Hi-- does anyone have an old atlas of the Trier area? I just copied pages from a LDH film that says that some of the family was "ex Usch." Is that an abreviation, and if so for what or is it a very small town that doesn't show up on my map? It should be near Neidenbach, Densborn etc. just north of Bittburg because that is where the other familyl members come from. Thanks for now. Jan

Looking for ancestors of : Mathias Kees b. 1814 in Irsch, Prussia (near saarburg) His first wife : Margaret Schmidt b.? d. bef. 1845 His second wife : Margaretha Thomas b. abt.1818 They emigrated with their eight children on 8/19/1962. Other surnames: SCHREINER, WAGNER, MEIER, LAUER, POPP, MAUER, FISCH. Any information on their ancestors, relatives or dates would be appreciated. Thank you, Joseph Kees

Hi List ! We found that our ancestor Johannes Tromp (also in the books as Trum and Trumm) was born on may 12 1766 in a place called Giebingen near Trier. Other sources call the place Gilbingen or Giblingen. Can someone shine a light over this as i am not able to trace those villages near Trier. Is it now perhaps a suburb of Trier or so ? greeting, Dick Trum

In a message dated 10/05/1999 9:32:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TRIER-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Fishbach's >> Diane are there Reicherts on that list of families born in Nochern.

The question in here is family name FAHA, not the town. W. David Samuelsen Steichen wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Lollym1234@aol.com> > To: <steichen@bellsouth.net> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:01 AM > Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] FAHA - Katholisch, Kastel Staddt, > Rheinland,Preussen > > > Tom - Thank you for your quick repsonse. This information is very > helpful > > and it looks like I am on the right list. Thanks again. Lori > > Lori -- Interestingly, there is also the village of Faha just about two > miles west and a little south of Taben... makes one wonder, eh? > > You are welcome, > Tom

----- Original Message ----- From: <Lollym1234@aol.com> To: <steichen@bellsouth.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] FAHA - Katholisch, Kastel Staddt, Rheinland,Preussen > Tom - Thank you for your quick repsonse. This information is very helpful > and it looks like I am on the right list. Thanks again. Lori Lori -- Interestingly, there is also the village of Faha just about two miles west and a little south of Taben... makes one wonder, eh? You are welcome, Tom

It's Kastel Stadt (city of Kastel). Katholisch is Catholic Church. You probably were looking at an extracted record found in IGI, were you? Taben is well know to me because that's one of my lines ending up there and I have FAHA in it. Trier is a catch all on many emigration records for many villages around Trier. Taben is southeast of Trier and Kastel is in Saarland, just across the border from Rheinland-Pfalz - short distance from Taben-Rodt (current spelling of the place -even through it is absurd that you can't pull it up on maps.expedia.com with Taben or Rodt or combination of them (!) On my Michelin map copy, it is there for all to see. W. David Samuelsen Lollym1234@aol.com wrote: > > Hello List -- I finally have some baptismal information on my FAHA family. > According to the christening record, Petrus Faha was baptised at "Katholisch, > Kastel Staadt, Rheinland, Preussen." Other children were baptised in Taben, > Rheinland, Preussen. Other sources say that the family is from Trier. Does > anyone know where these places are? Are they in Trier? Also, can anyone > translate the first location. I really appreciate your time. Thank you. > Lori > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

----- Original Message ----- From: <Lollym1234@aol.com> To: <TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 11:31 PM Subject: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] FAHA - Katholisch, Kastel Staddt, Rheinland, Preussen > Hello List -- I finally have some baptismal information on my FAHA family. > According to the christening record, Petrus Faha was baptised at "Katholisch, > Kastel Staadt, Rheinland, Preussen." Other children were baptised in Taben, > Rheinland, Preussen. Other sources say that the family is from Trier. Does > anyone know where these places are? Are they in Trier? Also, can anyone > translate the first location. I really appreciate your time. Thank you. > Lori Lori - Both Kastel-Staadt and Taben are villages about 10 miles south of Trier and about a mile apart. "Katholisch" is German for Catholic, implying they were baptized in the Catholic Church in Kastel-Staadt. Tom

Hello List -- I finally have some baptismal information on my FAHA family. According to the christening record, Petrus Faha was baptised at "Katholisch, Kastel Staadt, Rheinland, Preussen." Other children were baptised in Taben, Rheinland, Preussen. Other sources say that the family is from Trier. Does anyone know where these places are? Are they in Trier? Also, can anyone translate the first location. I really appreciate your time. Thank you. Lori

Nochern, the town, is located in the Rhine-Pfaltz area now. Very near the St. Goarshaussen, Wyer, and a few other small villages. I have a Fiscbach family that have had property named Molesberg. It is a large farm located in Nochern. It has many houses on the property and has belonged the to Fischbach's since the late 1770's . A daughter of the one of the Fishbach's still lives there. I have names of the families that were born there. Is there anyone familiar with this area? This is my first time asking anything. I usually just read the information and store it. Diann Anderson Imaginetcetera@msn.com

Hello Edward, The town of Hilbringen in the Saarland MAY be the town. Hilbringen, in Kreise Merzig, is the ancestral town for the HELBRON family back to about 1650. Rev. Peter Helbron (9 Jul 1739-24 Apr 1816), a Capuchin missionary to Western Pennsylvania, had his parish in a place called Sportsman's Hall (which he called "Clear Spring"), which is the literal translation of "heller brunnen". I have not heard of the term "canton" used other than in Switzerland, but Hilbringen is about 20 km from Saarburg and Saarburg is about half way between Trier and Hilbringen. Bill Helbron Upland, CA

I have searched everywhere and cannot find anyone who is familiar with any of these names. Can someone out there help? BLANKENMEISTER, Johann Peter born 1822 ELSNER, Frank Reinhardt born 1850 FROCAUF, Peter born 1657 died 1760 married to THEES, Maria Frocauf children were: George Aloys b. 1751 in Trier; John Heinrich Aloys b. 1752 in Zettsinger, Germany; Anna Mararetha b. 1756; Albert Palmatius b. 1762 in Trier; Carl William. KALBFELL, David b. 1831 in Germany NEUSCHE, Albert b. circa 1850 married to GUNDLACH, Anna WETTENDORF, Bernard b. 1786 died 1850 in Trier married to KRUM, Julia b. 1793 in Zweibruecken, Pfalz Please help. Frustrated in Kansas Lori Johnson

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A relative, Adam Gabel (about 1832) reported on his US Naturalization Form that he was from the town of Clear Spring, in the Canton of Saarburg in the Department of Trier. Is anyone aware of the German name for this town? I am also looking for Gabel relatives. Adam was born in 1775. Thanks. Edward Feustel

George -- You are correct... there are a lot of SCHWICKERATH's in Iowa, but I believe these folk come from a SCHWICKERATH family that came from Greimerath, Germany. Greimerath is about 30 km straight south of Trier, Germany, thus about 70 km south of Orsfeld. Charles Anton SCHWICKERATH Jr. of Sapulpa, Oklahoma has prepared a nice website documenting this family (see: http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Schwickerath/default/) for details. Unfortunately, the site does not include the brothers that Karl-Heinz is interested in, nor does it contain my people. It is a hint on ancestors, though, for both of us, and may be a possibility for the descendants that Karl-Heinz is interested in. Thanks for the thought, Tom Steichen ----- Original Message ----- From: George Hill <papa@cybcon.com> To: Steichen <steichen@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Orsfeld > A check of the White Pages shows a LOT of these folks > living in Iowa today. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steichen <steichen@bellsouth.net> > To: TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 6:57 PM > Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Orsfeld > > > >> the following immigrants from Orsfeld, Germany, to the U.S.A. were > >relatives on > >> my mother's side : > >> > >> Jakob Brand, born December 1, 1837 > >> Matthias Schwickerath, born January 29, 1844 > >> Michael Schwickerath, born March 2, 1847 > >> Johann Grün (later John Green), born August 13, 1852 > >> > >> Jakob Brand, Matthias Schwickerath and his brother Michael arrived at > >Baltimore > >> on April 8, 1870. Jakob Brand was cousin to the Schwickerath brothers. > >> Johann Grün arrived at New York on July 7, 1880. > >> > >> I have no information on where they settled in the U.S.A. Would like > >to contact > >> descendants. Any hints will be appreciated. Thank you very much. > > > > Karl-Heinz -- > > > >I can't help you with where these people settled in the U.S., but I > >think it is possible that we have common relatives. My great-great > >grandfather, Matthias ZWILLING of Wallenborn, married Eva Catherina > >SCHWICKERATH on Jul 15, 1865 in Wallenborn, and they had 5 children. > >She was the daughter of Nicolai SCHWICKERATH and Elisabeth SCHMITZ. > >After Matthias died, she married Johann Frederico PFLÜGER on Sep 24, > >1881 and had 3 more children. > > > >So far, I have not found Eva Catherina's birth date or birth location, > >as neither appear in the Wallenborn church records during the > >appropriate time period. If I have my geography correct, Orsfeld is > >near Bitburg and Wallenborn is less than 20 km further up Bundesstraße > >257. Do you recognize these people? If not, do the SCHWICKERATH's have > >a long history in Orsfeld? Any information would be greatly > >appreciated. > > > >Tom Steichen > >Winston-Salem, NC USA

> the following immigrants from Orsfeld, Germany, to the U.S.A. were relatives on > my mother's side : > > Jakob Brand, born December 1, 1837 > Matthias Schwickerath, born January 29, 1844 > Michael Schwickerath, born March 2, 1847 > Johann Grün (later John Green), born August 13, 1852 > > Jakob Brand, Matthias Schwickerath and his brother Michael arrived at Baltimore > on April 8, 1870. Jakob Brand was cousin to the Schwickerath brothers. > Johann Grün arrived at New York on July 7, 1880. > > I have no information on where they settled in the U.S.A. Would like to contact > descendants. Any hints will be appreciated. Thank you very much. Karl-Heinz -- I can't help you with where these people settled in the U.S., but I think it is possible that we have common relatives. My great-great grandfather, Matthias ZWILLING of Wallenborn, married Eva Catherina SCHWICKERATH on Jul 15, 1865 in Wallenborn, and they had 5 children. She was the daughter of Nicolai SCHWICKERATH and Elisabeth SCHMITZ. After Matthias died, she married Johann Frederico PFLÜGER on Sep 24, 1881 and had 3 more children. So far, I have not found Eva Catherina's birth date or birth location, as neither appear in the Wallenborn church records during the appropriate time period. If I have my geography correct, Orsfeld is near Bitburg and Wallenborn is less than 20 km further up Bundesstraße 257. Do you recognize these people? If not, do the SCHWICKERATH's have a long history in Orsfeld? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Tom Steichen Winston-Salem, NC USA

Is anyone familiar with the records for Hergersweiler near Bad Bergzabern (just north of Wissembourg/Weissenburg Alsace). I am looking for Catherine Roth, born 6 Sept 1808. I believe that there should be both civil and church records, but the FHL does not seem to have either for the relevant time period for me. I am not sure where in Germany (or France?) these might be. I would be thankful for any help. James Maxeiner

I have Britten database but not online - it's on my diskette in AQ 3.0 format (it's because almost everybody in that town is all related to each other and to me.) Krov? It's in Rheinland-Pfalz, east of Wittlich. W. David Samuelsen Draniczl@aol.com wrote: > > Phil, thanks for the link to the Trier-root-L archives. I've tried other > links to the archives which did not work. I was able to find an old entry > from 1997 from Mr. Samuelsen. > > Mr. Samuelsen mentioned he had a computerized database of Britten (now part > of Greater Losheim). Is this still available to the listers? > > Also, does anyone know if there are any civil records for Krov? > > Lauri >

Phil, thanks for the link to the Trier-root-L archives. I've tried other links to the archives which did not work. I was able to find an old entry from 1997 from Mr. Samuelsen. Mr. Samuelsen mentioned he had a computerized database of Britten (now part of Greater Losheim). Is this still available to the listers? Also, does anyone know if there are any civil records for Krov? Lauri

I checked this sight out and loved it Great German Maps Keith >X-Apparently-To: kthq@yahoo.com via mdd203.mail.yahoo.com >Resent-Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 04:46:31 -0700 (PDT) >From: tepalmer@execpc.com >Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 06:28:01 -0500 >Old-To: ALSACE-LORRAINE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ALS-LOR-L] Re: ALSACE-LORRAINE Map >To: ALSACE-LORRAINE-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: ALSACE-LORRAINE-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <ALSACE-LORRAINE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7757 >X-Loop: ALSACE-LORRAINE-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: ALSACE-LORRAINE-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Frank, > >You may want to try contacting Travel Genie Maps in Ames, Iowa. They >specialize in detailed maps for genealogy. The catalog I >received from them lists a map of Alsace-Lorraine (stock #144259). > >I have found the owners to be very helpful and I am pleased with the >maps I ordered from them. >They have a web site at: http://www.netins.net/showcase/travelgenie/ > >Mary > >> Subject: [ALS-LOR-L] Michelin 242 Alsace-Lorrain Map >> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 13:40:50 -0500 >> From: Frank Gajo <FGAJO@concentric.net> >> To: ALSACE-LORRAINE-L@rootsweb.com >> >> Thank you Cathy Deschu and Robert Behra for the suggestion as to where >> this map could be obtained. >> Neither Amazon.com nor Barnesnoble.com have them. Any other suggestions >> please? >> Frank > > >==== ALSACE-LORRAINE Mailing List ==== >Need to contact listowner? >Send your message to dsam@wasatch.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com