Kathy, Yes. The birth records that helped me were from the 1850s. Copies of these birth records are here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wegener/wegener_records/cvb/ See for example wcvb0022, which was from 1850 and gives my great-great-grandfather’s birthplace as “the Kingdom of Wurtemberg” [Württemberg] and his wife’s birthplace as “Hessen Cassel” [Hessen-Kassel]. Having a starting place like Württemberg or Hessen-Kassel can be useful, but for me it hasn’t worked yet in their cases. I have found all of my ancestors in what is today Germany, except for these two. I have a feeling you’ll have better luck. Norm --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Kathy Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: . . . > but the > last one you mentioned, that of finding CIVIL records of the > birth children in NOLA might be fruitful.  You > mentioned that "especially the earlier ones" might give the > area of Germany from which the immigrant came.  My Born > children were born in NOLA from 1855-1879.  Is this per > chance the time period that you were talking about as > "earlier"?

Norm, One of the birth records in your group has given me a clue about a relative puzzle on my g/grandfather's sister. His name was John Heier (Heuer, Hyer, and various other ways). Her name was Christina Hyer (later spelled Heier). In some records I have found an Ernestine Christina Heier (spelled variously) who I now believe is your E.C. Haerer. I know if I keep digging, we'll eventually find that 6th degree of separation applies to us (too bad Lena Gettle can't count). BTW, Lena and George Schweitzer did have a daughter name Louisa Georgiana [b. 23 Oct 1883] who married Jacob Brinkman between 1900 - 1910 and died at age 29 [10 Feb 1913]. I don't recall seeing her on your tree site. If you want or need another leaf on your family tree, here it is. Kathy, The birth record for my g/grandfather [John Heuer] was originally done in parish/city of Orleans on 17 May 1858 by his mother Mrs. Elizabetha Heuer, born Reber, aged thirty-three years a native of Leiman, L.C. Pirmasenz, Bavaria, father listed at Fredrick Heuer a native of Otternhausen, P.A., Neuenburg, Wurtemberg. She signed the document with her hand mark X before H. Gayer and Ch. George on behalf of Pierre Lacoste, the recorder of births and deaths. All that being said because the birth is old, the state archives had a record and produced the certified true/sealed copy for me 9 Aug 2001 by Beth Davis, archives research. So if you can find him/them in the birth indexes, the archives should be able to make you a copy or you might try with vital statistics in New Orleans. Hope you get the info. you are looking for. Cate ;-} PS How does one get to the special alphabet font set in this new version of hotmal? -----Original Message----- From: Norm Hellmers Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] My Great Grandfather was a Mason Kathy, Yes. The birth records that helped me were from the 1850s. Copies of these birth records are here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wegener/wegener_records/cvb/ See for example wcvb0022, which was from 1850 and gives my great-great-grandfather’s birthplace as “the Kingdom of Wurtemberg” [Württemberg] and his wife’s birthplace as “Hessen Cassel” [Hessen-Kassel]. Having a starting place like Württemberg or Hessen-Kassel can be useful, but for me it hasn’t worked yet in their cases. I have found all of my ancestors in what is today Germany, except for these two. I have a feeling you’ll have better luck. Norm --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Kathy Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: . . . > but the > last one you mentioned, that of finding CIVIL records of the > birth children in NOLA might be fruitful. You > mentioned that "especially the earlier ones" might give the > area of Germany from which the immigrant came. My Born > children were born in NOLA from 1855-1879. Is this per > chance the time period that you were talking about as > "earlier"? ------------------------------- 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

Cate, Regarding your paragraph on Louisa Georgiana Schweitzer, I do have her in my records and her marriage to Jacob Brinkmann. They were married 25 Apr 1906 at First English Lutheran Church in New Orleans. My sources show: Civil marriage record (index); 1831-1994; Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths, New Orleans Health Department; 25 Apr 1906, v 27, p 879; Microfilm FF652, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans LA. Note: Found at Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925: Jacob Brinkmann, 37, to Georgiana Schweitzer, 22, married 25 Apr 1906, v27, p879. Church marriage record; 1888-1907; First English Lutheran Church, New Orleans, LA; Book I, p 285, [no number]; First English Lutheran Church, Metairie, LA. [H-COM-0011] Note: The witnesses were E. Penot F. Genoles, Katie Schroeder, E. Brinkman, and Philip Forschler. The bride and groom have notations "N.O., La," presumably their birthplaces. If you want any of my additional records on Jacob Brinkmann, I would happy to send them to you. Norm --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Cate Schweitzer-Toepfer <[email protected]> wrote: . . . > BTW, Lena and George Schweitzer did have a daughter name > Louisa Georgiana > [b. 23 Oct 1883] who married Jacob Brinkman between 1900 - > 1910 and died at > age 29 [10 Feb 1913].  I don't recall seeing her on > your tree site. If you > want or need another leaf on your family tree, here it is. . . .