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Comment by Frederick george henchell on September 1, 2011 at 4:43pm

Did August Post become a naturalized US citizen?  If so, his citizenship papers would show his place of birth.  That's how I found my great grandfather's birth place.  Depending how long he lived, some of the US census show if he had applied for citizenship.  I was eventually able to get a copy of the application filled out in my relatives handwriting.

 

Comment by Katrinia Louise Monroe on September 1, 2011 at 3:39pm

From now until Sept. 5th, 2011, you can search through passenger lists on ancestry.com for free. Just passing the info along.

Comment by Helen Pust on September 1, 2011 at 2:46pm

My grandfather was August Pust and listed Prussia as birth place.  Have found him in Castle Gardens passenger list on the Italia.  He lived in the Appleton and Danvers Villiage, Minnesota from 1891 to 1903-04.  Later the family came to Alberta Canada and as far as I can find other members of the extended family also came about the same time.  But I cannot find any of the family who would have traveled west with them.  Is there anyone who could help connect the dots with me?  I know my grandmother visited family in Washington around 1911 but there is no name or direct destination mentioned on the Border Crossing papers.  August and Johanna lived in the Big Valley - Settler area of Alberta.

Comment by Helen Pust on September 1, 2011 at 2:25pm

I am looking for August Pust - he pronounced it similar to rust.  He traveled on the Italia from Swinemunde, Germany with New York as destination. Origin: Prussia (Prau Ben)  Zehrten     Ethnicity: Prussian (German)

August arrived there 02 Jan 1891.  August was born 20 Jan 1868 and all the dox I have he just list Germany or Prussia as place of birth.

Grandpa lived in Swift County, Minnesota in the Appleton area.  My father was born there in 1900.  The family lived in Danvers Village for a time.  I do not have experience in looking in Germany or other countries that made up Prussia.  Anyone have a suggestion to how I find info it would be very much appreciated.  I hope to take a course in researching German records.  Thanks hope to hear from someone soon    

Comment by Diane Lenz Schmidt on August 20, 2011 at 9:03pm

Catherine, thank you, as far as Habersheim, It was on a census and hard to read.  It could be anything.  I found something on his sister and her husband coming here and it says she came from Herbolzheim in Werttemburg-Baden.  Their names were Franz Xaver and Johanna Haag.  Anything else you may find is deeply appreciated.  Thank you again. 

Comment by Catherine Davis on August 20, 2011 at 8:26pm

Diane,

     Check out familysearch.org.  When I plugged in your g-g-grandmother's name, I found two Juliana Kerns baptised in the Catholic church in Ringsheim, one on 21 Feb 1823 and one on 11 Mar 1826, both with the same parents, Aegidius Kern and Monica Weber.  This probably means the first child died, and the family then gave the name to a second child.  The actual image of the record is not online, but the film # 891217 is there, so you can go to any LDS Family History Center and order the film to see the record or to trace the rest of your family. (you do not need to be Mormon to use the FHC.)  But, realize the records will be in German and in an old script.  There is a German script tutorial (free) at  http://script.byu.edu/german/en/welcome.aspx which may be helpful.

You may want to first play around using the familysearch.org search routine to see if you can find other children of Aegidius and Monica or their parents, but the film will probably be the best bet in the long run.

 

I couldn't find a Boniface Schmidt from Habersheim, Baden on the familysearch site and I couldn't find Habersheim in the LDS catalog.  But then, I couldn't find Habersheim on either Mapquest or by just googling the town name either.  The closest I came was Habersam in Bavaria or Hattersheim am Main in Hesse.  Are you sure you have the right town?

Comment by Diane Lenz Schmidt on August 20, 2011 at 6:52pm

I need help!  I traced my roots here and now I need to trace what I can in Germany.  My grt grt grandfather and grandmither both came from Germany.  According to one of the census he came from Habersheim, Baden Germany in 1845.  His name was Bonifacius (Boniface) Schmidt.  My grt grt grandmother, according to a census came from Ringsheim, Baden, Germany.  I haven't been able to find when she came here.  They were married in St. Louis Mo. in 1850 so I know she came before that.  Her name was Juliana (Juliene) Kern.  If anyone can help or tell me how to start trcing them in Germany I would appreciate it

Comment by Margaret McEvoy PLCGS on August 15, 2011 at 1:35pm

I am searching for any descendants of Christoph Schmid, born 1 Jan 1794 , married 1 Mar 1829 in Ottmarsheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany to Elisabetha Ganss.  They emigrated to North America in 1852 from Rotterdam with theri three children:

Johann Christian, b. 16 Feb 1834

Johann Christoph, b. 21 Jan 1839

Rosina Frederike, b; 16 Apr 1843.

They landed in New York on 24 Jun 1852.  I have been unable to locate a trail from there.

Comment by Eileen Hutzel Johnson on August 9, 2011 at 9:18pm

surnames Hutzel  Scherrer born in Baden Germany Berg near French boarder if any one doing research in this area please contact

 

 

Comment by Kathy Holland on July 4, 2011 at 7:27pm

I have three German lines that I'm researching--Wombacher, Freukes, and Schmidt. John Wombacher was born in Bavaria in 1809 and died in 1857 in Peoria, Illinois.  William Freukes was born in 1828 in Germany and lived/died (in 1898) in Carver Co. Minnesota.  George Schmidt was born in Prussia in 1850 and lived in Somerset, Wisconsin, and died in Seattle, WA. 

Anyone sharing the same lines as me??

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