Peter Noll, b. 1847, accompanied his family to Wisconsin, USA in 1866. He has not been found in the 1970 census or subsequent ones. He may have gone back to Germany. Are there any records available that would show if he did go back? He was born in Reinsfeld. Meg Nelson

megsnelson@comcast.net wrote: > Searching for information on Anna Maria Diek and Mathias Noll,who > were found in Raschied church records between 1780 and 1790 at the > births of their children. I would like to find out where they were > before and after those years. Can anyone suggest additional church > or family books that I might obtain for additional information? Check the Familienbücher here: http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/wgff/trier/ By doing a Google search of the domain you can search all the Familienbücher at once for pages containin both Diek and Noll. Also search for Dick, Dieck, and Nohl. > Peter Noll, b. 1847, accompanied his family to Wisconsin, USA in > 1866. He has not been found in the 1970 census or subsequent ones. > He may have gone back to Germany. Are there any records available > that would show if he did go back? He was born in Reinsfeld. I assume you've checked with this researcher about her work: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3159603&id=I590833428 There are several Peter Noll/Nohls in the 1880 census in Wisconsin. Have you checked them out? There's also a 62-yr-old Peter Noll in the 1900 census. Where was the rest of his family living in 1870? Online indexes are highly unreliable, so search the entire townships where they lived to find Peter. -OR- Any chance that Peter died between 1866 and 1870? You don't specify where in Wisconsin his family settled, but you can check for a death record here: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ A return to Germany is unlikely, but if he went there and then came back to the US, he would appear in the passenger records on his return. Also check church and cemetery records. Good luck! Kathy