This was just sent to another county website, but the information looked like something people in Adams County website would be interested in also. Lois --- Dawn Biegert <dbiegert@attbi.com> wrote: > From: "Dawn Biegert" <dbiegert@attbi.com> > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:20:53 -0500 > Subject: [Hamilt'n] Emslanders and "Auswanderungen und > Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Kreise Lingen nach > Nordamericka" > To: OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com > > Good Morning, > > I just found this wonderful site that gives an index of > the names listed in > the book, "Auswanderungen und Auswanderer aus dem > ehemaligen Kreise Lingen > nach Nordamericka", published 1998 by Heimatverein Lingen > (Ems), Lingen; > Walter Tenfelde, author. This site is courtesy of Nancy > Moss. > > Emigration and Emigrants from the Former County Lingen to > North America > (AKA "The Tenfelde Book) > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/tenfelde/index.htm > > > >From > "http://www.emslanders.com/sources.htm#Emsland%20Chruch": > > "Walter Tenfelde's book listing emigrants from the former > district of > Lingen: > > Auswanderungen und Auswanderer aus dem ehemaligen Kreise > Lingen nach > Nordamerika, publ: Heimatverein Lingen (Ems), Lingen > 1998, ISBN: > 3-9800064-6-8 > This book has been a tremendous resource in putting > together this website > because the former Kreise Lingen covered more than a > third of present-day > Emsland. The book made possible the identification of > many Emslanders in MO > and IL who may have gone unnoticed without it. > > The St. Louis County Library Headquarters on Lindbergh > has a copy of the > book (R 973.04359 T292A) but anyone interested in > purchasing a copy could > try The German Book Shop, an online bookstore in Koeln, > Germany > (http://german-book.com.) They have been able to get the > book in the past. > If anyone knows of a bookseller in the U.S. handling this > book, please let > me know (bsalibi@emslanders.com.) Nancy Moss in Clinton > County has created a > helpful on-line index for this book (on the Clinton > County GenWeb page.)" > > > NOTE: I JUST E-MAILED THE GERMAN BOOKSTORE MENTIONED > ABOVE AND ASKED THEM > IF THEY COULD GET THE BOOK. I DID AN ON-LINE SEARCH AND > DID NOT FIND IT > AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT. IF THEY CAN TELL ME WHERE WE > MIGHT PURCHASE THE > BOOK, I WILL FORWARD THEIR RESPONSE TO THE LIST. > > Dawn from Minnesota > > > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible > Use <---------- > When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For > general text? NO! > It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find > surnames. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com