I have found this in Church Registers in the US. One of the later Priests did his best to fill in the missing records, but missed some of my family, especially the burials I needed. anitagriffith@canada.com wrote:Hi - in my research, I've found 2 separate parish registers that are missing confirmations completely for the years about 1684-1699. There is an entry at the top of the page for 1684 and the next entry on the page is 1699. The villages are Niedergem�nden and Burg-gem�nden. Can anyone suggest a reason? There are ministers in the village at this time and all other services are performed. Thanks, Anita ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== Don't overlook the Hesse mailing list taglines at the bottom of each list E-Mail you receive. Valuable infor- mation is presented there! In US, Palentine, and Alsace-Lorriane: Hergenroether/Harkenrider, Holzinger, Kinder, Crum, Geeting/Guthing, Sonner/Sanner, Eberly, Ambrose, Mattias/Matthews In US: Eddingfield, Byrd, , Besser, Correll/Gorell, Douglass, Vail, Cartwright, McCorkle, Bevins, Ruddle, Cailey, Rodeheffer --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!

Hi, First, they may have been recorded in a separate book. Next, they may have been removed from the book. Also, I'd like to know where and how you found these books? That might be a clue? Carol Elk Grove, CA -----Original Message----- From: Elena Vaccaro [mailto:earthandicecousins@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:28 PM To: HESSE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HESSE] confirmations circa 1684-1699 I have found this in Church Registers in the US. One of the later Priests did his best to fill in the missing records, but missed some of my family, especially the burials I needed. anitagriffith@canada.com wrote:Hi - in my research, I've found 2 separate parish registers that are missing confirmations completely for the years about 1684-1699. There is an entry at the top of the page for 1684 and the next entry on the page is 1699. The villages are Niedergemünden and Burg-gemünden. Can anyone suggest a reason? There are ministers in the village at this time and all other services are performed. Thanks, Anita ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== Don't overlook the Hesse mailing list taglines at the bottom of each list E-Mail you receive. Valuable infor- mation is presented there! In US, Palentine, and Alsace-Lorriane: Hergenroether/Harkenrider, Holzinger, Kinder, Crum, Geeting/Guthing, Sonner/Sanner, Eberly, Ambrose, Mattias/Matthews In US: Eddingfield, Byrd, , Besser, Correll/Gorell, Douglass, Vail, Cartwright, McCorkle, Bevins, Ruddle, Cailey, Rodeheffer - ------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! ______________________________

I found the records microfilmed in the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne Indiana, the same county my ancestors settled in in 1853. The Library has the entire collection of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese from the first Catholic records in French up to 1930 or so to protect the privacy of living people. Incidently, I happen to live in Fort Wayne. I have had the help of a professional researcher experienced with Catholic Records on suggestions where to look in othe parishes, found the marriage in another parish because their local parish was not established when the couple were married, and have looked at every other parish in existence when the children were born. I have all but two. The only other thing I can think of is one of the itenerant Priest's books were not in the collection, or the baptisms were not recorded by the resident priest as should have been. Carol Byers <cabyers@frontiernet.net> wrote: Hi, First, they may have been recorded in a separate book. Next, they may have been removed from the book. Also, I'd like to know where and how you found these books? That might be a clue? Carol Elk Grove, CA -----Original Message----- From: Elena Vaccaro [mailto:earthandicecousins@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:28 PM To: HESSE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HESSE] confirmations circa 1684-1699 I have found this in Church Registers in the US. One of the later Priests did his best to fill in the missing records, but missed some of my family, especially the burials I needed. anitagriffith@canada.com wrote:Hi - in my research, I've found 2 separate parish registers that are missing confirmations completely for the years about 1684-1699. There is an entry at the top of the page for 1684 and the next entry on the page is 1699. The villages are Niedergem�nden and Burg-gem�nden. Can anyone suggest a reason? There are ministers in the village at this time and all other services are performed. Thanks, Anita ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== Don't overlook the Hesse mailing list taglines at the bottom of each list E-Mail you receive. Valuable infor- mation is presented there! In US, Palentine, and Alsace-Lorriane: Hergenroether/Harkenrider, Holzinger, Kinder, Crum, Geeting/Guthing, Sonner/Sanner, Eberly, Ambrose, Mattias/Matthews In US: Eddingfield, Byrd, , Besser, Correll/Gorell, Douglass, Vail, Cartwright, McCorkle, Bevins, Ruddle, Cailey, Rodeheffer - ------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! ______________________________ In US, Palentine, and Alsace-Lorriane: Hergenroether/Harkenrider, Holzinger, Kinder, Crum, Geeting/Guthing, Sonner/Sanner, Eberly, Ambrose, Mattias/Matthews In US: Eddingfield, Byrd, , Besser, Correll/Gorell, Douglass, Vail, Cartwright, McCorkle, Bevins, Ruddle, Cailey, Rodeheffer --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!