Thomas, Best Archives for Trier are the Bistumsarchiv and the Stadtarchiv of Trier, Weberbach 25, D-54290 Trier Phone: 0651/718-4420 or 4421, Fax 718-4428, email: [email protected] You find old newspapers, city records etc. there, it`s a real treasure. But you can`t search the catalogue online. For conscription records (prussian army/imperial army/wehrmacht until 45) you have to ask the Bundesarchiv - Militaerarchiv, Postfach 79024, Freiburg Wiesentalstr. 10, 79115 Freiburg Telefon (0761) 47817-0 Telefax (0761) 47817 900 E-mail [email protected] Other Archives in Rheineland-Palatinate can be found under: http://home.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/darchi11.htm#1103 Ernst ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:53 PM Subject: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Bistumarchiv directions & others > Kathy, > Thanks for the directions to the Bistumarchiv. Earlier information from > another researcher indicated that p'copies were available, but that they were > quite expensive, perhaps 5e per page (that's about $4.50). But that was old > information, and things may have changed. > > Do you know of other archives in the area of Trier, where one might find old > newspapers, city/village administrative records, taxation records, > conscription records? I have been researching the catalogs of the archives in > Köln, Koblenz, and others, but I haven't had a lot of luck so far. An > essential problem is knowing the best keywords for searches online, in German. > > Thomas Kohn > Dayton OH > researching the towns of Igel, Wasserliesch, Oberbilligerbrücke, > Wasserbillig, Langsur, Tawern, Temmels, Mertert, Grewenich for KOHN, REINERT, > DAHM, BLASIUS, GHIWER (also KIEFER), SCHARFBILLIG, KESSLER, PETERS, SIX, > GASPER, GILLEN, STREIT, GRADIG, PIROTTE, SCHANDEGG (also SCHADEGG), > SCHANDLER, SCHWINDEN, SIMEON, THUMMEL. > > In a message dated 6/2/02 12:02:51 EST, [email protected] > writes: > > > Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 05:59:39 -0400 > > From: "kathy metzen" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] Archives in Trier/Bitburg area > > > > Ralph, > > Take a notebook & pencil for the Bistumarchiv. It's on Jesuittenstrasse. > > From the Porta Nigra, walk down Simmeonstrasse to the Hauptmarkt. The > street > > splits. Bear left. Jesuittenstrasse is on the left. > > You must sign in and put your belongings in a locker. No photocopies. > Not > > every book in the Archiv is available on microfilm. At the Bistumarchiv, > you > > will be handling the actual churchbooks. The people behind the counter are > > quite fluent in American English. Spend a couple of hours there, then go > off > > & be a tourist. > > If you will be in Bitburg, check the family books at Haus Beda. You can > > make photocopies, there. > > If you trace any of your Marx to Priest, let me know. > > Kathy > > > ==== 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 >