----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Stewart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [ILCLINTON] Hermeling immigrants from Minden > Sorry, this was sent to the wrong address. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Steffen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:31 PM > Subject: [ILCLINTON] Hermeling immigrants from Minden > > > > There are three Hermeling immigrants listed in the book _Vivat Amerika: > > Auswanderung aus dem Kreis Minden (1816-1933)_ by Gottlieb > > Riechmann. These would be strictly immigrants from the district of Minden > > in northern Germany, and then only ones for whom some form of > documentation > > has survived. The three listed are: > > > > Hermeling, Christian Hermann Ferdinand (of) Hahlen; (immigrated) before > > 1858; (presumably to) America. > > > > Hermeling, Diedrich Wilhelm (of) Hahlen; (born) 20.12.1827; (immigrated) > > 1846; America. > > > > Hermeling, Johann Heinrich Christian (of) Hahlen; (born) 28.2.1846; > > (immigrated) 1854. (no destination indicated). > > > > Hahlen was a small village just west of Minden (now part of Minden)--my > > Steffen ancestors came from there. I also have some books compiled from > > the churchbooks of the village listing families through about 1875. If > any > > of the above sound promising, please contact me and I'll see what > > additional information I can find. (There are two pages of Hermelings > > listed in these books.) > > > > The surviving immigration records are rather spotty--often only males of > > military age are listed, females often didn't apply for permission to > > immigrate, sometimes one family member is listed when, in fact, the entire > > family immigrated. When looking for immigrants from this area, full > names, > > birthdates, etc. become very important, as names were very similar--for > > instance, I checked the family of the last immigrant listed above since he > > likely immigrated with his family due to his age. I found at least three > > other Johann Heinrich Christian Hermelings before finding the right one > (he > > was, as it turned out, the only surviving son in his family, along with > > five sisters). > > > > Again, contact me if I can be of help. > > > > Dan Steffen > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > > >