Andy, and the list- Did you tell us the religion of your ancestors? Usually others ask this before me, but I do not recall an answer. As I have said before, my own ancestors -being Calvinists- moved west into Hesse about the time of the revocation of the Edit of Nantes in 1685 seeking freedom to practice their religion. They then followed the Dukes of Nassau-Weilberg back into the Pfalz (Kirchheimbolanden) in the early 18th century (1730s). I have no family experience with Galacia so cannot comment on that. I simply offer religion as one possible explanation for such moves. Rob Hausman At 10:12 AM 2/21/2007, you wrote: >Thank you for the information. I am looing for the history of the region >in Germany where my ancestors came from - and the reasons why they >emigrated, which would probably be included in the history. I have a >hunch that they originally came from Alsace in the late 1600's and then >moved north to the Sien / Kirchenbollenbach / Offenbach am Glan area, but why? >I am aware of the organization you mention but they are more into the >German settlements in Galicia / Russia and their migrations throughout the >world during/after WWII, whereas I am more interested in the German >origins. I have already researched the Galicia area in great detail. I >have both, Wilhelm Kalbrunner, which list the dates that the various >settlers left Vienna for Galicia and Russia; and also Ludwig Schneider, >which lists the settlers in the various settlements in Galicia in 1788 and >1820. Within these documents, it is sometimes listed where the family >came from and through that, I have been able to located and find birth >records for some of the members of the families. I also have the FHL films >for these areas, a listing of Pfalz marriages, and the Familienbuch by >Rudi Jung for "der Katholischen Pfarreien: Kirchenbollenbach, >Fischbach-Weierbach, Mittelreidenbach, Sien, and Offenbach >(Glan)". Within the familienbuch, comments are inserted when the families >emigrated to Galicia, eg. "Familie wanderte am 3.7.1784, e Personen, nach >Galizien aus." >I still have missing information regarding their documents but understand >that there is usually someone in each village / town that is a local >historian / genealogist and that there may be more records and >familienbuch's that are not published or are not in the archives. I would >imagine that the best way to find out more would be to travel to these >villages? Some of the questions I have are: Did some members of the >family stay behind in Germany? Most likely. Why did they leave? Were >they serfs and given land in Galicia? Did some "escape" and illegally >leave? Etc. >I will check with the history departments at our local universities to see >if they have anything of value. If anyone is interested in the areas that >I mentioned above, I would be happy to help out where ever possible. >ANDY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS

Hi Robert, they were Catholics, as in the title I gave for the Familienbuch. I have checked non Catholic Familienbuch's in the area but have not found any links. The family I am most interested in is Bresch/Presch. I have traced them back to the early 1700's but that is where it has stopped. I did run across a Presch in Colmar in the 1600's and that is my next place to research, awaiting films from FHL. Another name I am researching is Schnerch (also Catholic) but I have not found anything on them, not even emigration records, although there were many Schnerchs in Galicia. I am now awaiting another film from the FHL, Ansiedlerakten, 1686-1855 which gives information on the emigration from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Bohmen, and Moravia. I will now read about the Edit of Nantes, it may give some clues. Thankx Andy -----Original Message----- From: pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert E. Hausman Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:32 AM To: pfalz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Pfalz] History Andy, and the list- Did you tell us the religion of your ancestors? Usually others ask this before me, but I do not recall an answer. As I have said before, my own ancestors -being Calvinists- moved west into Hesse about the time of the revocation of the Edit of Nantes in 1685 seeking freedom to practice their religion. They then followed the Dukes of Nassau-Weilberg back into the Pfalz (Kirchheimbolanden) in the early 18th century (1730s). I have no family experience with Galacia so cannot comment on that. I simply offer religion as one possible explanation for such moves. Rob Hausman At 10:12 AM 2/21/2007, you wrote: >Thank you for the information. I am looing for the history of the >region >in Germany where my ancestors came from - and the reasons why they >emigrated, which would probably be included in the history. I have a >hunch that they originally came from Alsace in the late 1600's and then >moved north to the Sien / Kirchenbollenbach / Offenbach am Glan area, but why? >I am aware of the organization you mention but they are more into the >German settlements in Galicia / Russia and their migrations throughout the >world during/after WWII, whereas I am more interested in the German >origins. I have already researched the Galicia area in great detail. I >have both, Wilhelm Kalbrunner, which list the dates that the various >settlers left Vienna for Galicia and Russia; and also Ludwig Schneider, >which lists the settlers in the various settlements in Galicia in 1788 and >1820. Within these documents, it is sometimes listed where the family >came from and through that, I have been able to located and find birth >records for some of the members of the families. I also have the FHL films >for these areas, a listing of Pfalz marriages, and the Familienbuch by >Rudi Jung for "der Katholischen Pfarreien: Kirchenbollenbach, >Fischbach-Weierbach, Mittelreidenbach, Sien, and Offenbach >(Glan)". Within the familienbuch, comments are inserted when the families >emigrated to Galicia, eg. "Familie wanderte am 3.7.1784, e Personen, nach >Galizien aus." >I still have missing information regarding their documents but understand >that there is usually someone in each village / town that is a local >historian / genealogist and that there may be more records and >familienbuch's that are not published or are not in the archives. I would >imagine that the best way to find out more would be to travel to these >villages? Some of the questions I have are: Did some members of the >family stay behind in Germany? Most likely. Why did they leave? Were >they serfs and given land in Galicia? Did some "escape" and illegally >leave? Etc. >I will check with the history departments at our local universities to see >if they have anything of value. If anyone is interested in the areas that >I mentioned above, I would be happy to help out where ever possible. >ANDY ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS ********* Information for list members: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message