LeeAnn, I ran into the same problem with the LDS Schwagstorf records; they don't cover the right time period. Also, be aware that there are two Schwagstorf villages. The following relates to the Schwagstorf that is now part of Furstenau. I think the other Schwagstorf is associated with Cappeln. (Sorry, going from memory on this.) Last year I contacted the Niedersachsen genealogy society (I think) and they provided the following contact. I have not yet written Mr. Schuckmann. He is a retired school teacher and reads and writes English. "our member, Mr. Schuckmann, has made a local lineage book (Ortssippenbuch) of Schwagstorf. Unfortunately he hasn't an email address. His postal address is:" Herbert Schuckmann Eschstraße 19 49635 Badbergen Germany I hope this helps. Becky --- miriam <mcnabbuc@netzero.net> wrote: > Hello everyone. It's been a while since I posted. > I just found a new clue, and just two months before > I promised the family history would be finished. > So, I'm freaking out a bit. First, I didn't see a > list for Hanover listed at Rootsweb, is this one > correct? Johann Borges, born about 1804 or 1806 in > Hanover was the person I was researching. I hadn't > been able to find out where in Hanover he was born. > I recently found an entry in the Kentucky state > history that was about Joseph Hartke. It stated his > mother was Elizabeth Borges. They lived within two > blocks of my Borges'. I decided to take the chance > of researching this family on Rootsweb.com and found > an entry for the family, with Elizabeth Borges place > of birth listed (Schwagstorf, Hanover). I was > ecstatic! I wanted to order the microfilmed > records from the town, but on the LDS website, the > microfilm doesn't begin until 1808 :(. I have never > done research in Hanover before (mostly > Nordrhein-Westfalen and Rhei! > n-Pfalz), so if anyone could give me any tips on > obtaining church records or the best places to do > research in Hanover, I would appreciate it. > > LeeAnn McNabb > Cincinnati, Ohio, USA > > Danke fur deine Hilfe > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: > mailto:NIEDERSACHSEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to: > NIEDERSACHSEN-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the > word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > > ============================== > 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 > >