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From: "Maria Minear" <>
Subject: Re: [ALS-LOR] Village Records
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:18:04 -0700
References: <006201c41399$c1d74090$3201a8c0@DELL4550> <011801c413b5$a8388060$ec3e0543@gatewayg6300> <002a01c4140b$c13be420$3201a8c0@DELL4550>


Ken,
Yes there are several people in that town that are on the internet.
I didn't hear from them at Christmas time, but should write them snail mail
one of these days.
Maria


> Maria: May I borrow your rabbit's foot for a few days? Just kidding, of
> course. A few listers at least have hit the jackpot. We all do
eventually,
> thanks to the wonderful people on this list including the web master.
> Cheers to all.
>
> Ken
>
>
> > I lucked out and found a man who lives in my grandfathers home time of
> > Niederschaeffolsheim, Alsace. He was transcribing old records, so he
sent
> > me what he found on my KRAUTH line.
> > He wrote that he had to learn some of the old script to be able to
> > transcribe some of it.
> > And the last 100 years was not available. :(
> >
> > Maria
> >
> >
> > > Thanks to those of you who provided guidance as to how far back we
might
> > be able to trace our ancestors. Robert Behra, in particular, noted that
> he
> > was able to go into the l500s but not because of church records but
> because
> > of village records that included ancestral names. My question is based
on
> > Robert's source of evidence--village records. Two questions arise:
> > >
> > > 1. What types of old village records might I search once getting
> beyond
> > the absence of church type records?
> > >
> > > 2. Has anyone found a list of various church records and how far
back
> > are those records dated? If there is no such record, is there a source
> for
> > addresses of churches found in each of the villages? Are the church
> leaders
> > generally willing to do searches for family genealogists if we make a
> > financial contribution?
> > >
> > > I look forward to your suggestions.
> > >
> > > Ken
>
>
>
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