Hello I am looking for those who are descended the family name Hashagen, or Köter. Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Crimmel" <taproots@scattercreek.com> To: <NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: [NIEDERSACHSEN] RE: Bremen Immagrants > > This is a very round about way of finding the German Village for your > ancestors, strange as it may seem, it worked for me and I thought I would > pass along the information. My family came out of Bremen into New York > City > in 1844, father, mother and 5 children. For lots of years I had no luck > finding their Village in Germany. I finally check in the 4 volume series > called German Immigrants from Bremen to New York 1847/1871. This series > does list the Villages that the immigrants came from. In one of the > series > a family with my same surname immigrated in 1852. They named the Village. > In the Church films from that Village, my family was listed, birth > records, > confirmation records and even a notation as to when they were leaving for > America. I am now 2 more generations back, with a lot more family names > to > research. > > As genealogist we find strange ways of finding our needed information. I > hope this might help someone else. > > Pat > > > > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE -- To answer messages from the MESSAGE BOARD you > must click on the link in the message. This will take > you to the MESSAGE BOARD and you can click POST REPLY > to answer. Your reply will be sent back to the list for > all to benefit. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >