Hi, Joyce. I don't have anything specific for you, but our families are from the same area. My 5G grandmother, Anna Catherine SCHUETTE (u-umlaut) was born at Sage, and my 4G grandparents, Anna Sophie VON WADEN and Johann STULKEN, were married in 1761 at Wiefelstede. And I have oodles of people from Grabstede and Gristede. Marilyn Joyceeileenkeil@aol.com wrote: > I hope that I am doing this right. > > My Menke family came from the northern part of Oldenburg. I believe there > are connections to Mansholt, Rastede and other locations in that area. > Great-grandfather, Johann Menke, was married in Wiefelstede to Marie Ahlers. The > Ahlers family had some connections to the area near Sage--am not sure of the time > frame for that. She had two siblings, Heinrich Ahlers, and a half-sister, > Anna. Anna was born in/near Sage according to her death certificate. > > Thank you. --Joyce Keil > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > Is there a website with all the answers? > http://go.to/hessen > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx