I just found out my great great grandfather and his family came from Holstein. I need some ideas on where to look for birth and marriage records for that area. Are there any census records online or that I can purchase CD's of? Help point me in the correct direction please!! Carol (Heesch) Abbott

information on my father's family. Hi, I just found this group and I've never written anything here before. My name is Janiece Pfeiffer and my family and I live in the San Francisco Bay area of CA, USA. >From what we know, from information my dad gave my sister one day when they were just talking several years before he died in 1990, our family name was changed sometime in the 1600s. I discovered this when I was trying to get a family crest made for my dad for Father's Day one year and our name wasn't in any of the Germanic name books. Of course I was looking for it spelled the way I knew it, not like, as I explain below, it is most likely spelled in Germany. Sometime in the 1600s, my great great great grandfather was in some position of authority in Schleswig Holstein. During an uprising/war he and his family fled their castle and land, left behind all their belongs and fled to Germany to spare their lives. They also changed their name to Trucks, or more probably Truchses, I have recently learned from a German man who lives in the area and has his own family story on a website. He actually called the two families by the name of Trucks who live in Hamburg now and they said the spelling was probably TRUCHSES, which means governor. I don't have their names or anyone earlier than my great grandparents. My great grandparents were Anna and Heinrich Trucks (or Truchses) they lived in Schleswig Holstein I only know of one son. We think he was an only child. My grandparents were Olga and Ewald Heinrich Trucks (or Truchses) They lived in Harburg/Hamburg He was born May 11, 1886 in Schleswig Holstein Hohenaspech (Prussia Germany) He was a mechanical engineer for the research division of Damiler Benz. He left his job 3 months before WW I began to join the German army. He was declared Missing In Action 3 months after actual combat began and declared dead by the German government one year after the war ended. My grandmother came to the US, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, sometime around 1916. My father was their only child. My parents are Lillian Hawley and Dr. Helmut Ewald Heinrich Trucks He was born May 11. 1911 in Hamburg. When his mother came to the US, she left him with his Tante Anna and Uncle Gustav Liedtki, her sister and brother-in-law, who became his guardians. She left him in Germany because he appeared to be of very high intelligence (it was confirmed a few years later that he was a genius) and they felt that boarding school in Germany would be the best place for him. She wasn't sure what she would find in the US. She was going to live with some of her family who had come to the US earlier. At age 11 he entered the University of Jena (not sure of the spelling) but soon was taken out and sent to study with Albert Einstein for several years, before returning to the University for a year to get his degrees, which included several PhD's and MS degrees in subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, and other sciences. Later, when I was a young girl, he earned an honorary MDiv in Theology from Augistana University. He said that Albert Einstein was a wonderful man and teacher and much different than we hear about. He immigrated to the US in 1917 or 1918. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He married a friend of his family here and had 2 children, a boy and a girl. He was divorced at some time, but I have no idea when. In 1945 he met my mother in Detroit, MI and they were married in 1946. They have 2 daughters, myself and my sister Linda. My sister was contacted by our half-brother several years ago but he has no interest in getting to know us. Linda and I didn't even know our dad had been married before, until my grandmother died and we saw some pictures she had, of our dad and 2 children. My father was too embarrassed about being divorced to tell us. I know my father's story is hard to believe and as a teen I thought it was just family talk. That was until I saw his resume which listed all of his degrees and during the years of WW II there was a blank area that said Top Secret. For further information, contact the Dept. of Defense. What we didn't know, until about 1985 when he could finally reveal the facts, was that during those years he was working on the Manhattan Project, with his old teacher, Dr. Einstein, who had recommended him for the team. He later did top secret work for General Dynamics in their Atomic Boat division and after retirement did research and taught engineering. He was called the "grandfather of cryogenics in the U.S." in the area of metal fabrication. I have a very interesting family history but a large part of it is missing. I would very much like to be able to fill in those blanks. Part of the reason is because my dad was receiving an inheritance until W.W.II . When he was contacted and told to return to Germany to be a scientist, he refused. At that time his checks stopped coming. If there is any way to find out if that money is still in Germany I would love to be able to get it for my mom. She has been living on a fixed income since my dad died and I wold love to be able to help her. If anyone has any information on the Trucks or Truchses family it would be gratefully appreciated. Also any information on where I can look would be great. I am aware of the LDS genealogical website and ancestry.com but that is about the extent of my knowledge in this area. Thank you, Janiece

Hi Janiece, In doing my research today, I came across the following website regarding the Truchsess. Hope this helps: http://www.gen.heinz-wember.de/waldburg/ Don Buchwald ----- Original Message ----- From: "fredpfeiffer" <fredpfeiffer@comcast.net> To: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:27 AM Subject: [S-H-RTS] I'm searching for.... > > information on my father's family. > > Hi, I just found this group and I've never written anything here before. My > name is Janiece Pfeiffer and my family and I live in the San Francisco Bay > area of CA, USA. > > >From what we know, from information my dad gave my sister one day when they > were just talking several years before he died in 1990, our family name was > changed sometime in the 1600s. I discovered this when I was trying to get a > family crest made for my dad for Father's Day one year and our name wasn't > in any of the Germanic name books. Of course I was looking for it spelled > the way I knew it, not like, as I explain below, it is most likely spelled > in Germany. > > Sometime in the 1600s, my great great great grandfather was in some position > of authority in Schleswig Holstein. During an uprising/war he and his family > fled their castle and land, left behind all their belongs and fled to > Germany to spare their lives. They also changed their name to Trucks, or > more probably Truchses, I have recently learned from a German man who lives > in the area and has his own family story on a website. He actually called > the two families by the name of Trucks who live in Hamburg now and they said > the spelling was probably TRUCHSES, which means governor. > > I don't have their names or anyone earlier than my great grandparents. > > My great grandparents were Anna and Heinrich Trucks (or Truchses) > they lived in Schleswig Holstein > I only know of one son. We think he was an only child. > > > My grandparents were Olga and Ewald Heinrich Trucks (or Truchses) They > lived in Harburg/Hamburg He was born May 11, 1886 in Schleswig Holstein > Hohenaspech (Prussia Germany) > > He was a mechanical engineer for the research division of Damiler Benz. > He left his job 3 months before WW I began to join the German army. He was > declared Missing In Action 3 months after actual combat began and declared > dead by the German government one year after the war ended. My grandmother > came to the US, and settled in Cleveland, Ohio, sometime around 1916. > My father was their only child. > > My parents are Lillian Hawley and Dr. Helmut Ewald Heinrich Trucks He > was born May 11. 1911 in Hamburg. When his mother came to the US, she left > him with his Tante Anna and Uncle Gustav Liedtki, her sister and > brother-in-law, who became his guardians. She left him in Germany because he > appeared to be of very high intelligence (it was confirmed a few years later > that he was a genius) and they felt that boarding school in Germany would be > the best place for him. She wasn't sure what she would find in the US. She > was going to live with some of her family who had come to the US earlier. At > age 11 he entered the University of Jena (not sure of the spelling) but soon > was taken out and sent to study with Albert Einstein for several years, > before returning to the University for a year to get his degrees, which > included several PhD's and MS degrees in subjects such as Mathematics, > Physics, Engineering, and other sciences. Later, when I was a young girl, he > earned an honorary MDiv in Theology from Augistana University. He said that > Albert Einstein was a wonderful man and teacher and much different than we > hear about. He immigrated to the US in 1917 or 1918. He settled in > Cleveland, Ohio. He married a friend of his family here and had 2 children, > a boy and a girl. He was divorced at some time, but I have no idea when. > In 1945 he met my mother in Detroit, MI and they were married in 1946. > > They have 2 daughters, myself and my sister Linda. My sister was contacted > by our half-brother several years ago but he has no interest in getting to > know us. Linda and I didn't even know our dad had been married before, until > my grandmother died and we saw some pictures she had, of our dad and 2 > children. My father was too embarrassed about being divorced to tell us. > > I know my father's story is hard to believe and as a teen I thought it was > just family talk. That was until I saw his resume which listed all of his > degrees and during the years of WW II there was a blank area that said Top > Secret. For further information, contact the Dept. of Defense. What we > didn't know, until about 1985 when he could finally reveal the facts, was > that during those years he was working on the Manhattan Project, with his > old teacher, Dr. Einstein, who had recommended him for the team. He later > did top secret work for General Dynamics in their Atomic Boat division and > after retirement did research and taught engineering. He was called the > "grandfather of cryogenics in the U.S." in the area of metal fabrication. > > I have a very interesting family history but a large part of it is missing. > I would very much like to be able to fill in those blanks. Part of the > reason is because my dad was receiving an inheritance until W.W.II . When he > was contacted and told to return to Germany to be a scientist, he refused. > At that time his checks stopped coming. If there is any way to find out if > that money is still in Germany I would love to be able to get it for my mom. > She has been living on a fixed income since my dad died and I wold love to > be able to help her. > > If anyone has any information on the Trucks or Truchses family it would be > gratefully appreciated. Also any information on where I can look would be > great. I am aware of the LDS genealogical website and ancestry.com but that > is about the extent of my knowledge in this area. > > Thank you, > > Janiece > > > > > > > ==== 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 >