Okay, here goes. My great grandfather, Johann Herres, was born in the town of Wittlich, Rhineland, Germany on 20 Sept 1824 to Georg Jacob Herres and Susanna Blasius. I would so like to find more about my Herres and Blasius families, but also about Wittlich. How do I go about it? I have shied away from German genealogy as I do not speak or read German. Any suggestions?

Renee Herres wrote: > Okay, here goes. My great grandfather, Johann Herres, was born in > the town of Wittlich, Rhineland, Germany on 20 Sept 1824 to Georg > Jacob Herres and Susanna Blasius. I would so like to find more about > my Herres and Blasius families, but also about Wittlich. How do I go > about it? I have shied away from German genealogy as I do not speak > or read German. Any suggestions? You can find out a lot about the area by googling. I've found a lot of pictures, historical accounts, and more, in both English and German. To translate, you can use the Babelfish link that has been posted several times this week. If you want to examine records, check out the Family History Library catalog: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Its film can be rented and viewed at any Family History Center. I strongly urge everyone to go beyond the Internet in their family history search. If your ancestors were Catholic, the church records will be mostly in Latin. Family History Centers also have word lists that help in the translation of important genealogical terms http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rhelps.asp?Page=./research/type/Word_List.asp Some can be downloaded. Good luck! Kathy

German, French, Latin, Letzenberger and Hunsruck languages. French is very much in use closer to Saarbrucken area and to the east of it along with Latin rather than German. Letzenberger is an odd mixture of French, German, Plattedeutsch, Latin and found mostly west of Mosel River. Hunsruck have their own words you will not recognize - the area is just north of Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland border, being near Hermeskeil region. What you hear and what you read if you were on vacation visiting this area, you will be confused by different dialects being spoken there. David Samuelsen kql wrote: > Renee Herres wrote: >> Okay, here goes. My great grandfather, Johann Herres, was born in >> the town of Wittlich, Rhineland, Germany on 20 Sept 1824 to Georg >> Jacob Herres and Susanna Blasius. I would so like to find more about >> my Herres and Blasius families, but also about Wittlich. How do I go >> about it? I have shied away from German genealogy as I do not speak >> or read German. Any suggestions? > > You can find out a lot about the area by googling. I've found a lot of > pictures, historical accounts, and more, in both English and German. To > translate, you can use the Babelfish link that has been posted several > times this week. > > If you want to examine records, check out the Family History Library > catalog: > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp > Its film can be rented and viewed at any Family History Center. I > strongly urge everyone to go beyond the Internet in their family history > search. If your ancestors were Catholic, the church records will be > mostly in Latin. Family History Centers also have word lists that help > in the translation of important genealogical terms > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rhelps.asp?Page=./research/type/Word_List.asp > Some can be downloaded. > > Good luck! > Kathy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRIER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Through I do not read or speak normal German, the records in area are very easy to figure out and read. Most of church records are usually in Latin while Civil Registration are French then German. (French occupation was from 1792 to 1815). David Samuelsen Renee Herres wrote: > Okay, here goes. My great grandfather, Johann Herres, was born in the town of Wittlich, Rhineland, Germany on 20 Sept 1824 to Georg Jacob Herres and Susanna Blasius. I would so like to find more about my Herres and Blasius families, but also about Wittlich. How do I go about it? I have shied away from German genealogy as I do not speak or read German. Any suggestions? >

My gg grandmother Elizabeth Jochem's father Johann peter Jochem was married to Anna Catharina Herres b 1776 d of Fransiscus Herres b 1733 and Anna Maria Josten. They were from Leiwen which is just south of Wittlich but in the same area. Any connection? I have GEDCOM file if there is connection. Patrick Fish -----Original Message----- From: trier-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:trier-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Renee Herres Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:53 PM To: trier-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [TRIER-ROOTS] Wittlich Okay, here goes. My great grandfather, Johann Herres, was born in the town of Wittlich, Rhineland, Germany on 20 Sept 1824 to Georg Jacob Herres and Susanna Blasius. I would so like to find more about my Herres and Blasius families, but also about Wittlich. How do I go about it? I have shied away from German genealogy as I do not speak or read German. Any suggestions? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRIER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message