In April my daughter and I will be traveling in Germany. We plan to spend time in Kaiserlautern as that is the area (Winterbach and Pirmasens) where my BECKER and BLINN families are from. I understand the Institute for Palatine History and Folklife Studies is located in Kaiserlautern. Has anyone done research there, and if so, is it possible to research there if you can't speak German? While in Kaiserlautern or the surrounding area, we would like to stay at a guesthouse or pension rather than a hotel. Can anyone make a recommendation? I've tried on the internet but only find hotels listed. From this area we plan to drive north along the west side of the Rhine to Cologne. Any suggestions of a nice place to stay or recommendations anyone might have regarding sights to see along this site would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help. Graechen Becker Stewart Michigan, USA

Hi I am searching for my ancestor roots and would like to see if we still have family in Germany. Johann Heinrich Lambert was born 1 Feb 1736 in Otterberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Pfalz, Germany and was a Cartwright by trade. His father was Johann Nicholas Gergerd Lambert born 1705 and his mother was Maria Schuler 1702-1762. Johann Heinrich Lambert married Elizabetha Margaetha Daude, 6 Dec 1760 in Thaleischweiler, Germany, daughter of Johann Heinrich Daude/Daute (1715- ) and Anna Elizabetha Brandstetter (1718- ). Research conducted in Germany by Lambert descendents determined that the father of Johann Nicholas Gergard Lambert (1705-1752) of Otterberg, Pfalz, Germany was Johann Lambert, mother unknown. The parents of Maria Schuler (1702/1712- ) was Casimir Schuler and Maria Susanne Minton. Johann Heinrich and his family sailed on the Ship Chance to America and arrived 9 Sept. 1765 and traveled to New Amsterdam (New York) where they stayed for approximately 15 years. Also aboard the ship were Magdalena Daude's parents, Johann Heinrich Daude and Anna Elizabetha Brandstetter Daude, Christopher Kettering, Michael Kettering, and Johan Jacob Kettering. Many of the descendants of the Ketterings use the spelling Catron. The Lamberts and Ketterings would eventually settle in Wythe County, Virginia. Any information on the above listed families will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Edna M. Lambert Miller jessieandedna@home.com

Is it possible that the name Reppert could be descended from the name Ruprecht?

Hi Joe, My great grandfather's given name was Balthasar and this I only found on his baptismal record in the Pfalz. In all his other records (in the USA) he was named as Baltz, Baltzer, Balzer, Balcer, Bolzer. Old family members remember him as Bolzer and did not realize that his name was actually Balthasar. Janice Danks Joseph Schmitt wrote: > > Hi everyone, I may have an ancestor with this name. Searches have been > returning several variations of Balthazar so I'm wondering if Balzer or > Baltzer is a diminutive form of Balthazar. Also, would Balthe also be a > short form of that name? Thanks...Joe Schmitt > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > to unsubscribe

Thanks to all who answered my question on Quirnbach. Also thank you Hans for the correction on the Duchy of Zwiebrucken. Now I know the right location and the right history, it is appreciated. Connie (researching Heinrich Christman born 1706 in Quirnbach, Germany)

This is a list of my emigrant ancestors from Bosenbach and Eßweiler to Boston, MA and Dubuque, IA. I am interested in finding other descendants of these families. (Georg) Peter DICK and Maria (Katharina) MAURER married 12 December 1833 Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. Peter DICK was born 01 Sept.1806 in Bosenbach and died 11 March 1877 Bosenbach. Maria MAURER was born 09 March 1809 in Bosenbach and died 14 February 1880 also in Bosenbach. Two of their seven children immigrated to the United States. 1 - Jacob DICK Born 06 Nov. 1834 Bosenbach Married Margaretha Rueter 11 Nov. 1875 Dubuque, IA Died 01 January 1901 Dubuque, IA Immigrated about 1854 to New York, NY Jacob came to the US before his brother Daniel. He lived in New York, Cincinnati, OH then settled in Dubuque, IA where he died. He half owned a tavern with his nephew Jakob "Walter" DICK (known as Walter). Jacob "Walter" DICK moved to Dubuque and took over Uncle JWD's business, as uncle had no children. (Jakob's obituary (1901) said he had 2 sisters living in Germany, presumably Katherina and Philippina, as well as a brother in Boston. ) 2 - Daniel DICK Born 15 Dec. 1843 Bosenbach Married Philippina JUNG 10 February 1869 Eßweiler Died 18 March 1918 Boston, MA Immigrated to New York, NY March 1886 (according to his naturalization papers) Philippina JUNG was born 23 Feb 1843 Eßweiler Died 13 December 1902 Boston, MA. (All six of their children were born in Eßweiler and immigrated to the States. Son Jacob "Walter" was the only one of the kids to move outside the Boston area. Children: Karolina b. 28 August 1870, Jacob Walter b. 01 March 1872, Ida b. 16 January 1876, Wilhelmina b. 17 November 1878, Amelia b. 03 October 1884 and Clara b. 07 September 1887) Daniel was a good musician - he played the Coronet in Germany and belonged to a concert band. He was invited to play in the U. S. and came (without his family). He played in several towns and was a success. He went back to Germany and was again invited to the U. S. He wanted to move to U. S. but his wife didn't. He told her he was going with or without her so she decided to come after all. They had a farm in Germany and proceeded to sell their cattle, etc. They came to Roxbury, MA. Daniel worked as a gardener later in life when he lived with his daughter Ida. 3 - Philipp JUNG (brother of Philippina JUNG noted above) Born 19 May 1848 Eßweiler Married Helena Eldrucher Abt. 1873 Died 1902 Boston, MA Philipp immigrated sometime before 1882 and settled in Boston, MA. Philipp is listed as a piano tuner or organ tuner on the 1900 census and on his children's birth records. 4 - Karl SCHMITT Born 10 Sept. 1868 Bosenbach Married Ida DICK 27 June 1894 Boston, MA Died 31 January 1917 Boston, MA Karl Immigrated to New York in 1892 and settled in Boston, MA. Ida, (daughter of Daniel DICK above) was born 16 Jan. 1876 Eßweiler and died 05 March 1951 Dedham, MA Karl was the illegitimate son of Elisabetha SCHMITT. She was born 21 March 1846 in Bosenbach and died October 1870 in Bosenbach. Karl was also a musician like Daniel and most likely met his wife through his music in Bosenbach. He was a violin player and a chauffeur for the Kuch family in Roslindale, MA. Kind Regards, Nancy Atkinson Manchester, NH Great-granddaughter of Ida (DICK) SCHMITT

Hello fellow listers, I am having difficulty in translating part of the two records that I have come across in the Geinsheim and Venningen church records. My difficulty in seems to be in understanding the beginning of the marriage record of Johannes Adam and Anna Clara Pflug. My second problem seems to be with part of Catharina (Siring) Adam's death record. I am curious to find out what the word is below her name. The following is the address where the records are located: http://www.geocities.com/ceoltoiri/records.html Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Sarah Adams

I have been trying to reconnect to my cousin Monika Munch in Germany. She would be about 50. Her grandparents were Emilie Settelmeyer and Josef Zimmermann. Monika married an Erber. I would guess she might be living in the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen area, but I don't know. I have tried contacting as many of the Monika Munch and Monika Erber names in the German white pages, but I have had no luck. So if anyone out there knows this Monika, please contact me right away. Gerard Vandeberg PO Box 1524 Havre, MT 59501 Telephone: 406-265-1766

The year is 1706. Quirnbach Oberamt Lichtenberg Germany. Possibly added to that is The Duchy of Zweibrucken. Does anyone know where this was and if it exsists to day? Thanks for any help. Researching the name CHRISTMAN. Connie

Dear List, I found the following site to be an interesting place to learn about the Counts Palatine and the history of the Palatinate. The site is in German, but the navigation is straightforward and the content is full of contemporary images of the region and its aristocracy. http://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/rhein/pfalz/

--WebTV-Mail-24197-370 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Thanks to all who responded to my posting about Kaiserslautern..I have spent many hours on familysearch, money on death certs, had a researcher in SLC just to find name of Peter Lutz's first wife .$150---- The CD info was so far off.. The NYC Catholic Churches for the most part have closed or merged and have present day immigrants manning the requests for info.. Each requires a donation and then comes back not found...who wants to crawl around these dusty tomes in the basement..<g>. So, though I know they are out there somewhere...I keep trying. I found my Irish ancestors birthplace thru a sort of accidental nasty notation on an English 1871/81 census.... Many thanks again Florence Lutz NJ --WebTV-Mail-24197-370 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-102-6.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.43) by storefull-242.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by smtpin-102-6.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 456351D2; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:20:48 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: smada@webtv.net Received: from lima.epix.net (lima.epix.net [199.224.64.56]) by smtpin-102-6.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id C54CD1A1 for <smada@webtv.net>; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:20:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from epix.net (lwby-85ppp215.epix.net [199.224.85.215]) by lima.epix.net (8.10.1/8.10.1/2000080901/PL) with ESMTP id f0CLEFY10887 for <smada@webtv.net>; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:14:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3A5F5F2A.5255B3F8@epix.net> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:46:50 -0500 From: Art & Kay Harple Staub <akstaub@epix.net> Reply-To: akstaub@epix.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: smada@webtv.net Subject: Kaiserlautern Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Florence, There probably is such a place, but I'm sure the records would still be according to the village. The central place would just be a repository. Have you sent for her naturalization papers. Or if she was a child upon emigrating perhaps you should check for her father's papers. Have you thoroughly checked the church records in this country? Or the federal census. Or perhaps someone or another family that traveled with them. It took me 20 years to find my ancestral village in Germany. Have you put a query on the list? Good hunting, Kay -- Genealogy without documentation is mythology! --WebTV-Mail-24197-370--

Your posting mentioned Kaiserslautern. This is the only town I have been able to pull out of 2 very old gentlemen who may be my 3rd or 4th cousin... I phoned them and all they knew was that when they were kids their mother would go back to Germany to visit. Their mother ,born 1872, lived to almost 100 yrs. So even if I did not find the exact town she was born in, assuming they were right....is there any central place where Catholic records for this area might be stored....The names I am search for are sooo common-----Lutz, Muller, And Bosch... Hopefully, Florence Lutz

Does anyone have a ship list including the names: Valentin, Catharina, Peter and Georg Rheinschild? They traveled to America sometime in 1847, arriving in Lawrence Co., OH, on the Ohio River. Thank you, Sharon

On the road between Gimmeldingen and Kaiserslautern there are the ruins of a cloister. It is evidently visited by many people. Our son stopped there, took pictures but could not find the name. Can anyone help with the name and perhaps a brief history? Kay in PA -- Genealogy without documentation is mythology!

I have a reference from a 1650 Strassburg Neue Kirche baptismal record. It lists one of the baptismal sponsors as "Comes Palatinus Cesar: Med. D. & Pf." I am assuming that the sponsor was a pastor and medical doctor to the count, but I want to get the local church records to conform and obtain additional information. Does anyone know how I can find the "residence" of the Count Palatinate for 1650? I've checked various websites and my own library - and I'm still not certain of the location. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Kathleen Schilling kschilli@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi Dixie, I don't purpose to be an expert on research in Germany. What the book is telling you is that the ship, loaded with people from the Palatinate (an area in Germany) and Zweibruchen (a city in the Palaniate),left from Rotterdam (a portin Holland) and stopped at Deal(a port in England) before sailing to America. It really doesn't tell you what village your ancestor was from. Yes, I believe you are on the correct list. Good hunting, Kay -- Genealogy without documentation is mythology! -- Genealogy without documentation is mythology!

Guten Abend Forscht in dieser Newsgroup jemand im Raum Luxemburg? Ich habe nämlich aus den USA die Info erhalten, dass ein Ostien aus Luxemburg nach Amerika ausgewandert ist. Hier die vorliegenden Daten: Peter Ostien, *1899 oder 1900, aus Moersdorf Luxemburg, Einwanderung in die USA 1920. Z.Zt gibt es aber in meinen Unterlagen keinen Hinweis in diese Richtung. Ausserdem weiß ich nicht, ob der angegebene Ort MOERSDORF in Luxemburg existiert. Würde mich über eine Info freuen. Michael Ostien

Thanks to all who responded about my Jerome Elaine

Judy, Use ShtetlSeeker (http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm) and enter the lat/long of a landmark in the area of interest to give a clue to the proximity of the villages. (I usually use Stuttgart - 48 46 09 11, because most of my research is in Würtemberg.) The Frankenthal in the Pfals region is most likely the one at 49 32 08 21, about 6 miles WNW of Mannheim - 49 29 08 28. >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:10:52 -0200 >From: "Fred Brauns" <fjbgator@worldnet.att.net> >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PFALZ] Frankenthal > >If the town of Frankenthal, Pfalz, Bavaria is listed as a place of marriage >in the1872 church records for my gg grandparents, which town would it be? >There are several listed on mapquest.com and I'm not sure which Frankenthal >I'm looking for. > >Thanks. > >Judy in NC -- mailto:fhheld@netzero.net Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary

Hallo/Hello Einige Namen sind bei zu denen, die ich in Frankenthal erforsche, hinzugekommen : New names recearched in Frankenthal : (alle/all niederdeutsch-reformiert) VAN DER BURG VAN HOVE ANGILLIS BROECKHOF SCHMITZ/ DE SMITS Hat jemand zufälligerweise ein Exemplar des Buches von A. v.d. Velden Does someone on this list have a copy of the book by A. v.d. Velden "Registres de l´Eglise Néerlandaise de Frankenthal au Palatinat 1565-1689)" ? Regards, Ingolf Vogel