Dear Members, In February 2002 I drove to Albersdorf because my youngest daughter wanted to climb up on the observation tower. I took my camera with me and made some photos from above on that tower. By deleting some files from my harddrive I found the photos and thought that maybe some one of you has ancestors in that area and is interested to see how the area looks like. Please find 10 photos at: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/cgi-bin/diashow.cgi After approx. 15 seconds the next photo is loading automaticly. Regards, Hans Peter Voss ; Schleswig-Holstein

----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans-Peter Voss" <Hans-Peter.Voss@t-online.de> To: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 6:57 AM Subject: [S-H-RTS] Albersdorf > Dear Members, > In February 2002 I drove to Albersdorf because my youngest daughter > wanted to climb up on the observation tower. I took my camera with me > and made some photos from above on that tower. By deleting some files > from my harddrive I found the photos and thought that maybe some one of > you has ancestors in that area and is interested to see how the area > looks like. Please find 10 photos at: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/cgi-bin/diashow.cgi > After approx. 15 seconds the next photo is loading automaticly. > Regards, > Hans Peter Voss ; Schleswig-Holstein Thank you Hans-Peter, for all your wonderful hard work. I would like to share your infomative emails with others of my family that do not subscibe to this list if you are agreeable? Wonderful pictures!!! Gloria Lund

Hi, I am researching the SCHNEPEL and PETERS families from the Albertsdorf and Schafstedt areas and the RICKERT family from Bad Segeberg. Hans, many thanks for the photos of Albertsdorf. I believe there are still Schnepel families living in that area. My gg grandmother Anna Schnepel was born in Schafstedt on 15th November 1846. Her parents were Claus Schnepel born 15 March 1805 and Antje Peters born 11 April 1811. My blank wall is her grandparents on the Peters side. I only have the names Peter Peters and Lena? Anna married Hans Christian Rickert in Australia in 1879. He was supposedly born in Bad Segeberg on 18th Nov 1854 to Max Rickert and Catherine Dalfs but I have not found any records to confirm this. He supposedly deserted ship from the German merchant navy when he came to Australia but I have not been able to validate this. Here's hoping these names ring a bell with someone. Regards Alison