http://www.crossbot.de/wwwsearch/?q=archives&type=both&site=www.ekd.de&x=10&y=9 The above was the result of taking my own advice. It is in English. The site is pretty well hidden from casual se arches of Google. Oops. D.S. Wulfman wrote: > The Lutheran Church in Germany maintains extensive archives and > photocopies of church records of baptisms, births, marriages and > confirmations. In addition the originals can often be found at the > original churches. Seeking information from these is best done thru > the church archivists. For Lower Saxony and NorthRhine Westfalia the > records are at Hannover.I do not know whether they also have those for > S-H. Suggest you do Google search using terms > "Lutheran+Church+Archives+Germany" I found the people at Hannover most > helpful. There is a small charge and I received copiesof the original > pages as well as a summary sheet giving genealogical flow. The > biggest problem is reading the old fashioned German script but knowing > a bit about what you are looking for greatly facilitates the guess > work. The more information you can furnish, the less time and cost is > involved. Supplying a flow sheets of marriages and births that you > know and dates (more precise the better) is obviously needed > especially when the surname is common. > Hapy hunting, Dave in Nova Scotia > > MMccre8814@aol.com wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I am looking for information on Herman BREMER who was born July 28, >> 1846 in Suderau, Schleswig-Holstein and his family. His parents were >> Hinrich BREMER and Rebecka LUDEMANN. Hinrich Bremer was born 1817 in >> Grevenkoper Riep and died 1869 in Suderau. Rebecka Ludeman was born >> 1820 in Suderau and died 1885 in Suderau. >> >> Herman Bremer was a blacksmith in the Prussian army during the >> Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. He married Auguste L. KOCH who was >> born April 25, 1853 in Kemberg, Germany around 1873, and they came to >> Missouri, USA in 1883. Her parents were Christain Friedrich KOCH and >> Amalie Henriette TATKOWSKY. >> >> They had the following children who may have been born in Berlin: >> 1. Elizabeth Marie Bremer, born 1874 >> 2. Anna Bremer, born 1876 >> 3. Paul Frederick Herman Bremer born 1878 >> 4. Emma M. Bremer, born 1880 >> 5. Marie A. Bremer 1882 >> >> Other Bremer relatives in Suderau were HINZ, LUDERS, SEISSMANN, and >> BEHRENS. >> >> Any ideas of where to search for census, Lutheran church records, >> etc? How often was a census in Germany prepared and for what years? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Marian in Missouri, USA >> >> >> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Eine Erklaerung von Fachbegriffen und die Regeln der SH-ROOTS finden >> Sie hier: >> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/regeln.htm >> >> >> . >> >> >> > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Eine Erklaerung von Fachbegriffen und die Regeln der SH-ROOTS finden > Sie hier: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/regeln.htm > > > . >