> > >I have recently found a record of the marriage of John (Johannes) Fauth, >an immigrant from Bavaria, to Margareta (Margaret) Kuhnle, >who was from the Stuttgart area of Germany. They were >married, according to a family Bible, on 3 March 1858 in >Attica, Wyoming County, New York. >Where do I go for either a civil or church record of the marriage? >Or do both civil and church records exist? >(They were German Methodists in their later home in Texas.) >According to his obituary, he immigrated to New York State >in 1852, served a two year apprenticeship in Buffalo in a >carriage and wagon makers' shop, and met his future wife >in New York State during that time. He migrated to Texas in 1854, >where he built up a business and built them a home, and >then came back to New York to marry her. >Are there any formal or informal records of apprenticeships >in Buffalo or in this area which still exist? >Are there any societies of German immigrants which might >have records from that era? >Where would I look for any declaration that he intended to >take up U. S.? (There is no record of a declaration >of intent in Gonzales, and so he may have declared his >intent and taken out the citizenship papers in New York State. He >was later on the City Council in Gonzales, TX, so he obviously >was able to vote.) >Are there any lists of inhabitants of towns or the area, (as they >did not live in New York State in either 1850 or 1860 to judge >from the obituary and other family history) which might help >locate one or the other? >If I wished to look for them in local papers, in either English >or in German, where would I look for the 1850-1858 period in >Attica or in the surrounding area? Are they available on >microfilm, and from which repository? Are they indexed? > >Thanks in advance for any guidance you might be able to >give me as I begin looking for them in New York State.