Bill, check out the LDS site. There are 3 films for Einbeck, and a couple for Münden in Hannover. If you'd like more info about how to find them, email me and I'll help you. Marilyn > > In a message dated 6/2/2005 1:00:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, > NIEDERSACHSEN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > Vital records are not and never have been kept at either the national, > state > or provincial level in Germany. In Germany, vital records are kept > strictly > at the local level. So before you can proceed, you are going to have to > do > additional research in the U.S. and find out exactly which city, town, or > village in Brunswick the Barnstorff family was from. > > > > Robert.. > > I know that my great-grandfather Louis Krohling/Kroehling came to the > United > States from Munden (now known as Hann-Munden) and my great grandmother > Johanna Christiana Doebeling was born in Einbeck, both of which, I > believe, are in > current Lower Saxony. Both were Lutheran. Can you suggest parishes that > I > might contact to obtain informationon their families? Thanks for any > help. > Bill > > > ==== 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 > >