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From: Charles Sullivan <>
Subject: Re: [NYC] How Accurate are our Records
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 15:01:18 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <001f01c074d2$280f0100$38e952a6@clbvmicy>


Discount the parents' names on the death cert and accept the church
record. (However you might consider the names "Georg" and "Metzger" as
possible clues to the identity of the father.)

BTW, church records often have a notation whether the child was
"legitimate" or "illegitimate", although this may be omitted from a
transcription. Make a specific inquiry about this.

Was Leo still a child when he immigrated?
Perhaps a passenger record would show who he was travelling with.

If Zoezillia did not emigrate, there may be a record of her marriage
at the same church. (Or of somebody named Metzger.)

Regards,
Charles Sullivan

At 10:39 AM 01/02/2001 -0500, Ron Ohnmacht wrote:
>How right you are !!!! Now, figure my dilemma.......
>My gg-grandfather LEO OHNMACHT, born 4/19/1834 in Germany:
>His death certificate 1913 Carbondale,PA states his parents name as GEORG
>OHNMACHT & ???? METZGER (her first name not listed)
>
>Church records from Fischbach-Villigen-Baden states this:
>LEO OHNMACHT, born 4/19/1834, christened 4/20/1834, Mother: Zoezillia
>Ohnmacht, daughter of Mathias Ohnmacht & Franciska Mayer.
>(Now, if this is right, his mother was not wed at the time)
>
>Hmmmmmm....so much for concrete documentation. !!!!
>
>Just out of curiousity, if this was your family, what would your next step
>be ?
>Any suggestions ?
>
>Ron Ohnmacht
>Concord, North Carolina
>Email:
>Visit Our Family & Genealogy Website at:
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4507/index.html
>
>
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