Thanks. There's also geneanet (which may be linked by surnamenavigator but I don't like to open so many panes at once). There are no Thieles of Stolberg (or as far as I can tell neighboring towns) listed in the major genealogical search engines online, including ancestry.com (which I have a subscription to). I submitted the query primarily because I was hoping someone might also be researching this family. A great deal of family history isn't online yet. --- Karl Roussin <kroussin@fidnet.com> wrote: > Kenneth > For the online records > > Check out > > > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp > or > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > or > http://www.surnamenavigator.org/ > > Just fill out the blanks , and click " search " > , or " go " > > If no records are online , then You will need to > check out some FHC > library films > > Karl Roussin > ======================================= > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "K E" <kenofnocal@yahoo.com> > To: <prussia-roots-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54 PM > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] the Thieles of Stollberg, > Sangerhausen > District,Province of Saxony, Prussia > > > > Greetings, > > > > I've recently been able to determine the names of > my > > 4th great-grandfather in my direct paternal line > as > > well as the name of his wife, and I'm wondering if > > someone might be researching her family (the > Thieles > > of > > Stollberg), or otherwise have an insight into > them. My > > 3rd great-grandfather Carl Joseph Ernst Hempel was > > born 13 September 1822 in Stollberg (Harz) to > Ernst > > Christoph Siegmund Hempel and Johanne Henriette > > Friederike Thiele. I don't yet have either of > their > > dates of birth but my guess is that both were > probably > > born between 1790 and 1804. I mentioned in a > previous > > post about the Hempels that my family believed > them to > > have been Jewish. > > > > The raft of vital records I just received from > > Osterode concering this family (Carl Hempel > relocated > > to Osterode am Harz from Stolberg in the 1840s) > > indicates strong evidence they were practicing > > Lutherans and no evidence they were Jews; all the > > parish records relating to this family in Osterode > > were from Lutheran churches. On the other hand, my > 2nd > > great-grandfather Carl August Willhelm Hempel > (born > > 1850 in Osterode) attended an overwhelming Jewish > > school in nearby Seesen (the Institut Jacobson, > which > > was founded by a Jewish philanthropist in 1802). > > Apparently the school also admitted a few > Christians, > > but I'm still inclined to think this family may > have > > been Jewish but converted in the 18th or early > 19th > > century (perhaps in Stollberg). I'm also inclined > to > > think however that the Thiele family I'm now > searching > > for in Stollberg is probably more likely to have > been > > Lutheran but I'm disinclined to make assumptions; > > I honestly have no idea. > > > > Thanks for any help you might be able to provide. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kenneth > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com