Greetings to all....
I had not until very recently realised how very close the seat of my forefathers ,the Ahlers from Hogenboegen/Varnhorn , was to the border of the Kingdom of Hannover and that a 4.5 km walk from Hogenboegen would find you in a Hannover township close to the Oldenburg duchy border .
Do any of you know of Hannover Ahlers who stem from the western part of that Kingdom ,who could conceivably have come from accross the duchy's border? I see that Wildeshausen and presumably its abbey is almost on the border of Hannover Kingdom . and thus I presume that the religious denomination change was on strict border lines ? Is that so ?
In restricting myself to research only the Catholic Ahlers of Oldenburg , how likely is it that I would have unwittingly rejected family members who happened Not to be R C ? What does the Ahlers "oracle ",Heiko say ?
Henk Aalders Hervey Bay, Qld haalders@bigpond.net.au i