Gale: ;thank you for your answer to my query. there are actually two
Aurichs in Germany
the bigger one in Hannover and a smaller one in Wurttemberg. I was at
the Salt Lake
library about two weeks ago and combed through the 5 films from Aurich
Hannover and the 1
from Wurttemberg (all church records) with no success at all.
which led me to believe that Frederick Siebold and his wife were
actually united in a
civil ceremony and not a church wedding (hence the civil registration
request) the whole
family came to America in 1868 and settled in Wisconsin.
Many thankx for your reply.
regards
Joe Wolfe
Hi,
That is not fun - looking at 5 films and finding nothing.
I would suggest that you do a search on the LDS page for the name
Georgs and hit "correct spelling" and you will find a number of Georgs
family from other towns near Aurich, like Timmel, Dornum, Bangstede, etc.
Sometimes the name of a county, larger parish, district, etc is used (like
Aurich) when the small town may be less well-known. That Georgs name
certainly was prevalent in that area around Aurich. There are some LDS
films for those towns. There's even a town called Georgsfeld.
Of course, you should look for Siebolds that same way.
You might try this site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnogsm/queries.htm
It is the OSTFRIESEN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Run a search on this http://www.gencircles.com/
There are both Georgs And Siebolds there.
Also, try here: http://geneanet.org/
And also: http://meta.genealogy.net/metasuche/index.jsp
You may have done all these things, but there are some results on the
names you are looking for. If the right given name isn't there, write to the
people who placed the information there and maybe they'll have some
suggestions for you. The "s" on the end may be omitted at times, but it's
basically the same name. However, it looks to me that the names in the
Aurich area do use that "s".
Lastly, why do you want the marriage record if you know the names of
both of them already? I've seen a lot of disappointing marriage records.
Often, all you can get is the names of the two people and the date of the
marriage. Grrr..
I wish you luck,
Barbara
Hiyas,
I think a civil marriage record could be useful when civil records are kept for all marriages.
Have seen U.S. civil records that include ages and address of the couple to be married and sometimes even address and name of priest/minister who performed actual ceremony.
By discovering name of person who performed marriage, or address where marriage took place may be quite helpful in that beloved quest for roots..
Barbie-Lew
Lastly, why do you want the marriage record if you know the names of
both of them already? I've seen a lot of disappointing marriage records.
Often, all you can get is the names of the two people and the date of the
marriage. Grrr..
I wish you luck,
Barbara