Per Mapquest below it's 41.55 miles and 46 mkinutes http://classic.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Alzey&1s=Rheinland-Pfalz&1y=DE&1l=49.743439&1g=8.11472&1v=CITY&2c=Darmstadt&2s=Hessen&2y=DE&2l=49.872688&2g=8.65016&2v=CITY<http://classic.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Alzey&1s=Rheinland-Pfalz&1y=DE&1l=49.743439&1g=8.11472&1v=CITY&2c=Darmstadt&2s=Hessen&2y=DE&2l=49.872688&2g=8.65016&2v=CITY> ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Cochran<mailto:kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> To: hesse@rootsweb.com<mailto:hesse@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt,Eberstadt ---- all of Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sure you are right, except the ALZEY location perplexes me. How far is that from Darmstadt? -----Original Message----- From: hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of alexis jungk Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:51 AM To: hesse@rootsweb.com<mailto:hesse@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Kathy, I think these are your ancestors: Born, Jacob, Herkunft: Alzey. - Auswanderungsdatum: 1836-03 / Ziel: Amerika, USA. - Alter/geb.: 7 Jahre, Eltern: Born, Adam, Maurer, 41 Jahre und Born, Sophie geb. Lenz, 41 Jahre. - Bemerkungen: mit Eltern und 4 Geschwistern. Quelle: Auswandererkartei Walter Möller Born, Sophie geb. Lenz, Herkunft: Alzey. - Auswanderungsdatum: 1836-03 / Ziel: Amerika, USA. - Alter/geb.: 41 Jahre. - Ehepartner: Born, Adam, Maurer, 41 Jahre, 4 Kind(er). - Bemerkungen: mit Ehemann und Kindern Susanna 12, Adam 9, Jacob 7, Sophie 4, Philipp 1/2 Jahre. Quelle: Auswandererkartei Walter Möller also found this one: Born, Jakob, Herkunft: Fränkisch-Crumbach. - Auswanderungsdatum: 1847 / Ziel: Amerika (Nord). - Bemerkungen: mit Kindern. Quelle: Auswandererkartei Ernst Wagner; M.d.I. Konv. 63 source: www(.)hadis(.)hessen(.)de hope it helps. Alexis 2011/1/23 Kathy Cochran <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com<mailto:kathys_old_house@goldrush.com>> > 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> [mailto:hesse-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of user917826@aol.com<mailto:user917826@aol.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:52 PM > To: hesse@rootsweb.com<mailto: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<mailto:dwats@cox.net>> > To: hesse <hesse@rootsweb.com<mailto:hesse@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 8:28 pm > Subject: [HESSE] Darmstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, Eberstadt ---- all of > Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > ?Wow! 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