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Comment by Sarah Coles on August 6, 2009 at 5:10pm

Looking for any information about a Matthias Hettich's ancestry or other family members from the Black Forest area of Wuertenberg or Baten, Baten, Germany. Matthias was born in 1858 in Germany and immigrated to New York in 1882. He settled in Brooklyn, NY and married a Christina Foernbacher in 1885. I would loke to find out more about his ancestors in Germany,

Comment by Eleanor Robb on August 6, 2009 at 7:53am

I am looking for the parents/siblings of Elizabeth Schneider who was b Dec 1852 in Wuertenberg Germany and came to the US in 1866 to live with relatives.She m Frederick Koehler in 1871 and moved to Iowa. She d Sept 1919 in Iowa, According to her obit, she was survived by a bro, John, in Carroll co, Illinois and a sis,Magdelena Whitely in Germany.This is all that I know. I thank anyone that could help.

Comment by Sally lou Widener on August 2, 2009 at 12:09pm

Hi I am from Batesville, Indiana, I am working on the surnames in Ripley county, Indiana, as follows. Ahrens, Michel,Fruchtnicht,Bricka,Bauman, Pohlar,Baas,Richter, Rennemeier,Webb. Gardner, Ellinghausen, Luers,Alot more If anyone thinks they may help me in any of these please Feel Free to contact me. I would be happy to help anyone who need help in my Area. Thanks

Comment by louise duncalf on August 2, 2009 at 10:19am

i have an x near my name what does that mean? do you see my comments anyone?

Comment by Kathryn Betts on August 2, 2009 at 8:56am

I am researching the BETZ family from Sennfeld. The earliest information I have is John Matthias BETZ, aka Georg Betz or Baez. He married Elizabeth Catherine HERSCH on 28 January 1827 in Sennfeld, Mosbach, Baden, Germany. They had two sons, Andreas (born c. 1828 in Sennfeld) and Peter Conrad (born c. 1833 in Sennfeld). Andreas was a tailor. He emigrated to America in 1851 and married Anna Mary KONEIG (born c. 1836) on 20 July 1854 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. A number of children were born there including Sophie (1854), Ernest Otto (1858), Udolphe (1858) and John (1860). Between 1860 and 1863 the family returned to Sennfeld, where two further children were born - Carl in 1863 and Emma in 1864. The family emigrated from Germany to Australia in 1865 and both Carl and Emma died on the voyage and were buried at sea. Four further children were born in Australia including, Charles (1867), Sophie (1871) and Anna Mary (1874).

Andreas' brother Peter Conrad emigrated to Australia in 1857. He married Magdalena Bunz c. 1866.

I have more information on some of the above and their descendants and would be interested to hear from anyone with information on this family or on how I can obtain any relevant records on the family from Germany.

Comment by Don Michel on August 2, 2009 at 7:29am

After years of searching for my grandfather's birthplace, I have a lead that should prove useful. I have followed any number of blind leads, some from his family, but now I believe I have useful data. In March, 1913, he applied for a passport to return to Germany to visit his family. In that application he says he was born in Richenau, Germany on 11 August 1855. I have no information on his religion before he came to the United States, which he says was in January 1883, leaving from Bremen onboard the ship "Werra" and residing continuously in Whitesboro, NY from his arrival in 1881 until 1913. I do have documentation that he was married in Fort Plain, NY on December 31, 1884 to Anna Barbara YOPS. My grandfather's name was Henry (or Heinrich) MICHEL. I also know that for some years in his life, he used the last name MICHAEL. With only this information, I am very interested in learning the techniques by which I might find out more about his birth and family. He lived in Whitesboro, NY until his death in January, 1947, having five children with Anna Barbara YOPS. The youngest of those children was my father, Charles MICHEL. Any suggestions or assistance would be very much appreciated.
Don Michel
3 Tara Lane
Cape Neddick, ME 03902

Comment by Max Bancroft on August 2, 2009 at 5:42am

please add the surnames
Tecklenberg, Heers, Wolter and Thaler
to your list

Comment by Max Bancroft on August 2, 2009 at 5:41am

I am researching the surnames
Tecklenberg, Heers, Wolter and Thaler
in the 1800 to 1900 period

Comment by louise duncalf on August 1, 2009 at 7:26pm

hi im checking for a grams,martin. he had a son named william who was born in germany.dont know what area. william was born oct 30,1851. william married wilnelmina albertina radunz. they had some children in germany and some in usa. went to illinois

Comment by Carol Vannoy on August 1, 2009 at 7:06pm

Her family is in the Altenstadt between Ulm and Memmingen. She is in contact still with her parents but seems there is no info on other family members. Father's name is Josef Weikert, mother is Charlotte Graf. Are there any free sites for German info that are in English?

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