Thank you very much to all who so quickly replied to my query about Groswalstadt's location...thanks too for the site address (http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtet/Seeker/loctown.htm) to locate towns. I appreciate the help. Have a great day. Bon

Hello Listers, I'm been told that ancestors I'm researching (Bath or Baireuth) may have been from a town called Groswalstadt, somewhere near the Main River. I can find the river but not Groswalstadt. Has anyone heard of this town and able to give me an idea of where it is located? Thank you in advance. Bon

Researching REBHOLZ and MEMMER REBHOLZ, ELIAS b. 1810 or 1811 and chrisstened in Ramberg, Pfalz, Bayern ELIAS' S PARENTS: Philippi Rebholz ) Magdalenae Koch ) married January 22, 1810 in Annweiller, Pfalz ELIAS'S BROTHERS & SISTERS (all christened in Annweiller, Pfalz, Bavaria) Josephus Rebholz b. 1813 Barbara Rebholz b. 1816 Laurentius Rebholz b. 1820 Ludovicus Rebholz b. 1822 Susanna Rebholz b. 1825 Michael Rebholz b. 1829 ELIAS Married APPOLONIA MEMMER who was born in 1817 APPOLONIA'S PARENTS: Petro Memmer Jacobina Memmer APPOLONIA'S BROTHERS & SISTERS: Johannes Jacobus Memmer b. 1830 ) Sebastianus Memmer b. 1824 ) all were christened Margretha Memmer b. 1819 ) in Gosserweiler, Maria Eva Memmer b. 1815 ) Pfalz, Bavaria Anna Maria Memmer b. 1821 ) Barbara Memmer b. 1822 ) Georgius Josephus b. 1813 ) ELIAS REBHOLZ arrived in New York City in 1839 and lived on the West Side of Manhattan. On his passenger list his occupation is listed as "Baker." Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dorothy

JOHANN GEORG MATER was born Abt. 1688 in Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany. We know of one child: MARIA ELISABETHA MATER, b. Abt. 1716, m. MICHAEL FAZLER, July 16, 1743, evangelisch. Did Johann have any other children? He might be the ancestor of JOHN MATER was born Abt. 1730, and died Abt. 1795 in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. John Mater is listed in a 1790 tax list, Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. and/or the ancestor of MICHAEL MATER, b. Bef. 1755; d. Bef. 1810, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. JOHNATHAN MATER, b. Abt. 1760; d. Bef. 1810, Cumberland County. We have a probable descendant from Cumberland County into 1850's Ohio and to present day. I would like to talk Mater/Mader -- Thanks Hal

>Johannes Schmidt married Christina Rosstaeuscher in 1866 in the Pfalz Bayern >Bad Duerkheim area. Has anyone ever seen the Rosstaeuscher name? I am >beginning to think it doesn't exist. Any help would be a welcome. Missy, The on-line German phone listings at <http://www.teleauskunft.de/> show 33 hits for the surname Rosstaeuscher/Rosstäuscher. So, it's not common (at least in present day Germany), but it does exist. Brian -- Brian Bauer rbull@facstaff.wisc.edu

mcdonald wrote: > > Hi - I am new to list - looking for RAUTH in Brunigweiler > > Diana Brunigweiler is now Breunigweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, postal code 67725. There are no Rauth's in the online German directory today, but maybe it is spelled differently. I checked the online LDS library and there are six (6) Evang. church films for Breunigweiler. Depending on your ancestors religion, you may want to order and view these records at your nearest FHC. Nancy

Hi - I am new to list - looking for RAUTH in Brunigweiler Diana

Johannes Schmidt married Christina Rosstaeuscher in 1866 in the Pfalz Bayern Bad Duerkheim area. Has anyone ever seen the Rosstaeuscher name? I am beginning to think it doesn't exist. Any help would be a welcome. Thanks, Missy

I am looking for ROSSTAEUSCHER name from the Bad Durkheim area. Missy

I was browsing last evening and discovered some interesting sites that may be of interest to others as well. A car touring (and bicycling?) group has posted several "tours" on the internet telling where to go and what to see. There are several photos as well. An additional link at the site provides some culture & history for several small towns and villages. (Such as: Guntersblum, Hechtsheim, Bodenheim, Nackenheim, Mainz, Zornheim, Oppenheim, and others.) The site is: http://www.netatwork-mainz.de/fahrradland/html/rheinhessen-touren.html The site is in German so be prepared with a translation program if needed. Enjoy! Kim D.

Thanks for the URL and reply, I'll make a copy of those for future reference. But this symbol is different from any of those. It's more rounded, only open on the top left side, has nothing above it, just a dot below, but not connected. I saw the exact same one on three other records close by this one, so it is a standard symbol for this priest. Probably definitely not illegitimate, as this was spelled out in LARGE handwriting on those records, go guessing on those records. There is also a different sort of Cross, besides the usual one used to signify death. A straight line with two shorter ones, one crossing on the top and one of the bottom, ‡ , does anyone know what this means. It says ‡ Virgo. This is on a baptism record for female, she didn't die as a small child, as there is a confirmation record for her at age 15. I'm wondering does this maybe mean she died as a young girl/woman/virgin? Thanks, Carol > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy V. Podella [mailto:nvpodella@home.com] > Sent: Saturday, 17 June 2000 11:09 PM > To: PFALZ-L; ferrcamp@sprynet.com > Subject: RE: Symbols > > > > Then there is > > a > > symbol of some sort, that I'm wondering if anyone on the list would know > > what it > > means. Description is rather hard, but it looks sort of like a circle > > (not full > > circle - open on the top left side) and has a dot beneath it. > > The following sight has a list of symbols. > http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/misc/gensig.html > > Maybe the symbol you're speaking of is (*) for born illegitimate. > > Nancy >

> Then there is > a > symbol of some sort, that I'm wondering if anyone on the list would know > what it > means. Description is rather hard, but it looks sort of like a circle > (not full > circle - open on the top left side) and has a dot beneath it. The following sight has a list of symbols. http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/misc/gensig.html Maybe the symbol you're speaking of is (*) for born illegitimate. Nancy

Hello, I'm a new subscriber to the Pfalz list. I'm researching the Bürkbüchler family from Jockgrim. The LDS films are listed as Jockgrim, Pfalz, Bayern. I believe my gg-gf, Joseph Bürkbüchler was born there sometime between 1822 and 1826. He emigrated to Missouri, sometime before 1845 and came to California in 1854. I'm not sure at this point just who the parents of "my" Joseph are, but in researching these films, I've found a 1822 baptism record for a Joseph. His name is listed in the margin of the book as Bükbühler Josephus. Then there is a symbol of some sort, that I'm wondering if anyone on the list would know what it means. Description is rather hard, but it looks sort of like a circle (not full circle - open on the top left side) and has a dot beneath it. I do have a scan of it, if anyone would like to look at it and hopefully know what it means. I did have one person tell me that it may mean a day of the week, but she couldn't remember it that was correct or not. There are not very many records with this mark, however there are a few. Thanks for any help you may have! Carol Ferrari ferrcamp@sprynet.com

...and don´t forget to visit Trier. It is the oldest city of Germany (2016 years old) with big roman ruins and a big roman gate called Porta Nigra =The Black Gate. If you drink wine, visit the smal wine towns all over Rhineland-Pfalz... visit the Rhine valley and Mosel valley with so much old castles. If you want to check archive ask us and we give good answers. Enjoy it ! god bless you Werner >Robert & Karen Fay, > > Good Morning, Janice, > Your trip should be a great one. Enjoy!! I cannot speak about Sweden, I > have not been there, but in Germany, there will be many "zimmer frei" signs > which mean room and board is available there. Also, in many places, we > found that there are sign boards on the edge of town with a map showing the > available places to stay. This is great if you are renting a car to travel. > We found we preferred staying in the homes or smaller establishments, as we > were afforded a personal welcome greater than in the hotels, and learned a > lot more about the area than in the hotels. We have such wonderful memories > of our visit three years ago. Their autobahns have fast moving traffic, and > the right lane seemed to be always full of semis, but it was still a smooth > way to travel. They really are the same thing as our interstate system. It > was their autobahn that Eisenhower used to initiate the interstate system we > have when he was our president, based on his WWII experience. > If you get a chance, visit Rüdesheim. It is a charming city on the > Rhine just west of Wiesbaden. Or, visit Bernkastel on the Mosselle. We > though Rüdeheim and Rothenburg were the two most fun places, closely > followed by the time in Austrian Tirol area. We loved Innsbruck and > Garmish, too. Oh I could go on and on about all the great places, the Black > Forest, the castles, it is a wonderful country to visit. I will look > forward to hearing about your trip. > Karen Teichmann Fay

Good Morning, Janice, Your trip should be a great one. Enjoy!! I cannot speak about Sweden, I have not been there, but in Germany, there will be many "zimmer frei" signs which mean room and board is available there. Also, in many places, we found that there are sign boards on the edge of town with a map showing the available places to stay. This is great if you are renting a car to travel. We found we preferred staying in the homes or smaller establishments, as we were afforded a personal welcome greater than in the hotels, and learned a lot more about the area than in the hotels. We have such wonderful memories of our visit three years ago. Their autobahns have fast moving traffic, and the right lane seemed to be always full of semis, but it was still a smooth way to travel. They really are the same thing as our interstate system. It was their autobahn that Eisenhower used to initiate the interstate system we have when he was our president, based on his WWII experience. If you get a chance, visit Rüdesheim. It is a charming city on the Rhine just west of Wiesbaden. Or, visit Bernkastel on the Mosselle. We though Rüdeheim and Rothenburg were the two most fun places, closely followed by the time in Austrian Tirol area. We loved Innsbruck and Garmish, too. Oh I could go on and on about all the great places, the Black Forest, the castles, it is a wonderful country to visit. I will look forward to hearing about your trip. Karen Teichmann Fay

No, Janice, you're not being stupid or overly optimistic. Don't be too worried about things, it will put a damper on your trip! You SHOULD be optimistic about your trip!!! It's exciting,enjoy it!!! That's the whole point, right? It sounds like you've planned things pretty well, so just go with the flow. On my trip to Germany a few years ago, I was a worry-wort and had to plan every detail. I quickly learned that you stop enjoying when you worry too much. Being in another country where I knew very little of the language was very intimidating to me, but my husband was just the opposite so it turned out well. Have you read Rick Steve's travel books? They're quite helpful. We didn't take any time to do any researching, it was just a sightseeing trip to enjoy Germany, but we did go to a village where some of my people were from. Just being there was so thrilling for me. The train system there is so efficient and fairly easy to figure out. maybe you'll figure out that you want to go back someday ! Relax, have a great trip! Diane -----Original Message----- From: Janice Danielson <granny@nwiowa.com> To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 10:59 PM Subject: [PFALZ] Our trip is almost here! >Just wanted to let all of you know that we are closing in on our trip to Sweden and Germany! We >will be leaving on Monday, >June 19th. I think we have all of our major city hotels, trains, and >car rentals taken care of. But we still do not have any hotels or >bed and breakfasts booked in between the major cities. Are we >totally stupid to just start driving and hope to find somewhere to >stay? I hope we aren't. Just wondered if anyone can tell me if >I am being too optimistic here. We are truly excited about >getting to come to Sweden and Germany. We are hoping to find >some records for my husbands family in Ljungsbro, Sweden, and one of my families in Schwalenberg, >Germany. We would >even be thrilled to find someone still in Sweden and Germany >that is related to us! Wouldn't that be terrific? Anyway, I am >sitting here not knowing for sure if what we are planning is the >right thing! Help! We are just hoping things come out right. >Janice Danielson > > >

I'm trying to confirm the location of my g-g-grandfather's birth. I have a couple of newspaper articles written about him. One says he was born in the town of Mintz, Germany, and the other simply says a town on the Rhine. My grandfather said the family was from the Alsace-Lorraine. Based on information I've been given, I'm thinking the town is actually Mainz. Can anyone confirm this? His family emigrated to New York, and then Wisconsin, when he about 1848-1849. He was married to Elizabeth ? in 1867, in Wisconsin. In 1872, the family moved to Oregon. In the cemetery near him and his wife, are another Adam WILHELM, b. 5/2/1817 and his wife Agnes, b. 5/31/1822. I'm assuming these are his parents, but they could be an uncle and aunt. If anyone has any connections, please contact me. Julia Portland, Oregon JuliaL1957@aol.com SURNAMES: Baker, Baldwin, Beach, Bearman/Berman/Bereman, Beckwith, Blackorby/Blackaby/Blackeby, Brown, Burr, Dahl, Davis/Davies, Grammage, Holt, Lee, Milasich/Milasic, Moore, Parker, Peck, Platt, Pritchard, Ransier/Rancier, Read, Royce, Schroeter, Sell/Selle, Sims, Stewart/Stuart, Tennant, Tyler, Vrancovich/Vrankovic, Vranizan/Vragnizan, Watson, Way, Whitlock, Wilhelm, Wood, Woodworth

--part1_9f.6d1bfe7.267ce390_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_9f.6d1bfe7.267ce390_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Georgiamhh@aol.com> From: Georgiamhh@aol.com Full-name: Georgiamhh Message-ID: <90.5d069e6.267ce375@aol.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:21:41 EDT Subject: Re: [PFALZ] Our trip is almost here! To: jwilkens@gte.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 109 I returned from Rhineland Pfalz May 28th. I am a 68 yr old female traveling alone to take pictures of where my Harless, Preisch, Volger, Hoffman & Loy's lived and died in the area of: Landau, Germersheim, Billingheim, Offenbach I had a map from Triple AAA in Dallas, TX and was going to buy a better one when I rented my car in Frankfurt. They did not have one, but that did not bother me. I found my way to A5 going south toward the border of France. I saw an exit sign that said, Spuryer. Knew they kept records for this area of Germany, so I make my exit and after getting closer to Spuryer - I saw signs to Germersheim. Not all of little villages were on the map, but the road signs were just great. I was looking for the Cemeteries where David Price was buried in Offenbach Catholic Church and Ferdinand Harlos in Lutheran Church Cemetery in Billingheim. I never found one Cemetery. I went back twice to each area and double checked. The Catholic Church was built after David Price had died in 1740. The Lutheran had merged with another and it was not the same. But all I had hoped for was some pictures. I have all of the legal documents from the Churches. The third day - I took a day tour down the Rhine River. John Philip Harlos and Anna Preisch (Price) traveled to Holland up the Rhine to make their Honeymoon trip to America. I took pictures of all of the Castles from 750 A. D - 1700s. Thrill to see the scenery they saw as they left Pfalz. I never felt lost or alone. I just flowed from one town to another. My Hotel in Frankfurt was across from the tall, blue bldg. with a ruffle on the top. Everyone could speak English, and everyone was very friendly and nice. I went by train to Paris and got to see more German Country. Breathtaking. Please don't worry for a minute. You will have the greatest time of your life! Regards, Georgia Hornbuckle 17 June 00 --part1_9f.6d1bfe7.267ce390_boundary--

Just wanted to let all of you know that we are closing in on our trip to Sweden and Germany! We will be leaving on Monday, June 19th. I think we have all of our major city hotels, trains, and car rentals taken care of. But we still do not have any hotels or bed and breakfasts booked in between the major cities. Are we totally stupid to just start driving and hope to find somewhere to stay? I hope we aren't. Just wondered if anyone can tell me if I am being too optimistic here. We are truly excited about getting to come to Sweden and Germany. We are hoping to find some records for my husbands family in Ljungsbro, Sweden, and one of my families in Schwalenberg, Germany. We would even be thrilled to find someone still in Sweden and Germany that is related to us! Wouldn't that be terrific? Anyway, I am sitting here not knowing for sure if what we are planning is the right thing! Help! We are just hoping things come out right. Janice Danielson

Sarah Adams wrote: > > Hello one and all, > > I am in search of a city. I have not been able to locate it on any maps of the Pfalz. The city or group villages is called Lembach-Wiesenburg. The town of Lembach-Wiesenburg has been changed to the town of Saldenburg which is in Bayern. The postal code is 94163. If you use the ShtetlSeeker and input Saldenburg, you will find your town. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm God Luck to you! Nancy