>Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 13:14:21 -0400 >From: janetlk@mail.dreamscape.com (Janet L Kral) >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PFALZ] Neustadt (Hause) > >Dear List, > >... >1. Looking for any information for Leonard George Hause (Americanized >Haub- with the German letter that looks like a "b") b 10/7/1857 d 6/24/1932 >s/o George Joseph Hause b 1812 d ? m Margarete Maurer b 1821 1893 all born >in Geinsheim near Neustadt, Rhineland Pflalz and died Athol,MA. George was >s/o Sebastian 1787 Geinsheim m Marie Eva Scherer. Many years ago we were >sent translations (from French) of a few records (the above info). I assume by the letter that looks like a "b" you mean the "ß" ( called esset or double "s"). It is commonly replaced by "ss". This would make the name you are looking for Hauß, Hauss, or even Haus (meaning house). >2. My father always said that his father, (Leonard) was from Bavaria and >the Black Forest and came with his parents on the SS Paraguay in 1869. I Bavaria proper and the Black Forest are separated by another region called Württemberg. The Black Forest is essentially within the the old Duchy of Baden, now combined with the old Kingdom of Württemberg. The Rheinland-Pfalz (or Palatines) was also under the rule of Bavaria, even though is was not connected, and it is resonably close to the NW corner of the Black Forest. There is a list somewhere in the web that shows the ships, dates, and ports. I seemed to have lost the URL. Perhaps someone can send it. The specific one I'm refering to only lists the ships, not the passenger lists. From the date you can rent a microfilm at your local LDS Family History Center that contains all of the ships arriving in a particular port in that time frame. >don't know port of departure or landing. In tying to search this out I have There was usually no information available from the port of departure. >found the Geinsheim was at one time part of Bavaria and it is close to the >north west edge of the Black Forest. He also was said to have been ShtetlSeeker shows 2 Geinsheims in that region. One is reasonably near the Black Forest in the Pfalz region of Bavaria. This one is now part of Neustadt. The other is a little farther north in Hesse. >Catholic, but since there was no Catholic church in Athol, MA the religion In my experience, attempting to write to the local church has been totally unproductive. The best way to research is near home. The LDS Family History Library online card catalog shows there are 8 microfilms of the Catholic church books in the Geinsheim area, with records from 1655 to 1960. Rent the microfilms at your local FHC. FYI: you usually do not need to know German to get the information you want from these data. You are primarily looking for names, dates, and places. You will need to learn the old German script. A good sourcebook is one written by the late Edna Bentz. It can be purchased from http://pages.prodigy.net/jdbentz/INDEX.HTM. >... > >Janet Hause Kral > -- 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