>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:43:45 -0500 (EST) >From: bowiebw@webtv.net (Robert Walter) >To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PFALZ] Need help > >Hello, fellow researchers. I am looking for information on my ggg >grandfather, Nicola Walter who emmigrated to America in 1751 at about >the age of 30. He had a wife and 3 or 4 children at the time and he was >a Roman Catholic. I have three questions: >1. The ship he arrived on in America listed the passengers as >Palatines. Does the area known as the Palatinate in 1751 still closely >resemble what is R-P today? Read the history of this area on the Rheinland-Pfalz webpage. http://www.genealogy.net/gene/reg/RHE-PFA/rhein-p-his.html >2. In my research, I have seen very, very few Nicola recorded. I know >it is a variation of the name Nicolaus, but is it perhaps unique to a >certain area? The LDS FamilySearch site shows two people with the given name similar to Nicola Walters. Both are from the general Pfalz region. 31. Nicola WOLTER - International Genealogical Index/GE Gender: M Christening: 5 May 1689 Roemisch-Katholische, Bodendorf, Rheinland, Preussen 32. Nicola WALTURA - International Genealogical Index/GE Gender: M Christening: 11 Dec 1839 Civil, Homburg, Pfalz, Bayern >3. I had a lead that he may have originated from the town or village of >Hamm. On my Michelin map, there are 4 Hamms listed. According to ShtetlSeeker there are 13 and GeoServ shows 11, with 5 in the province of Rheinland-Pfalz. >The christening record showed Hamm, Saarburg, Rheinland, Prussia. Saarburg is in the Trier region. There is a separate mail list for that region. Perhaps they can better answer you questions. >Can anyone tell me where this Hamm is located and what is the name >of the Catholic church for that area that would date from the late 1690`s? The LDS Family History Center catalog says that the Hamm near Trier has a Catholic church with microfilm records starting in 1681. No name is given. >Any help will be very greatly appreciated. >Robert Walter Hint: many people will skip over messages with nondescriptive titles such as yours. Consider the fact that most everyone on this list "Need help." The preferred format for the subject is SURNAME: place: date. -- Please use this address until further notice mailto:fhheld@netzero.net _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html