, they became Presbyterians. Does that make sense?) > > Here's hoping .............. > > > Kathy C > > -----Original Message----- > From: hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of user917826@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:52 PM > To: hesse@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of > Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > Don.. > > We are here! Some of us are just waiting for a conversation to strike up. > > Bev W > >> From the frozen Northeast > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Watson <dwats@cox.net> > To: hesse <hesse@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 8:28 pm > Subject: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of > Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > ?Wow! The list woke up! > http://members.cox.net/hessen/hsstory.htm > http://members.cox.net/hessen/donstrans.htm > http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm > http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm > http://members.cox.net/hessen/towns.htm > http://members.cox.net/hessen/links.htm > :-) > on Watson > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HESSE-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > > he message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My Heck family attended mostly German Reformed Churches in the 1800s both in RI where they first appeared and in Brookyn where my gggrandmother and her first husband George Pfeiff (from Hannover, Hesse Cassel) settled. It is my understanding that there are many similarities between the German Reformed Churches and our Presbyterian Churches. In fact, many of the descendants from my family line became Presbyterian, I need to add, however, that my Maria Heck's younger brother, Johann Georg Heck, stayed in Rhode Island, married Mary A. Donahue and became Roman Catholic. Maria Heck came to the US in 1860 with her widowed father,her brother, and two other sisters, Kathrina (Katy) Heck Dettenborn and Magdalena Heck Braun. All the girls ended up living in Brooklyn. Johann Georg Heck Sr. had migrated from Gros-Karben to Kirschiembolanden, in Bayern and married there. He was a tailor. His ancestors in Gros-Karben had originally been shepherds. Bev W -----Original Message----- From: Susan Curelopp <noshowclc@aol.com> To: hesse <hesse@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 23, 2011 2:24 am Subject: Re: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My family has Darmstadt on the census, but they were from Arnshain, esse-Darmstadt. Susan Sent from my iPhone On Jan 22, 2011, at 9:11 PM, "Kathy Cochran" <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> rote: > Okay I have a silly question. I found the naturalization document of my great-great grandfather, Jacob Born, which said he came from Hesse-Darmstadt in 1836. Okay, that is a relatively large area. But then in the 1860 Census in New Orleans, I found his mother Sophia Born (then either widowed or deserted) living with his brother Adam Born, and both of them said that they were born in "DARMSTADT." Does that indicate to anyone that that MIGHT be the town (city) where they came from - and that I don't have to scrounge around at every single little town in that state after all? AND, if so, does anyone know if this info is online or have an address to write to? (I believe that they were Lutherans while in Darmstadt, but when they came to New Orleans, they became Presbyterians. Does that make sense?) Here's hoping .............. Kathy C -----Original Message----- From: hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of user917826@aol.com Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:52 PM To: hesse@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don.. We are here! Some of us are just waiting for a conversation to strike up. Bev W > From the frozen Northeast -----Original Message----- From: Don Watson <dwats@cox.net> To: hesse <hesse@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 8:28 pm Subject: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?Wow! The list woke up! http://members.cox.net/hessen/hsstory.htm http://members.cox.net/hessen/donstrans.htm http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm http://members.cox.net/hessen/table.htm http://members.cox.net/hessen/towns.htm http://members.cox.net/hessen/links.htm :-) on Watson ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message