I'm interested in any kind of help with this: My gggrandfather was Peter Teske, one of the colonists of Paris, Bessarabia, in 1816. The only information I have from the Bessarabian Church Family Books is that he was born in "West Prussia in 1717." Does anyone have any information on West Prussia and the region/village from which he might have originated or how such information might be obtained? Any response is appreciated. Herb Teske "R. Lipprandt" <rloss@bellsouth.net> wrote: Tom, something to keep in mind about the residency in Hamburg. At times, there was no ship or space available for sailing. Immigrants then had to stay in "hotels" until a ship or their immigration space became available. During this stay, they were no longer citizens of where they came from but they (on their papers) had to indicate they were from Hamburg... or Bremen/Bremerhaven or other German ports. Use the information as a guide until something can be written in stone. It (information) may change and have to be tweaked a number of times. Regards, Robert Lipprandt ==================== Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Wilmink Family >I continue to have trouble finding info on ggrandfather and ggrandmother. >They were George Henry Wilmink (Wilming, Wilmick, Wilminck, etc.) and Maria >Sophia Hefley (Hefele, Heffley, Heflick,etc.) I have a Henry Wilming >coming to US at age 16 in 1865. He said in census records he came in 1865 >but ages don't exactly match. George Henry and Mary settled in Vinton >County, OH (1870s) and later in Hocking County, OH (1880's amd 1890's). >There is some belief that they may have been ibn Bourbon County, KY in late >1860's. > > Now, here is where I need help and a lot of it. I have attempted to > explore German records and even requested some with little or no success. > George Henry said in census he was from Hannover but family has always > said Konigsbury, East Prussia. Mary Sophia was from Bavaria > so Hannover is probably correct. George Henry's father was a soldier so > possibly the family originally came from East Prussia to Hannover. > How can I find this out? > > I can find almost no records before 1870 census re Mary Sophia Hafley > Wilmink except she is burried in Logan, Ohio. Anyone have any > suggestions? > > Tom Wilmink > > ------------------------------- > 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

Try this Herb http://www.jewishgen.org/ShetlSeeker/loctown.htm It will give name(s) of same spellings or similar ones (villages etc.). Another try would be http://members.cox.net/hessen/archives.htm The moderator is quite knowledgeable of most things in Germany and does speak the language eventhough his site is Hessen based. Regards, Robert Lipprandt =================== Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Hamburg as residence > I'm interested in any kind of help with this: My gggrandfather was Peter > Teske, one of the colonists of Paris, Bessarabia, in 1816. The only > information I have from the Bessarabian Church Family Books is that he was > born in "West Prussia in 1717." Does anyone have any information on West > Prussia and the region/village from which he might have originated or how > such information might be obtained? Any response is appreciated. > > Herb Teske

Thanks, Robert! Herb "R. Lipprandt" <rloss@bellsouth.net> wrote: Try this Herb http://www.jewishgen.org/ShetlSeeker/loctown.htm It will give name(s) of same spellings or similar ones (villages etc.). Another try would be http://members.cox.net/hessen/archives.htm The moderator is quite knowledgeable of most things in Germany and does speak the language eventhough his site is Hessen based. Regards, Robert Lipprandt =================== Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Hamburg as residence > I'm interested in any kind of help with this: My gggrandfather was Peter > Teske, one of the colonists of Paris, Bessarabia, in 1816. The only > information I have from the Bessarabian Church Family Books is that he was > born in "West Prussia in 1717." Does anyone have any information on West > Prussia and the region/village from which he might have originated or how > such information might be obtained? Any response is appreciated. > > Herb Teske ------------------------------- 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