Thank you Alice Thank you Barbara Yes, this was very interesting as were all of your messages about the history of this area. Marvin Hoerig barbara schnubel wrote: > Here the extracts of the archives of the archbishopric of Trier > > The great parish district of Perl included the subsidiaries Oberperl, > Sehndorf, Apach, Eft, Hellendorf, Merschweiler, Schengen, Borg, Pillingen > and Belmacher. > > In the villages Apach, Borg, Eft, Merschweiler and Schengen there were - > according to the Visitation report of 1569 - subsidiary churches. > > The villages Borg, Eft and Hellendorf constituted a district. The > inhabitants of the villages had to go to mass in Perl only for the highest > celebration days as well as for the patronage celebration of Perl and for > the feast of Corpus Christi. On normal sundays they could go to mass in > their village churches. > > In 1129 the knight Udelin donated to the abbey of Mettlach, in which he > entered as a monk, his goods in Eft. > > The noble lady Frierun from Hellendorf gave to the abbey her goods in > Hellendorf for the endowment of an annual remembrance. > > In Apach the Carthusian monks, which were founded in 1431, had goods and > rights which go back to older propriety of the Bendikt abbey St. Sixtus in > Rettel and which were testified in 1084. The inhabitants of Borg asked in > 1718 the prior of the carthusians to let them construction wood for their > church which has been finished in 1728. The patron name John the Baptist > could indicate a great age of the subsidary church named in 1569. > > The great parish Perl is counted as one of the oldest estates of the > archbishopric of Trier on the upper Mosel. > > In the new organisation of the parishes in French time (1802-1803), the > great parish of Perl was dissolved. With Perl remained the subsidiaries and > Sehndorf. Eft and Hellendorf went to the parish of Tünsdorf but where > elevated to the rank of parish in 1827 with siege in Eft. Borg was also > elevated to the rank of parish and received the subsidiaries Pillingen and > Wochern. Wochern went in 1817 to the parish of Tettingen. > > Merschweiler, Belmacher and Apach went to the newly defined Metz district > parish of Kirsch bei Sierck which belonged before to the Land chapter Perl. > > Remark : This division is still valid today > > Saint patrons : > > Perl Gervasius and Protasius > > Schengen Salvator mundi u. Luzia > > Apach Donatus > > Eft Philippus and Jakobus > > Borg John the Baptist > > Sierck 1569 - John the Bap.; 1679 - Laurentius, Johan the Bap. and > Martinus; since 1952 Maria > > Orscholz 1782 Thomas 1952 Nikolaus > > Save a few excetions the parish villages belong to the group of pre-frankish > settlements, that is to say to the settlements created since the 5th century > in the course of the taking of the country by the Franks. > > I hope this was of some interest for you.

Thank you for your reply. I can't thank Barbara enough for her transcriptions of these histories, it is has made it so much easier to understand. The person responsible for these histories is a woman who lives in Borg who is married to my new found cousin (3rd cousin once removed from the 1770's), because of the internet. She looked for the varies histories for me from different resources and had even bought a book to share the information with me. Because, the information seemed about as accurate as that available, it seemed it should be shared on this web site, which had helped me find my new German relatives as well as new relatives in Wisconsin. It was my way of saying thank you for all the help and information Treir- Roots has given to me. This was the last of the histories she had sent. I'm glad you enjoyed the histories. Alice Marvin Hoerig wrote: > > Thank you Alice > Thank you Barbara > > Yes, this was very interesting as were all of your messages about the history > of this area. > > Marvin Hoerig > > barbara schnubel wrote: > > > Here the extracts of the archives of the archbishopric of Trier > > > > The great parish district of Perl included the subsidiaries Oberperl, > > Sehndorf, Apach, Eft, Hellendorf, Merschweiler, Schengen, Borg, Pillingen > > and Belmacher. > > > > In the villages Apach, Borg, Eft, Merschweiler and Schengen there were - > > according to the Visitation report of 1569 - subsidiary churches. > > > > The villages Borg, Eft and Hellendorf constituted a district. The > > inhabitants of the villages had to go to mass in Perl only for the highest > > celebration days as well as for the patronage celebration of Perl and for > > the feast of Corpus Christi. On normal sundays they could go to mass in > > their village churches. > > > > In 1129 the knight Udelin donated to the abbey of Mettlach, in which he > > entered as a monk, his goods in Eft. > > > > The noble lady Frierun from Hellendorf gave to the abbey her goods in > > Hellendorf for the endowment of an annual remembrance. > > > > In Apach the Carthusian monks, which were founded in 1431, had goods and > > rights which go back to older propriety of the Bendikt abbey St. Sixtus in > > Rettel and which were testified in 1084. The inhabitants of Borg asked in > > 1718 the prior of the carthusians to let them construction wood for their > > church which has been finished in 1728. The patron name John the Baptist > > could indicate a great age of the subsidary church named in 1569. > > > > The great parish Perl is counted as one of the oldest estates of the > > archbishopric of Trier on the upper Mosel. > > > > In the new organisation of the parishes in French time (1802-1803), the > > great parish of Perl was dissolved. With Perl remained the subsidiaries and > > Sehndorf. Eft and Hellendorf went to the parish of Tünsdorf but where > > elevated to the rank of parish in 1827 with siege in Eft. Borg was also > > elevated to the rank of parish and received the subsidiaries Pillingen and > > Wochern. Wochern went in 1817 to the parish of Tettingen. > > > > Merschweiler, Belmacher and Apach went to the newly defined Metz district > > parish of Kirsch bei Sierck which belonged before to the Land chapter Perl. > > > > Remark : This division is still valid today > > > > Saint patrons : > > > > Perl Gervasius and Protasius > > > > Schengen Salvator mundi u. Luzia > > > > Apach Donatus > > > > Eft Philippus and Jakobus > > > > Borg John the Baptist > > > > Sierck 1569 - John the Bap.; 1679 - Laurentius, Johan the Bap. and > > Martinus; since 1952 Maria > > > > Orscholz 1782 Thomas 1952 Nikolaus > > > > Save a few excetions the parish villages belong to the group of pre-frankish > > settlements, that is to say to the settlements created since the 5th century > > in the course of the taking of the country by the Franks. > > > > I hope this was of some interest for you. > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/TRIER-ROOTS.html > to unsubscribe