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From: "Dot" <>
Subject: Re: [PAGENWEB] KRIEGERs in Pittsburgh
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:07:50 -0400
References: <46C2BF9B.7020805@hinton3.freeserve.co.uk>


John,
Usually you find marriages in church books or Court Houses in the area that
they lived. Dot B
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From: "Peter John Hinton" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:55 AM
Subject: [PAGENWEB] KRIEGERs in Pittsburgh


> I am having difficulty in tracing the origins of a family called KRIEGER
> and as I am unfamiliar with the registration system in the US I wonder
> if there is anyone who can help with a specific query, please?
>
> I am anxious to track down the marriage records of Louis Krieger. In
> the 1900 census he was shown as living at 141 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh,
> Allegheny County PA. His date of birth was given as October 1873, though
> from the Interment Register of West View Cemetery (details kindly
> provided by the archivist of Rodef Shalom Temple) he died in Feb 1965 at
> age 88, which would make his birth in around 1877. Louis was born in
> Poland but his parents brought him and his sister Celia (born Dec 1880)
> over to Pittsburgh in 1887. In the 1900 census his parents were listed
> as Auz (name indistinct as over-written on the census sheet) (born Dec
> 1835) and Annie (born March 1842).
>
> Louis married Lillian (Lillie) BAKER and their eldest child Lester was
> born about 1904, so I guess the marriage would have been a year or two
> earlier. The reason I am so keen to find the marriage records is that I
> hope it may shed light on where precisely Louis was born and also the
> correct name of his father. Incidentally, the latter first came to the
> U.S. in 1882 and then went back for his family in 1887.
>
> In England, where I live, it would be a simple matter of going to the
> Family Records Office in London and looking up the appropriate registers
> as they cover marriages anywhere in the country. But I am not familiar
> with the system in PA so would be grateful for guidance as to where to
> go for the records of Louis' marriage.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Peter Hinton
>
> Dorset, England
>
>
>
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