Hello subscribers, I don't have as much time to spend on genealogy and the mailing lists as I used to, so I haven't yet had an opportunity to ask if any of the subscribers would be interested in having another mailing list hosted by groups.io, which is what most of the current Rootsweb mailing lists are switching to. Please reply if you are interested in having another Lutheran-Roots mailing list hosted by groups.io. As I'm not a Lutheran myself, if there is a subscriber who is Lutheran, and would like to be the admin of a new list, just say the word. -- Thank you,      Mary D. Taffet      Rootsweb List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS

Hello subscribers, You may be aware that some time ago, most of Rootsweb was taken offline so that the software, and perhaps the hardware, running the various resources could be upgraded.  The mailing lists have been back for a while now, under new mailing list software. For this new system, you will have to re-register in order to send a message to the mailing list, unless you have already done so since March.  Instructions for re-registering can be found here: <http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/listsHelp> The old mailing list archives will be restored at some point, but once there are new messages to archive, the new mailing list archive will be created and functional. I invite all mailing list subscribers to post their research interests regarding Lutheran ancestors, Lutheran churches, Lutheran church records, and other topics of genealogical interest related to Lutherans. -- Mary D. Taffet    List admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS mailing list

Hello all, First the link to the article: <http://fox43.com/2017/09/13/plans-to-relocate-abandoned-york-cemetery-begins-with-search-for-descendants/> It appears that the Zion Lutheran Church in York, PA has a cemetery that is now abandoned.  The city plans to move the cemetery a short distance away, but first they need to identify descendants of those buried there. I don't know that anybody who is on this list has any knowledge of or records for this cemetery, but I figured it was worth passing this along. -- Mary D. Taffet      List Admin for Lutheran-Roots

Folks, That last message sent is spam and most likely points to a malicious website; please do NOT click on the link. The subscriber whose account has been hacked is now on moderation so no future such emails will get to this list. -- Mary On 6/9/2016 5:05 PM, rgkberkebile via wrote: > Hi, > Some of my friends think that's really interesting, check it out [SNIP]

Hello subscribers, Dick Eastman has published a blog article about the completion of a database containing pastoral records of Rev. Frederick W. Geissenhainer Jr. who served in the 1800's in New York City. Here's a link to Dick's post, which describes the database and provides a pointer: <http://blog.eogn.com/2015/12/21/geissenhainer-pastoral-records-database-completed/> If anybody would like to provide more information about Rev. Geissenhainer or the churches he presided over, by all means, please do. Wishing everyone who celebrates a very Merry Christmas. -- Mary D. Taffet List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS

Mary and all. I think I have found a very good possibility. I do hope the person who inquired keeps the Bible longer. It doesn't matter if she moved to Arkansas, I assume her mother and the various people's from whom her mother received items were St. Louis folks. The publisher is the Missouri Lutheran one in St. Louis - very long in existence. I assume Georg was a member with his family. There are several very early founded MLS churches so that makes a search around time consuming. However, if this is the right person I think it would be fairly easy to find descendants. Gloria Ishida

In addition to what I previously posted, it would be good to know the German inscription. For example, if this were a confirmation gift, the approximate date of his birth could be noted. also the publishing house would be Concordia and it remains as one for Missouri Synod. Gloria Bauer Ishida On May 23, 2015, at 4:00 PM, lutheran-roots-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. Louis > (Mary D. Taffet) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 21:44:12 -0400 > From: "Mary D. Taffet" <mdtaffet@twcny.rr.com> > Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. > Louis > To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L <LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <555FDB6C.7020100@twcny.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hello subscribers, > > This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German > Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the > name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a > handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it > or him. > > Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? > > -- Mary D. Taffet > List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LUTHERAN-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > LUTHERAN-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LUTHERAN-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LUTHERAN-ROOTS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 > ********************************************* Gloria "Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own." Ambrose Bierce

Mary, I think it would be easier to find him, if we know more about who was asking (residence) from whom she was inheriting the Bible. The information doesn't mean more that Georg was Lutheran and was alive in 1906. While not a professional genealogist I am a very experienced one. I would try to help if I knew a bit more. Gloria Bauer ishida On May 23, 2015, at 4:00 PM, lutheran-roots-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. Louis > (Mary D. Taffet) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 21:44:12 -0400 > From: "Mary D. Taffet" <mdtaffet@twcny.rr.com> > Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. > Louis > To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L <LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <555FDB6C.7020100@twcny.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hello subscribers, > > This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German > Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the > name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a > handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it > or him. > > Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? > > -- Mary D. Taffet > List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the LUTHERAN-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > LUTHERAN-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the LUTHERAN-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of LUTHERAN-ROOTS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 > ********************************************* Gloria "Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own." Ambrose Bierce

Gloria, I have already requested such information from the person who wrote to me, but have no further information at this time. I didn't think to ask what was on the handwritten note, or if there was anything beyond a name inscribed in the front. I did ask her if there were any other names written anywhere. While I haven't done so yet, I also intend to ask her what the date of publication of the bible is. From the note written to me, this person probably inherited the bible from her mother. Her mother had previously "inherited partial estates from several ladies in St. Louis. None of these ladies had children". So my assumption is the the bible came into her mother's possession as part of one of these "partial estates". I have asked her for more information about these ladies, but haven't heard back from her yet. -- Mary P.S. For those of you replying to the digest, please change the subject line and edit out the extra content that isn't part of the message. On 5/23/2015 5:44 AM, gloria ishida via wrote: > Mary, I think it would be easier to find him, if we know more about who was asking (residence) from whom she was inheriting the Bible. The information doesn't mean more that Georg was Lutheran and was alive in 1906. > > While not a professional genealogist I am a very experienced one. I would try to help if I knew a bit more. > > Gloria Bauer ishida > > On May 23, 2015, at 4:00 PM, lutheran-roots-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> >> >> From: "Mary D. Taffet" <mdtaffet@twcny.rr.com> >> Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. >> Louis >> To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L <LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> >> >> Hello subscribers, >> >> This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German >> Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the >> name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a >> handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it >> or him. >> >> Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? >> >> -- Mary D. Taffet >> List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS

Bob, The person who inherited the bible wants to give it to either descendants or at least family members. If none can be identified, I can suggest to her about providing it to an appropriate museum, assuming one can be identified. The person who wrote me used to live in St. Louis but lives elsewhere now -- Arkansas if I recall correctly. -- Mary On 5/23/2015 5:19 AM, R. Lipprandt wrote: > Wow.... depending upon how many are on the market, maybe this Bible > should be placed in a museum somewhere in the St. Louis area. > > Bob Lipprandt > > > > Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. Louis > > Hello subscribers, > > This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German > Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the > name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a > handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it > or him. > > Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? > > -- Mary D. Taffet > List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS >

You might go on Ancestry & find out if anyone is researching that surname. In fact, I think I'll do that myself and get back to you! I've always wanted to find something owned by my German ancestors (Bameister, Frerking, Biltz, von Wurmb)! -----Original Message----- From: lutheran-roots-request <lutheran-roots-request@rootsweb.com> To: lutheran-roots <lutheran-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, May 23, 2015 2:00 am Subject: LUTHERAN-ROOTS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 Today's Topics: 1. German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. Louis (Mary D. Taffet) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 21:44:12 -0400 From: "Mary D. Taffet" <mdtaffet@twcny.rr.com> Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. Louis To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS-L <LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <555FDB6C.7020100@twcny.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hello subscribers, This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it or him. Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? -- Mary D. Taffet List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS ------------------------------ To contact the LUTHERAN-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the LUTHERAN-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of LUTHERAN-ROOTS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1 *********************************************

Wow.... depending upon how many are on the market, maybe this Bible should be placed in a museum somewhere in the St. Louis area. Bob Lipprandt Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] German Lutheran Bible, Georg Heidemann & St. Louis Hello subscribers, This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it or him. Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? -- Mary D. Taffet List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello subscribers, This evening I was contacted by someone who has inherited a German Lutheran Bible which was printed in St. Louis, Missouri. It has the name "Georg Heidemann" inscribed on the front, and contains a handwritten note dated 1906. At this time, that's all I know about it or him. Does this Georg sound familiar to anybody? -- Mary D. Taffet List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bccote1931 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.religious.lutheran.lutheran-roots/31.83.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi my family is descended from this man. I would like to compare notes and possibly exchange info. Thank you. Jennifer & (Carole) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

Opened the first of Nancy Abbott - she has been hacked if she is the real person! Left the second as is. Gloria I "Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own." Ambrose Bierce

Gloria, As I just responded to you privately, yes, that email account has obviously been hacked. The address has been placed on moderation so no further spam/scam messages will be coming to the list, and the 2 messages that did get to the list have already been removed from the mailing list archives. Because it is not possible to stop those messages before they get to the list the first time, people need to be vigilant about such messages. Don't ever click on the links in messages that contain only one line of text plus a link; those are almost always links leading to malicious websites that can compromise the account and/or computer of the person clicking on the link. -- Mary D. Taffet List Admin for LUTHERAN-ROOTS On 8/16/2014 3:27 AM, gloria ishida via wrote: > Opened the first of Nancy Abbott - she has been hacked if she is the real person! > Left the second as is. > > > > Gloria I >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gfbishida Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.religious.lutheran.lutheran-roots/124.3.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Diane, You might try this as a hint. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ILMACOUP/2012-08/1343834205 Gloria Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianeYavor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.religious.lutheran.lutheran-roots/124.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Bobbi i am looking for adoption/foster records for the bethesda foundling home circa 1913. Do you know where these records are archived? Any help is appreciated best diane Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I see that others have chimed in already, but to get a quick look at the history of the schools, see http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=l&word=LUTHERANCHURCH-MISSOURISYNOD.THE Go to V.6. (down the page) and you will see the information on Addison. As for the graduates of Addison, you can check with Concordia University Chicago Registrar. To contact the Office of the Registrar, call (708) 209-3165. Mark J. Bliese IT & Research Concordia Historical Institute 804 Seminary Place Saint Louis, MO 63105 Ph: 314-505-7907 Fax: 314-505-7901 mbliese@lutheranhistory.org http://www.lutheranhistory.org -----Original Message----- From: lutheran-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lutheran-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Bockhaus Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 6:24 PM To: LUTHERAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [LUTH-ROOTS] Graduates of Teachers College at Addison Does anyone know where to look up graduates of the German Lutheran Teachers College in Addison? I am trying to see if my grandfather graduated from there in the late 19th Century. His name was Juergen Heinrich Friedrich Backhaus, although he might simply have gone by Henry Backhaus or Henry Bockhaus and he would have graduated between the years of 1882 and 1888. I know he was teaching in Lutheran schools by 1889. The schools he taught in were urban Lutheran schools and so I think they would have required some formal training although it is possible he went to school in Germany. He was born in 1864 and emigrated in 1882 so it is more likely that he would have finished after 1885. I would appreciate any help you can give me in finding these records. Mary Bockhaus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUTHERAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, originates from Concordia Historical Institute of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It contains information which may be confidential or privileged, and is therefore restricted to and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, copying or printing of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. This e-mail is the sole property of Concordia Historical Institute and may not be distributed by any means without this disclaimer. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and delete the message from your computer and network systems. Please accept our thanks, in advance.

Thanks for correcting me. Becky On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Mary Bockhaus <mary.bockhaus@att.net>wrote: > Sorry to leave that out but yes it is in Dupage County Illinois, later it > moved to River Forest Illinois Mary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LUTHERAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Becky