----- Original Message ----- From: <CBDRCG@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 6:37 PM============================ > Source: HESSE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HESSE] Ortssippenbucher for Lohne > > > It is my understanding that there is an Ortsippenbucher (family lineages) for > the village of Lohne that has been published. Could anyone tell me anything > about it? I got a microfilm of the church records for the Kirsche > Evangelische in Lohne (1600s to 1800s) from the LDS and have found that about > 60% or more of the people mentioned in that villages church records are > directly related to me. I have spent many hours piecing together family > lineages, but I would love to get a copy of the published Ortsippenbucher if > it exists. I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to. Are these > books prohibitively expensive? > > It is my understanding that these books take the church records and have them > all neatly organized into family trees. I would love to get ahold of this > book for Lohne. > > My major lines are Sauer, Hildebrandt, Werner, Hamel, Kayser/Kaiser, > Steinmetz, Keym/Keim, Ritter, Pfennig, Kalde, and Jttor (at least that is > what the name looks like in church records). I would love to hear from anyon > e researching these lines from Lohne, Hesse. > Thanks! > Bobbie