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From: =James Birkholz= <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] HEIN from Wirsitz, Posen
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:04:15 -0500

At 11:26 PM -0500 2/7/0, tkemp3 wrote:
>I am looking for information on the HEIN family from Wirsitz (now
>Wyrzysk),Posen. According to the family Bible, my g-grandfather
>Ferdinand Hein was born Jan 18, 1857 in Wirsitz, Posen. His
>confirmation certificate shows that he was confirmed in the Evangelical
>Church at Browstowo.

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According to Meyers gazetteer...

Brostowo, noble's estate of 417 residents, Kreis Wirsitz, Posen.
Civil reg. office was in Friedheim.
It had its own: Protestant church, brewery, forestor's and dairy.

Hope this helps,
James Birkholz

======== This information extracted from: ==========
"Meyers Orts- & Verkehrs- Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs - 1912"
for info:
http://www.flash.net/~birchwd/Genealogy/GGRA/Resources/Meyers.html
======= (Civil reg. offices started about 1874) ========

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