Hello folks, As a fairly new lister, I appreciate all the helpful resources
that this site offers.
Question: Is Amt Hagen, Hannover a town, a Kries, the country. Amt Hagen,
Hannover was listed as birthplace for Heinrich Oltman SCHWARTING in a 1878
church marriage certificate. He was born 1849, Hannover and married 1878 in
Hicksville, Queens County (later Nassau County) New York.
I would be happy to offer what little information I have been able to
research on him to anyone who could help me.
The Amt Hagen can be found on the way between Bremen and
Bremerhaven. In 1852 this Amt had 9085 inhabitants in 35 villages
and towns.
The census records should be at the Stade Archive Stade, but after
you already know the year of birth it might be as well promising to
check the relevant parish registers (Hagen, Bramstedt, Büttel,
Sandstedt, Uthlede, Wersabe, Wulsbüttel - or with lower priority
after only smaller parts of those parishes belonged to the Amt
Hagen Bruch, Hambergen, Scharmbeck and Stotel)
There were (at least) 11 different towns and villages called Hagen in
the Kingdom of Hanover, ...
But only one Amt Hagen.
Best greetings from Bremen, Germany
Jens
Jens Mueller-Koppe
HISTORICAL RESEARCH SERVICES, Germany (HRS)
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