Another source is the book "The Amish - Mennonites of Waldeck and Wittgenstein: by Herman Guth 1986 This books list genealogies for a number of families, the genealogies are of various lengths from 2 or 3 generations to many. The official sources used were: 1. Parish registers from Netze, Reinhardshausen, Braunau, Bergheim, Jesberg, Borken, Rosenthal, Wohra, Goddelsheim, Freinhagen, Immighausen, Rhoden, Felsberg, and Gensungen. 2. Ortssippenbuecher (OSB) from Helsen, Hoeringhausen, Berich, Landau, Waldeck (town), and Gembeck. 3 - Archives (state) at Marburg, Darmstadt, Musenster (Westphalia), and Bern (Switzerland).; royal archives at Berleberg and Laasphe; and city archives at Korbach. I have a copy of the Surname Index for this book, should anyone have an ancestor(s) from any of the areas list feel free to contact me and I'll check the Index for you name(s). Please use "Waldeck Lookup" as the Subject, so that I don't delete it accidentally as I scan the message list. Jerry Dittman Boonsboro, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Schien" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:36 PM Subject: [HESSE] WG: WG: Waldeck information Hello, The list doesn't show the complete link. Perhaps these Wikipedia-links areworking: Waldeck Castle, a medieval fortress/castle in Germany Waldeck, Hesse, a town in Hesse Waldeck (state) or Waldeck-Pyrmont, a principality in the German Empire and German Confederation, and a state in the Weimar Republic, named after the above castle and town Waldeck (state) gives a very good overwiew about the poltical situation. Regards Karl --- Karl Schien <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo, 15.6.2009: Von: Karl Schien <[email protected]> Betreff: [HESSE] WG: Waldeck information An: [email protected] Datum: Montag, 15. Juni 2009, 12:16 That is the correct link! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck_(state) Regards Karl --- Karl Schien <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo, 15.6.2009: Von: Karl Schien <[email protected]> Betreff: [HESSE] Waldeck information An: [email protected] Datum: Montag, 15. Juni 2009, 12:05 Hallo, Here you will find some general information about Waldeck. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck_(state) Regards Karl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message