Hi to you Jerry, I have a Dorothea Kruse, born 1798 in Schl.-Holstein. Maybe she`s yours? Best regards from Schl.-Holstein, Hans (W.Selken) http://www.genealogy-sh.com/selken http://www.aggsh.de "Sharon Ingram" <ingramusa@hotmail.com> schrieb: > This is my first message to this particular site. > > I am looking for information on my great great grandfather JOHANN or JOHN > LOTH and his family. This family emigrated from S-H to America in 1857 from > Dersau, Schleswig-Holstein through Hamburg. They immigrated to Kendallville, > Indiana and then moved further west in the U.S. JOHANN married DORTHEA > KRUSE. They had four children, FREDRICKA, MARIE, WILHELM and CARL prior to > leaving Germany. This was a protestant family. Where would civil and church > records for Dersau be located in S-W? I understand using the LDS library, I > just need to know WHERE the records might have been housed. I would also > appreciate any additional information on the LOTH family in Dersau or that > area. Thank you. > > Jerry Ingram