Hello Stephen, the Census 1845 of Boel lists a Rosalina Mecklenburg, aged 18, born in Wilster. And the Census 1845 of Dingwatt, Thumby parish lists the complete family, i.e. Napoleon Meklenburg, age 39, born in Blankenburg Maria Elis. Bunzen, age 39, born in Friedrichsfelde Jes Peter, age 9, Jakob Peter, age 7 and Johann Peter age 5 as their sons, all born in Boel. The church records of Boel have been microfilmed by the LDS Church. As the place of birth of the husband is given as Blankenburg the Boel records will provide you with the exact date of births but to go further back you have to look at the Blankenburg records. Blankenburg is in the Harz area in Sachsen-Anhalt. Dingwatt at that time had just 3 houses and belonged to the Thumby parish. But as the church in Struxdorf was nearer than the church in Thumby the people from Dingwatt may have gone to Struxdorf instead of Thumby so when you check the church records of Thumby check those of Struxdorf too (both are microfilmed just as the ones from Boel). Mecklenburg is a rather rare name for Schleswig-Holstein while Bunzen is more common. There is no Friedrichsfelde in that area but several places called Friedrichsfeld. There is one Friedrichsfeld in Schuby just a few miles west of Schleswig not too far from Thumby. The Census 1803 of Friedrichsfeld, Schuby parish, lists a Johann Ludewig Bensen and his family who could be the father of Maria Elis. Bunzen (don't mind the different spelling, it often changed when people moved ...). Regards, Ulrich Wendt -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]Im Auftrag von [email protected] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. September 2008 14:36 An: [email protected] Betreff: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Boel and Friedrichsfelde I found a family that I am looking for in Thumby. The children were described as born in Boel and the mother in Friedrichsfelde. Is anyone familiar with useful genealogical records for these areas? The last name of the family was Mecklenburg; the mother's maiden name was Bunzen/Bonsen. thank you. Stephen Pegler **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message