This is the 1st time I've posted to you- I hope it works. I am interested in any information on family name Wacker from Tarmstadt. --- NIEDERSACHSEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > NIEDERSACHSEN-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 28 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [<nieder>] Researching the sur ["Don > Watson" <dwats@cox.net>] > #2 A Testimonial to Don Watson ["Don > Watson" <dwats@cox.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NIEDERSACHSEN-D, send a message > to > > NIEDERSACHSEN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software requires one, just use > unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > ______________________________> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:16:05 -0600 > From: "Don Watson" <dwats@cox.net> > To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [<nieder>] Researching the surnames > HAASE, BEHNKE, HINTZ - NEED SOME HELP, > HERE.......... > > That's a great post, Warren .. now, my cup runneth > over today .. who can > help Warren with this? Car 54, where are you? > > :-) > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jan wgh" <janwgh@localnet.com> > > Gr��e/Greetings: > > Ich suche den Familien nachnamen Haase und Behnke > vom Bereich des > Thorn/Bromberg, Westpreu�en, 1860-1890, oder im > Bereich Holtzminden/Bad > Driberg. > > I am searching for the surnames Haase and Behnke > from the area of Thorn and > Bromberg, West Prussia, in the period 1860 to 1890, > or in the the area of > Holtzminden/Bad Driberg > > ______________________________> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:09:30 -0600 > From: "Don Watson" <dwats@cox.net> > To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: A Testimonial to Don Watson > > A Testimonial to Don > > Thank You Don Watson !!! > > March 21, 2005 > > I would like to offer this testimonial along with my > sincere thanks to Don > Watson for his very timely help and encouragement in > locating archival > records for my German ancestors. > > When I first contacted Don thru his Hessen website, > I had determined the > birthplace location and date of birth for my > grandfather, Ludwig Reinhard, > from his death certificate. Don graciously helped me > with answers to many > questions about archival record search, and helped > me with letters of > inquiry, in German, to the Kassel Evangelische > Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck > Landeskirchliches Archiv and to the Niedenstein > Stadtverwaltung (Kassel > Evangelical Church Archives for Kurhessen-Waldeck, > and City of Niedenstein > Municipal Administration). Don also made a telephone > call to the Niedenstein > Stadtverwaltung on my behalf, and even offered to > travel to the > Niedenstein/Wichdorf/Fritzlar areas to research my > family during his trip to > Germany in 2004. Because I neither read nor spoke > German, this kind help and > encouragement from Don certainly buoyed up my > spirits and hopes for some > progress in my longstanding quest for ancestor > information. > > Fortunately, just before Don's Germany trip, I > received email notification > from the Kassel Evangelische Kirche that they had > located 52 pages of > archive records for my ancestors that spanned four > generations and included > many towns just south of Kassel! Don translated this > response and helped me > obtain the archival records. > > In the Niedenstein/Wichdorf area, with help from a > local hotel owner, I > located a living relative (a second cousin). He gave > me many precious family > documents and photos, and showed me the house where > my grandfather was > raised, and also my great-grandparent's gravesite > locations in the local > cemetery! > > I am so grateful to Don for helping to get this all > started. Without his > help and encouragement at critical times, it > wouldn't have happened. > > After having seen this beautiful area and meeting > the nice people there, I > am very proud to say that I have German ancestors > from Hessen. "Awe" is > exactly the right word. Awesome! To stand in my > ancestors footsteps was > truly "closure" for me. I loved all that I saw about > Hessen. This experience > has also encouraged me to start learning the German > language. > > Again, my deepest gratitude to you, Don, > > Dr. Kenneth L. Reinhard > Coolin, Idaho > Email: KnRnhrd@aol.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

The location is 27412 Tarmstedt. The Wackers still live there. I can help you with your research, which should be fairly straight-forward. :-) Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda spencer-green" <lspencergreen@yahoo.com> To: <NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com> This is the 1st time I've posted to you- I hope it works. I am interested in any information on family name Wacker from Tarmstadt.