I visited one of the Archives in Speyer this past spring. There are several The Archives for the Evangelisch Kirch at the Domstadt Cathedral, the land archives and the civil archives. You need an appointment for all. I must say the people were wonderful while helping me. Judy Christopher (nee Mueller of Speyer) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette McIntosh" <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> To: <mmongoose@tds.net>; <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:22 PM Subject: [Pfalz] Speyer Archives > family history information > Dear Barbara, I read your post/reply to the mail list with a great deal > of > interest. Two Rhein-Pfalz towns of my interest, Bad Durkheim & Ungstein, > are about as far from Speyer to the North-East as Bellheim is in the other > direction, to the South-West; perhaps just a little bit farther, in my > case. > > My question is this.... What specific information did you request of the > Archives in Speyer? Were you able to obtain emigration information > (permission to emigrate papers), vital records or perhaps something else > entirely? > > I keep thinking there must be some records for my family, who are in > various > towns & villages in this area ca. 1700s- 1800s, but I am at a loss to know > what to ask for and how to go about the search. In the past I have found > my > documentation using LDS/FHL films. Are the Speyer Archives concerned > strictly with the civil documentation? > > Any advice or direction would be a great assist. > > Bette > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mmongoose" <mmongoose@tds.net> > To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Pfalz] Intro & Q: French Jews in Germany > > >> Incidentally the first family record I received from the archives in >> Speyer for my Feigel family in Bellheim was written in French. The >> later ones (after Napoleon) were in German. But the same burgomeister >> (German name) had signed all of them. >> >> Barbara Rice >> >> FEIGEL DIETRICH BOLZ DESHLER ELZER ROTH VOLAND DIPPEL ?"Pardusin" > > > > ********* > 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 >