Tony, I think what you have is a copy of the Christening not the birth cert. Geoattern should be Gevattern = Godparents, sponsors or witnesses. I have several (about 30) from my Passick line in Germany. Enjoy!! Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doc Martens" <martens@ihug.com.au> To: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:45 PM Subject: [S-H-RTS] Roll Call > Hi all, > > The following is a major brick wall for my family: > > Johann Hinrich Nikolaus MARTENS b: in 01 Jun 1846, Lieth bei Heide. > > Parents; > Jurgen Hinrich MARTENS in Wesseln and Heinke Margaretha SCHODT/SCHOODT > > All children born in Australia. > > Johann left Schleswig Holstein via Hamburg with what is possibly his brother/cousin, Frans MARTENS in @1865 > I have Johanns extract birth certificate which has the above parents on it but can not find much info on them. it also contains other people on it which reads as follows; > > Geoattern; > Johann Peter SCHODT > Nikolaus WITT > Margaretha MARTENS > > Any information about this family or person would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Tony Martens > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The Frequently_Asked_Questions web-site can be found at: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >