Hello Debie, Poppenweiler is a small village in the federal state (Bundesland) Baden-Württemberg East of Ludwigsburg. Best regards Ernst Dierich ----- Original Message ----- From: <DBeng12569@aol.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 6:08 PM Subject: [PFALZ] Church location > Hi all, > I am new to the list and just received some info. My Adam Georg > Asher(Escher) was babtised at Poppenweiler Church. Does anyone know where > this may be? Or even if it is in Pfalz? > Any ideas are greatly appreciated, > debbie >

Hi, I have a few branches of SCHMITT/SCHMIDT's in my tree. They are all from the village of Bosenbach. Notice also a MATTHIAS in the bunch. Descendants of Daniel Schmidt 1 Daniel SCHMIDT ........ 2 Sara SCHMIDT b: 1752 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 25 March 1820 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............ +Daniel STROBEL b: 13 October 1746 in Limbach m: 02 January 1776 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern d: 27 January 1823 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ................... 3 Maria R. STROBEL b: 27 December 1777 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany d: 11 November 1842 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany ....................... +Heinrich MAURER b: Abt. 1776 in Hundheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 26 February 1799 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 26 January 1838 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .............................. 4 Jacob MAURER b: 04 May 1801 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .............................. 4 Daniel MAURER b: 03 February 1803 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .................................. +Margaretha KOEBEL b: in Neiderstaufenbach? m: 12 February 1828 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .............................. 4 [4] Maria K. MAURER b: 09 March 1809 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 14 February 1880 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................. +[3] Peter DICK b: 01 September 1806 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 12 December 1833 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 11 March 1877 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Philippina M. DICK b: 08 January 1833 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 06 January 1838 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Jacob DICK b: 05 November 1834 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 01 January 1901 in Dubuque, Iowa ............................................. +Margaret RUETER m: 11 November 1875 in Dubuque, Iowa ......................................... 5 Katharina DICK b: 20 May 1837 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 15 October 1908 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............................................. +Jacob MATTHIAS b: 28 July 1822 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 20 March 1856 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Philipp DICK b: 06 April 1840 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Daniel DICK b: 15 December 1843 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 18 March 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ............................................. +Philippina JUNG b: 23 February 1843 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 10 February 1869 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 13 December 1902 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .................................................... 6 Karolina DICK b: 28 August 1870 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 30 October 1946 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ........................................................ +Jacob STOLL b: 26 May 1865 in Germany m: 06 December 1890 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d: Abt. 1940 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .................................................... 6 Jacob W. DICK b: 01 March 1872 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 13 September 1907 in Dubuque, Iowa ........................................................ +Ida K. FAHJE b: January 1876 in Germany m: 27 April 1897 in Dubuque, Iowa d: 11 October 1934 in Dubuque, Iowa .................................................... 6 Ida DICK b: 16 January 1876 in Essweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d: 05 March 1951 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ........................................................ +Karl SCHMITT b: 10 September 1868 in Bosenbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany m: 27 June 1894 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts by Adolph Bierwessel d: 31 January 1917 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .................................................... 6 Wilhelmina DICK b: 17 November 1878 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 16 April 1972 in West Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ........................................................ +Robert J. CARNES b: 06 April 1879 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts m: 01 October 1902 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d: 29 May 1969 in West Roxbury Suffolk, Massachusetts .................................................... 6 Amelia DICK b: 03 October 1884 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 30 October 1967 in North Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts ........................................................ +Frederick W. SCHWENDENMAN b: 28 February 1888 in Cambridge, Massachusetts m: 12 December 1911 in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d: 16 May 1963 in Millis, Norfolk, Massachusetts .................................................... 6 Klara DICK b: 07 September 1887 in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 25 January 1964 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ........................................................ +Arthur W. WILLS b: 14 January 1879 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts m: 12 March 1907 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d: 1936 in Lynn, Massachusetts ......................................... 5 [2] Philippina DICK b: 15 December 1843 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............................................. +[1] Peter DICK b: 06 December 1840 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 29 December 1864 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Margaretha DICK b: 19 January 1850 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 30 January 1850 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Maria DICK b: 19 January 1850 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 10 February 1850 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Peter DICK b: 19 January 1850 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 04 February 1850 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .............................. 4 Peter MAURER b: 12 March 1812 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany d: 31 January 1834 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .............................. 4 (infant) MAURER b: 14 September 1814 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany d: 14 September 1814 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .............................. 4 Maria M. MAURER b: 21 June 1817 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany .............................. 4 Friedrich MAURER b: 20 January 1823 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany d: 04 November 1837 in Bosenbach, Bayern (Pfalz), Germany ........ 2 Johannes SCHMIDT b: 17 February 1740/41 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 19 February 1812 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............ +Margaretha RUMPF b: 31 August 1748 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 25 February 1772 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern ................... 3 Maria C. RUMPF ....................... +Adam DICK m: 24 January 1765 .............................. 4 [6] Philipp DICK b: 10 February 1772 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 02 December 1842 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................. +[5] Dorothea SCHMIDT b: 26 November 1780 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 31 January 1799 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 15 November 1835 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Philipp DICK b: Abt. 1800 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 15 November 1863 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............................................. +Maria E. GILCHER b: in Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 01 August 1830 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................................... 6 Jacob DICK b: 06 November 1828 in Civil, Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................................... 6 Catharina DICK b: 19 March 1839 in Civil, Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern .................................................... 6 Philipp DICK b: 13 October 1833 in Civil, Essweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ......................................... 5 Friedrich DICK b: 15 August 1801 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 20 November 1852 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............................................. +Elisabetha RHEINHARD m: 07 August 1829 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................................... 6 Catharina DICK b: 11 January 1830 in Civil, Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern .................................................... 6 Friedrick DICK b: August 1834 .................................................... 6 Jacob DICK b: August 1838 .................................................... 6 [1] Peter DICK b: 06 December 1840 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ........................................................ +[2] Philippina DICK b: 15 December 1843 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 29 December 1864 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................................... 6 Regina DICK b: 27 October 1844 in Civil, Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern ......................................... 5 Katharina DICK b: 04 December 1803 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 16 September 1833 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............................................. +Andreas SCHMIDT b: Abt. 1805 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 03 July 1830 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................................................... 6 Jacob SCHMIDT b: January 1831 .................................................... 6 Karl SCHMIDT b: August 1833 .................................................... 6 Peter SCHMIDT b: 29 March 1829 in Civil, Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 [3] Peter DICK b: 01 September 1806 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 11 March 1877 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............................................. +[4] Maria K. MAURER b: 09 March 1809 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 12 December 1833 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 14 February 1880 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Georg J. DICK b: 19 October 1810 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 (female) DICK b: 17 January 1814 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 17 January 1814 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......................................... 5 Georg F. DICK b: 04 December 1816 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .............................. 4 Maria E. DICK b: 16 March 1766 .............................. 4 Anna C. DICK b: 15 February 1778 ................... 3 [5] Dorothea SCHMIDT b: 26 November 1780 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 15 November 1835 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ....................... +[6] Philipp DICK b: 10 February 1772 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: 31 January 1799 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: 02 December 1842 in Bosenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: Mathias Schmitt <ma@ndh.net> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 4:55 PM Subject: [PFALZ] CITY OBERKAIL / CITY SCHWARZENBORN / NAMES : SCHMITT / SCHMIT / SCHMIDT / KOHL / SIEGLER / RASKOP > LOOKING FOR FAMILY NAME : SCHMITT / SCHMIDT / SCHMIT / KOHL / SIEGLER / RASKOP > > LOOKING FOR CITY NAME : OBERKAIL / SCHWARZENBORN > > LOOKING FOR AREA NAME : EIFEL > > > In the Eifel village called Oberkail a Mathias Schmidt was living between 1750 and 1780. > > His wife was called Apolonia Junk or Junck. > > Can anybody reach ? > > > Mathias Schmitt <ma@ndh.net>, Senior Account Manager fon : 02203/93530-78 > NDH IT Service AG mobil:0170/7616167 fax : 02203/93530-99 > 51149 Koeln, Theodor-Heuss-Str. 92-100, DE http://www.ndh.net > > >

Hi all, I am new to the list and just received some info. My Adam Georg Asher(Escher) was babtised at Poppenweiler Church. Does anyone know where this may be? Or even if it is in Pfalz? Any ideas are greatly appreciated, debbie

Greetings, Joe, and All! Could, by any chance, the RASKOP surname also be spelled: RAUSCHKOLB, ROUSCULP, ...? And/or, KOLB be a shortened version of RASKOP/ RAUSCHKOLB...?? A long way around the subject -- but, the purpose of MY search, is... I'm seeking the "European home" of my Peter & Elizabeth SCHMIDT/ SMITH ancestors. Following is a bit of the intertwined families of SCHMIDT/SMITH and RAUSCHKOLB/ ROUSCULP... did they live in same European village??? ========================= PeterSCHMIDT/ SMITH and wife Elizabeth (?? GIST/ FOSTER/???) -- born circa 1738-1750 prob. "Europe"; died 1796, Mahanoy twp, Northumberland Co PA -- arrived in "America" on ship Chance, qualified at Philadelphia PA in 1765. -- March 1781 in the Himmel Luth. & Ref. Ch, their twin chr., Andreas/ Andrew & Maria Elizabeth's birth & baptismal are recorded children: i. Johann Jurg/ John George SCHMIDT/ SMITH 1770-1836 mar Maria Magdalena RAUSCHKOLB 1772-1839 d/o John Philip & Anna Maria "Mary" ii. Petrus/ Peter SCHMIDT/ SMITH b ca. 1772-1810 mar. Maria Elizabeth HETTERICH iii. John SCHMIDT/ SMITH d ca 1796 iv. Jacobus Johannes/John Jacob SCHMIDT/ SMITH 1774-bef. 1849 mar. Susanna RAUSCHKOLB 1773/4-1846 d/o John Philip & Anna Maria "Mary" v. Andrew Peter SCHMIDT/ SMITH 1781-1864 (my line) mar Maria Elizabeth BIEN d/o Paul & Magdalene vi. Maria Elizabeth SCHMIDT/ SMITH (twin) 1781-1850 married: John Peter HETTERICH vii. Anna Maria "Mary" SCHMIDT/ SMITH 1784-1872 mar John Philip RAUSCHKOLB, Jr 1778-1844 s/o John Philip & Anna Maria "Mary" ================= John Philip RAUSCHKOLB & wife Anna Maria "Mary/Maria" [prob nee REGI] -- arriv. "America" 1764, ship King of Prussia children: i. Maria Magdalena RAUSCHKOLB/ ROUSCULP m John George SCHMIDT/ SMITH (see above) ii. Susanna RAUSCHKOLB/ ROUSCULP m. John Jacob SCHMIDT/ SMITH (see above) iii. John Philip RAUSCHKOLB/ ROUSCULP m. Anna Maria SCHMIDT/ SMITH Himmel Ch. records - son Jacob b/bp 1804; spons: Andreas SCHMIDT & wife Elisabeth iv. Jacob RAUSCHKOLB/ ROUSCULP -d. 1832 v. Samuel RAUSCHKOLB/ ROUSCULP ===================================== Several of the above children migrated on to Perry Co OH in the early 1800s, where they raised families. Looking forward to an exchange on this/ these families. Best wishes, Caral MECHLING BENNETT Arlington VA -------------------- re: Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:27:25 -0700 From: Joseph Kaemerer <towjoe42@wwdb.org> To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PFALZ] CITY OBERKAIL / CITY SCHWARZENBORN / NAMES : SCHMITT / SCHMIT / SCHMIDT / KOHL / SIEGLER / RASKOP

Web Site for HESSEN, GERMANY, is at http://go.to/Hessen It should show you how to join the list. I have it somewhere, this above here, I pasted from my Hesse list mail today. They have lots of info for all of Europe as well as German research here in the USA. Most of the maps, you can take down to fine detail by enlarging, I know I have. Good luck, Mary Widener ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mml45@aol.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 5:25 AM Subject: [PFALZ] Map showing "Gottitiz of Mähren" > Hello, > > Can someone help me find a map that is on the computer that will show > me a small area? (Not a large town or even a village) > > Also I could use a clue as to how to join the Hessen list. > > Thanks for your time and help. > > Margaret > > ______________________________

lucygilbert wrote: > > Hi: I am looking for directions to the Evangelisch Church which, according > to Morman Family History Center records, is located at Ernstweiler, now part > of a town of Zweibrucken in the German Federal State of Saarland. > I believe Zweibrucken is today in the Rheinland-Pfalz. Ernstwieler is at Exit 31 of Autobahn 8. >Could > someone on your list please help me? I am so sorry but I do not speak or > read German so I must ask you to be kind enough to respond in English. > There are old family records there about 1800 or so so I am looking for an old church, if it still exists.> Most of the people on this list are American or speak English. You don't have to go to Ernstweiler to see the church records. They are probably available through the Family History Center. since you don't say what records you looked at I assume it is the Interantional Genealogical Index. If the source for your people begins with C, E, J, K or M etc. then the IGI entries are from extracted records. These extracted records are quite reliable as they have been made from microfilms of the church records. You can find the microfilm of the church records in the FHL catalog and order it. bob gillis

Hi: I am looking for directions to the Evangelisch Church which, according to Morman Family History Center records, is located at Ernstweiler, now part of a town of Zweibrucken in the German Federal State of Saarland. Could someone on your list please help me? I am so sorry but I do not speak or read German so I must ask you to be kind enough to respond in English. Kate there are old family records there about 1800 or so so I am looking for an old church, if it still exists. Kate

Researching Schmidt and Kolb families from Kandel, Rheinkreis, circa 1810. Elizabeth (b 1813) mar John Kolb (b 1812, also from Kandel). Married in New Orleans after arriving in US in 1835. Any help with these names or area appreciated! Diane Weber jwilkens@gte.net -----Original Message----- From: Mathias Schmitt <ma@ndh.net> To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 1:57 PM Subject: [PFALZ] CITY OBERKAIL / CITY SCHWARZENBORN / NAMES : SCHMITT / SCHMIT / SCHMIDT / KOHL / SIEGLER / RASKOP >LOOKING FOR FAMILY NAME : SCHMITT / SCHMIDT / SCHMIT / KOHL / SIEGLER / RASKOP > >LOOKING FOR CITY NAME : OBERKAIL / SCHWARZENBORN > >LOOKING FOR AREA NAME : EIFEL > > >In the Eifel village called Oberkail a Mathias Schmidt was living between 1750 and 1780. > >His wife was called Apolonia Junk or Junck. > >Can anybody reach ? > > >Mathias Schmitt <ma@ndh.net>, Senior Account Manager fon : 02203/93530-78 > NDH IT Service AG mobil:0170/7616167 fax : 02203/93530-99 > 51149 Koeln, Theodor-Heuss-Str. 92-100, DE http://www.ndh.net > > >

Hello Joe, your story sounds too good, but there is not much swimming from Germany to France in the border river "Lauter" which ends near Lauterburg in the Rhine: The Lauter is only up to 8 meters broad and in summertime you can walk across its bed. Best regards Ernst Dierich. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Metz <joemetz@fuse.net> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [PFALZ] River between Germany and France > In an e-mail I got from my second cousin last night, she shared a little > tidbit with me about our family history which I hadn't heard before. We've > known that the family left Germany in 1865 or 1866 because they were worried > that the oldest sons would be conscripted into the army. My cousin shared > with me that she had always heard from her grandmother (who would have been > the grandaughter of one of the immigrants) that the family fled Germany, > swimming across a river into France. As I've said before, we came from > Insheim down near Landau, not far from the French border. > > Any ideas what river that might have been? > > Joe Metz >

-----Original Message----- From: Joseph W. Rafferty <joemarg@penn.com> To: hobnail <hobnail@erols.com> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [PFALZ] Ruffs in Knopp >There are two Rufs mentioned in the Niederschlettenbach books published by >PAFF: Johannes Ruf m.Maria Apollonia Unknown. They had the following >children: >l. Katharina Elisabeth d. Jan 28, 1733 in Lauterschwan >2.Maria Magdalena christened March 18, 1734, d.March 12, 1735 >3.Adam christened December 25, 1735 >4.Johann Georg christened December 31, 1738 > >The other Ruf reference is for a couple whose names are not known, who had a >child named Anna Margarethe who died April 28, 1734 in Bobenthal, aged 11 >months. > >Niederschlettenbach, Bundenthal, Bruchweiler, Busenberg/Schindhard, >Fischbach, Bobenthal, Bärenbach, etc., are Catholic parishes. One quarter >of my wife's ancestry comes from these places so we are in the process of >doing a great deal of research on them. One quarter of my ancestry comes >from the more immediate area of Pirmasens and they were all German Reformed >and we are also working on those. > >We have the books published by PAFF on Bruchweiler, Bundenthal and >Niederschlettenbach. > >Hope this helps narrow your search! >Joe Rafferty >

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I find it amazing that people try to do German research without any tools. I myself am not a big tool buyer but folks, a good map of your area is #1 essential tool. Ravenstein puts out wonderful maps 1:2500000 for all the areas of Germany for $11.95. #2 is a German English Genealogical Dictionary, #3 Germanic Genealogy-A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns, #4 The German Research Companion. To me genealogy is more than birth and death dates, but putting some flesh and meat on the bones. How did they dress, what kind of houses, occupations and of course why did they leave. Gaycha Mayhew

In an e-mail I got from my second cousin last night, she shared a little tidbit with me about our family history which I hadn't heard before. We've known that the family left Germany in 1865 or 1866 because they were worried that the oldest sons would be conscripted into the army. My cousin shared with me that she had always heard from her grandmother (who would have been the grandaughter of one of the immigrants) that the family fled Germany, swimming across a river into France. As I've said before, we came from Insheim down near Landau, not far from the French border. Any ideas what river that might have been? Joe Metz

Hello Magaret, there is a Görlitz on the German border to Pologne marked by the river Neisse. Görlitz formerly belonged to the Prussian Silesia. The region around Prag is called Mähren. Hope that helps. Best regards Ernst Dierich. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mml45@aol.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:50 PM Subject: [PFALZ] > Hello All, > > Just today I have learned from a marriage record dated 1853 that some > earlier MELKUS family were living in an area named, Gottitz of > Mähren > > Is there anyone on this list who could tell me more about this area > of Mähren > Today it is part of Germany NE of KOBLENZ, I believe. I wonder > what the Gottitz means? > > Thanks for any help you all might have. > Margaret in Maryland, USA >

Hello, Can someone help me find a map that is on the computer that will show me a small area? (Not a large town or even a village) Also I could use a clue as to how to join the Hessen list. Thanks for your time and help. Margaret

>From: Virginia Sacristano <parvin@usnetway.com> >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PFALZ] Palitinate immigrants > >Hi , >I recently received a wealth of information on a branch of my family, >the KEMMERER(KEMMER), RIEGEL, MILL and KERN. The towns of their >ancestry are KEMMER from MAMBACHEL, RIEGEL from BECHERBACH bei KIM, >and MILL from MOSEHELM. Their birth dates to the late 1600's and >early 1700's. If there is anyone looking for information on these >surnames will be glad to share and if there is anyone with information I >would love to have it. The Kemmerer initially lived in Easton area than >my branch wound up near Lewisburg, Union County. d >The Mills were in Bucks County and others were in Northampton County. >Thanks > Virginia Sacristano > e mail is Parvin@usnetway.com > Virginia, At least one of these family names has been well researched by a number of people and the data are available on the web. The Riggle/Riegell family of Becherbach is one that I am familiar with because that is my grandmother's family (I am a descendant of Johann Jorg Riegel, b: 17 Mar 1718 in Becherbach). You might want to visit the Stefan Riegel website (http://members.aol.com/stefriegel/riegel.html) and the Riegel/Riggle Freundschaft Association (http://members.xoom.com/riegeld/newsletter.htm). There have been two books that I know of published on the Riggle family (I own both) and there are also at least two different Riggle newsletters published on a regular basis that I receive. -- mailto:fhheld@freewwweb.com _____________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

On the web site of the Pirmasens Genealogical Study Group there is a listing of their publications of church records. For many of the publications, they also have lists of family names. They have a publication for the records of the village of Niederschlettenbach - which is between Bundenthal and Knopf. The surname of Ruf is found in this village. The Study Group will do individual lookups for you and will make copies for a small fee. This is the URL for their web site: http://home.t-online.de/home/braun.b/geneengl.html Good luck. Janice Danks Dorothy Shannon & John King wrote: > Any suggestions where to look for this family? In church records, Adam > RUFF is listed from Knopp, Bavaria and his brother Adolph RUFF from > Prussia. Adam's wife is from Bundenthal and surroundings (no Knopp).

Any suggestions where to look for this family? In church records, Adam RUFF is listed from Knopp, Bavaria and his brother Adolph RUFF from Prussia. Adam's wife is from Bundenthal and surroundings (no Knopp).

I have been researching the METZ family who emigrated to the U.S. (specifically Cincinnati, Ohio) from Insheim in the Pfalz about 1866. A couple of months ago I sent off letters to Metzes who still live in the village to see if there might be any connections. I had received one response from a widow who gave me her husband's genealogy back to the 1830's, but there was no connection (although it's certainly possible we could be related more distantly - as if that wouldn't be distant enough <G>). On Monday, I received a large envelope from another Metz in Insheim. Along with her letter (which I'm still translating), she sent me a booklet of the village's celebration of their 1200th anniversary in 1985. Likewise, she sent a copy of a photograph which they had of three women, not named, nor do I have the connection of the folks who have the picture in their possession (she told me the name, but not who he was). The thing that caught my eye was that the photograph was taken in Cincinnati, Ohio and looks to be from the late 1800's. I've been guessing that they are three of my great-grandfather's four sisters. I noticed a resemblance in the square jaw of one of the women to my great-aunt. I showed the picture to my dad (who was born in 1928) and asked him what he thought and he said the same thing about the square jawed women and said one of the other one's resembled his Aunt Betty, his dad's other sister. Certainly this isn't a picture of them because they were born in 1890's, but others are noting the resemblance too. I'm going to try to determine if there is more information about the picture, but I suspect not. I just wanted to share this wonderful story about the kindness of a possibly distant relative. Joe Metz Cincinnati, OH

Hello All, Just today I have learned from a marriage record dated 1853 that some earlier MELKUS family were living in an area named, Gottitz of Mähren Is there anyone on this list who could tell me more about this area of Mähren Today it is part of Germany NE of KOBLENZ, I believe. I wonder what the Gottitz means? Thanks for any help you all might have. Margaret in Maryland, USA