Thank you, to all the people who helped me find the correct spelling so I can find the right place. Marianne

Hi Marianne, I am not from Pfalz, but here is the answer: There is no Mungolsheim in Germany, but Mingolsheim as a Part of Bad Schönborn. 76669 Bad Schönborn = MINGOLSHEIM near Wiesloch and Bruchsal. Gruesse aus Kiel Andreas > I cannot locate Mungolsheim. I have tried "geo@geneology" also LDS and > had no luck. My ggggrandfather was born there, he was married in > Maikammer so it has to be close by. Maybe I misspell the name? I hope > you folks from the Pfalz can help me out. > Thanks, Marianne

I cannot locate Mungolsheim. I have tried "geo@geneology" also LDS and had no luck. My ggggrandfather was born there, he was married in Maikammer so it has to be close by. Maybe I misspell the name? I hope you folks from the Pfalz can help me out. Thanks, Marianne

Hello List, I am new to this list and hope some kind soul will be willing to help me because I have very little information to proceed with. With that said, here is what I do know. My father John HUTCHESON was in the US Army in Baumholder between 1956 and 1959. He was in Headquarters Battery 56th Field Artillery, a part of the 8th Infantry Division. During that time he was in what appears to be a long-term serious relationship with a woman named Olga, I do not know her last name. I recently received, upon my grandmothers death, many pictures and letters written to her by my father and Olga while he was stationed in Germany. These letters and other information lead me to believe there was a male child born to them at some point during this time. They did not marry and Olga did not come to the US that I know of. I know this is a long shot but it is worth a try. If I do have a brother or sister there I would love to find him or her. I am also interested in finding out if Olga is still alive. I would love to contact her as she may have information about my father. Here is hoping!!! Debbie Brown (Hutcheson) Plymouth, Michigan USA _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Hello Sarah, Firmlinge is the term given to a group of candidates for confirmation Seelenbuch or Seelenregister is a register of parishoners (Seele = soul). I hope this helps. Manfred. > Subject: [PFALZ] seelenbuch > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:34:26 -0500 > From: "Sarah J. Adams" <ladyaedin@prodigy.net> > To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello Listers, > > I recently made a few interesting connections and have finally found the home parish for the Catholics in Altdorf. I am was observing the listing on the FHC library catalogue and I am confused by a couple of terms that appear in the listings for each individual films. My german dictionary does not give a really clear definition of the following words. > > I cannot find a meaning for firmlinge? > > The listing also states a census for this area also so I am very interested in seeing this roll. > > The other term is Seelenbuch. From what I can ascertain from my dictionary is that it refers to the book of greatness. Any insights would be appreciated. > > Thank you for any help. > > Sarah Adams

Ich suche Informationen zu der Familie Hofmeister mindestens seit 1803 in Worms am Rhein wohnhaft. Das aelteste Dokument, dass ich habe, die Geburtsurkunde von Jakob Hofmeister (1803)zeigt ihn als Sohn von Joh. Peter Hofmeister und Helene Katharina geborene Bamberger an. Die Zeugen dazu waren Jacob Rappes und Friedrich Lakermann. Wenn Sie irgendwelche Information haben zu dieser Familie, dem Nachnamen oder mehr Details hoeren wollen ueber die Hofmeister Familie aus diesem Gebiet, dann wenden Sie sich bitte an mich. Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Sandra Fisk _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

I appear to have over edited myself here. I meant to say it refers to those who were *to be* Confirmed, i.e. what we Catholics call Candidates. The word appears in Duden's _Die Rechtshreibung_ and in numerous online descriptions of the Sacrament of Confirmation. Thank you to those who wrote me offline pointing out that clarification was needed. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Lesmeister [mailto:mmeister@houston.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:59 PM To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [PFALZ] Seelenbuch Firmlinge is a word itself. I believe it refers to those who were confirmed.

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Firmlinge is a word itself. I believe it refers to those who were confirmed. -----Original Message----- From: Robert E. Hausman [mailto:hausman@bio.bu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:22 PM To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PFALZ] Seelenbuch Sarah Adams writes: "I cannot find a meaning for firmlinge? The other term is Seelenbuch. From what I can ascertain from my dictionary is that it refers to the book of greatness. Any insights would be appreciated." I think you have a bad transliteration of firmeln which means to confirm or Firmung which means confirmation. Seelenbuch is a book of souls or book of the dead. Rob Hausman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html to unsubscribe

Sarah Adams writes: "I cannot find a meaning for firmlinge? The other term is Seelenbuch. From what I can ascertain from my dictionary is that it refers to the book of greatness. Any insights would be appreciated." I think you have a bad transliteration of firmeln which means to confirm or Firmung which means confirmation. Seelenbuch is a book of souls or book of the dead. Rob Hausman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS

Hello Listers, I recently made a few interesting connections and have finally found the home parish for the Catholics in Altdorf. I am was observing the listing on the FHC library catalogue and I am confused by a couple of terms that appear in the listings for each individual films. My german dictionary does not give a really clear definition of the following words. I cannot find a meaning for firmlinge? The listing also states a census for this area also so I am very interested in seeing this roll. The other term is Seelenbuch. From what I can ascertain from my dictionary is that it refers to the book of greatness. Any insights would be appreciated. Thank you for any help. Sarah Adams

Hi, I am new to list so thought I had better get my post out. I am reseaching the above name and its different spellings. I have gotten back to Thomas Spiri or Hans Thomas Spiri and wife Sara. This is what I have so far, and hopeing this is the right list for this area WALSHEIM A. BILES REFORMED KB Thomas Spiri of Wolffersheim and wife Sara listed as having 7 children 1. Anna Eva b:11-7-1709....have no info on her 2. Hans Peter b:1-31-1711 ... have some info on him 3. Hans Henrich b:2-26-1713.....have no info on him 4. Hans Jacob b:3-31-1716.....have no info on him 5. Han Thomas b:12-22-1716; conf. 1732......this is my line 6. Hans Nickel b:4-6-1721....have little info on him 7. Joh. Jacob b:9-1-1723.......have no info on him Thomas Spiri , the father, died at Wolffersheim 12-16-1733. age 65 years Would like to try to find out where Thomas Spiri and wife Sara where born. who there parents were,did they have any siblings. Elizabeth

At 11:13 AM -0500 10/5/2000, BSKTBTQUE@aol.com wrote: > >Looking for a lookup in Gönnheim, Bayern....Lutheran/Protestant church >records for approx. 1827. Marie, If you have access to an LDS Family History Center, order the microfilm FHL INTL Film 193867 Title: Kirchenbuch, 1655-1895 Authors: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Gönnheim (BA. Dürkheim) Notes: Mikrofilm aufgenommen von Manuskripten im Prot. Landeskirchenarchiv Speyer und im Staatsarchiv Speyer. Protestant Reformed parish register of baptisms, marriages, deaths and confirmations for Gönnheim, Bavaria. Includes Meckenheim, Alsheim, Friedelsheim, and Ellerstadt. Tables of contents precede most items. Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1750-1798, 1811-1867 Konfirmationen 1811-1871 Brian

Hi Is there a German Genealogy Angel site equivalent to our kind people who do volunteer lookups? Looking for a lookup in Gönnheim, Bayern....Lutheran/Protestant church records for approx. 1827. Thank you Marie

Looking for anyone with info on the Rosstaeuscher or Spartz name. Missy

I am looking for a place that is mentioned in Protsetant church records in Heuhausen, near Worms. first letter D, second letter Y with umlaut over it, thurd letter that loop thing that is SS or ST, rest of name is BERG or BURG. this is place of origin of JANSON family, mentioned in 1690's Thanks, T Diemer _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Hello Again Everyone: I went through the St. Wendel records at my local FHC two days ago and did not see a single one of my ancestors who are named: KÖENIG, BACKES, SHEID from Bliesen. St. Wendel would be the logical place for them to worship, or at least have baptisms and marriages, etc. as it is only 3 miles from Bliesen, but alas not a sign of them. Then, someone was very kind to send me excerpts from a of Familienbuch which had them in St. Remigius parish. Where is this place? Is it in Bliesen? I searched the LDS site for St. Remigius, but nothing came up. Maybe it is called something else on the index? Any suggestions or ideas? Johnna St. Clair !!!see below for German translation courstesy of Babel Fish:!!! Hallo Wieder Jeder: Ich lief die Sätze Str. vor Wendel an meinem lokalen FHC zwei Tagen durch und sah nicht ein einzelnes meiner Vorfahren, die benannt werden: KÖENIG, BACKES, SHEID von Bliesen. Str. Wendel würde der logische Platz sein, damit sie anbeten oder mindestens Taufen und Verbindungen, etc., da sie nur 3 Meilen von Bliesen hat ist, aber alas nicht ein Zeichen von ihnen. Dann war jemand sehr freundlich, mir Excerpts von a von Familienbuch zu schicken, das sie in der Gemeinde Str. Remigius hatte. Wo ist dieser Platz? Ist er in Bliesen? Ich suchte die LDS-Site nach Str. Remigius, aber nichts kam oben. Möglicherweise wird es noch etwas auf dem Index genannt? Irgendwelche Vorschläge oder Ideen? Johnna St. Clair

Hi: Does anyone have access to a Familienbuch covering Namborn, Saarland? I am looking for the birth of Catherine NAUMANN in Namborn in 1818. Thank you, Johnna St. Clair Port Jefferson, NY

Hello Folks, I am researching my BITTINGER ancestors from Guntersblum, Germany immigrating to Elgin, IL USA. While I don't have time for lookups, I'd like to announce to those who live in the Schaumburg, IL area, I have on loan @ the Schaumburg Family History Center the Darmstadt 1850-1900 Immigration Index Cards film #1124278 until October 24th. You're welcome to view the film at your leisure. Beverly Mack Zanon

Vernon: You are correct, in that Meisenheim is located on the Glan River, but the name of the state is Rheinland Pfalz. Meisenheim is located due north of Kaiserslautern 4l km on Highway 270 to Lauterecken from there you take Highway 420 11 kilometers to Meisenheim. The Postal Code is 55590. There is a church at the south end of town. Churches were the only organization that kept the records of births, marriages and deaths of their members, either Catholic or Protestant. The answer is you cannot get the records of your ancestors who emigrated from there in either Hesse or Rheinland Pfalz. The best place to get the information is on the microfilm of the church records at the LDS Family Library. The most accurate information on your ancestors will be contained on those films. While some LDS film data is available on the Internet the best place and most up to date and correct listing is to be found at your nearest Mormon Temple where it includes a Family History Library. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vernon Ritter" <vkritter@htc.net> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:48 PM Subject: [PFALZ] Meisenheim > Meisenheim is on the Glan River in what I believe is the Rhein Pfalz, > but the Congress of Vienna gave the District of Meisenheim to the Duke > of Hesse Homberg. My question is - Where should I be looking for the > records of my ancestors who emigrated from Meisenheim in 1845 or 1846 ? > In The Pfalz or in Hesse ? Does anyone know some history of the area ? > > Vern > > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > to unsubscribe > >