Maybe you already have this. It's a response to a question I asked several days ago at the state archives. The Darmstadt State Archives keep duplicates of Parochial Registers (Kirchenbücher), for the provinces of Starkenburg and Oberhessen, which (as provisional civil registers) cover the period from 1808-1875. In order to get information on church records earlier than 1808 I recommend you to ask the Zentralarchiv der EKHN Darmstadt, Ahastraße 5 a, -64285 Darmstadt, Tel. +49 (0)6151 / 3663-63, E-Mail: zentralarchiv@ekhn-kv.de, www.ekhn.de/inhalt/kirche/profil/aufbau/ges_archiv.htm.if your ancestor was a protestant. If he was a Catholic, you should ask the Bischöfliches Ordinariat, Dom- und Diözesanarchiv (Postfach 1560, 55005 Mainz, Fon: 06131 / 253-157 und , 06131 / 253-432, Fax: 06131 / 253-406, E-Mail: archiv bistum-mainz.de. General information on the family reseach in the State Archives Darmstadt you can see from "Guidelines For Family Research" (http://www.staatsarchiv-darmstadt.hessen.de/irj/HStAD_Internet?cid=a4f68a82f673c7f55a54a27c82b6cef3 Last but not least the Hessische Familiengeschichtliche Vereinigung Karolinenplatz 3, 64289 Darmstadt, Tel.: +49 (0) 6151 16 59 60 Mail: hfv@haus-der-geschichte.com , Internet: http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/HFV might give you further information. With kind regards pp M. Coccejus Marion Coccejus Dipl.-Archivarin Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt Karolinenplatz 3 D-64289 Darmstadt Tel: +49 (0)6151-165962 Fax: +49 (0)6151-165901 E-mail: m.coccejus@stad.hessen.de Zuständige Aufsichtsbehörde: Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Rheinstr. 23 - 25, 65185 Wiesbaden Web: http://www.stad.hessen.de Kim Ross slimkim@gci.net In GOD we trust My direct ancestors: Ross, Johnson, Buettner, Schumert, Ruehl, Wiedemann, Dean(e), Hart, Harsch, Spieske, Westerfield, Porter, Fisher, Vernier/Viner/Winer, Berthiaume. The Ross & Johnson Families http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=slimkim -----Original Message----- From: D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes <dmac@physics.ucla.edu> To: hesse@rootsweb.com Subject: [HESSE] Question about HADIS re: Georg Philipp Schuchmann Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:57:44 -0800 The German database http://www.hadis.hessen.de has an entry for someone I'm researching, a Georg Philipp Schuchmann. I'm trying to find out the year of his death and his age so I can track his birth/baptism date and parents' names. The area I'm researching is Darmstadt. So far microfilm records don't include a death record for him. The entry reads: Titel SCHUCHMANN, Georg Philipp, Posamentier: Nachlass, Inventar Laufzeit 1817, 1827 Since this is an estate or probate record of some sort, I assume that his death occurred in 1817. What might the second year (1827) indicate? I realize that HADIS is just an index. Is there a place I can inquire further about this record, a local archive in Darmstadt perhaps, or is the best avenue to hire a researcher in the region to look it up? Thanks for any suggestions. Regards, Debra MacLaughlan-Dumes http://sakionline.net/familypage ------------------------------- 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

On Feb 19, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Kim Allison Ross wrote: > Maybe you already have this. It's a response to a question I askedseveral days ago at the state archives. > The Darmstadt State Archives keep duplicates of Parochial Registers(Kirchenbücher), for the provinces of Starkenburg and Oberhessen, which(asprovisional civil registers) cover the period from 1808-1875. In order to get information on church records earlier than 1808 Irecommend you to ask the Zentralarchiv der EKHN Darmstadt, Ahastraße 5a, -64285 Darmstadt, Tel. +49 (0)6151 / 3663-63, E-Mail:zentralarchiv@ekhn-kv.de,www.ekhn.de/inhalt/kirche/profil/aufbau/ges_archiv.htm.if your ancestorwas a protestant. Thanks, Kim, for this information. It may come in handy if I can't verify his baptism date. The link to the record at the HADIS database (if it contains any information about Georg Philipp's birth year or age at death) might help me connect him to the right parents. I have one likely candidate from Darmstadt microfilm #1190507, a Georg Philipp Schuchmann baptised 21 Oct 1766, son of Johann Georg Schuchmann and Maria Katharina. But I can't verify that this is the right fellow, or connect him with the HADIS record, without some corroborating documentation showing his birth year. His marriage record doesn't indicate his age and so far I haven't found his death record. Regards, Debra MacLaughlan-Dumes http://sakionline.net/familypage