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

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