My 1: 300 000 scale Falk-Atlas shows Stocksdorf at 12 km NNW of Sulingen town.
The statistics say (Gustav Uelschen, Die Bevoelkerung im Wirtschaftsgebiet Niedersachsen, Oldenburg 1942) about the inhabitants of Stocksdorf
1821 254
1848 306
1871 278
1885 291
1905 358
1925 395
1939 359
(And Dienwiebel/Streich, Geschichtliches Ortsverzeichnis der Grafschaften Hoya und Diepholz, Hannover 1993, ISBN 3-7752-5865-5
in 1581 there were 10 households
in 1821 28
in 1950 162 hhlds., 621 inhabitants
in 1961 87 409
in 1581 one Vollmeier, four Halbmeier, five Brinksitzer
In 1955 five hamlets are listed as making part of Stocksdorf: Auf dem Barrel, Brelloh, Hohenfelde, Kiebitzheide, Zur Landwehr (Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Wohnplaetze in Niedersachsen, Hannover 1955)
Many thanks to all who pointed out that the correct name of the village was probably Stocksdorf, not Storksdorf. Stocksdorf is surely the right place. My g-grandmother, Louisa Steinkamp, came from Levern, which family history says was about 40 miles south of where her husband was born. Sure enough, Levern is about 40 miles south of Ehrenburg, according to my map. Apparently, Stocksdorf no longer exists, or else it is so small that it doesn't show even on my 1:400,000 scale map.
Greetings;
The LDS site is selling a set of approx 24 genealogy CD's containing 27
million names
for $60 -$70. Has anyone purchased them and found them useful? I am
researching in the US and Germany. I am wondering what type of information
is contained in these CD's?
I have been using this set for the last couple of weeks. All the
information from the census is not there, including streets. So you are not
able to go to an address and look for your ancestor.
The index includes each person in the household! So in an attempt to find
your ancestor, you can search for each family member or boarder.
Also, even if your family was not in the 1880 Soundex (only families with
children under 10 are there) you can find them in this new index.
I found an ancestor I have not been able to find. In 1870 and 1860 he is in
Daviess Cty, Mo. No small children in 1880 so I have searched that Daviess
Cty census by hand and not found him. However, in the LDS CD's I did find
him in another county on the other side of the state. *He was there!*
To find my ancestor I had chosen to search the census (not the index) and
put in his name for the state without a county. His name popped up quickly
and I now have the film and page numbers to go get the census page.
Greetings;
A friend loaned me a paperback book entitled "Deciphering Germanic Records"
by Edna Bentz. He ordered the book directly from her or a relative using a
phone #. Edna has apparently passed away and the phone number is no
longer in service. The book was very helpful in deciphering old German and
Latin script dealing with genealogy.
Does anyone on the list know where you can purchase this book? If the book
is unavailable do you have suggestions for an alternative book that shows
old German script/words and their translation?
There is an ad for this terrific book in the latest issue of Heritage Quest
Magazine. You can order from: Tamara J. Bentz 9150-187 Gramercy Drive,
San Diego, CA 92123-4001. The cost of the book is $16.50 plus $3.50
postage. (CA res. add $1.24 sales tax and for foreign airmail postage
$10.00). I have an earlier version and back in 1992 it was in it's tenth
printing. Marion Schmitz
I am not familiar with the book that you mentioned but I can recommend an
excellent publication, it has German cursive handwriting, is several different
styles, plus numbers. It also has a good German genealogy dictionary plus
many latin words.
The book is "German -English Genealogical Dictionary" by Ernest Thode.
Published and available from the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
1001 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD. 21202
Library of Congress Catalog # 92-70580
International Standard Book # 0-8063-1342-0
The price of the book is $29.95, I don' t remember what the postage was.
I am not connected with the publisher but I think it is a excellent book,
you will enjoy your copy.