Hello!
Steinhübel was in the Catholic parish of Bielau. The Mormons don't
have church records for that parish for the years you would be
interested in. If church records still exist for Bielau, they would most
likely be found at the church itself.
There were two places called Tharnau in Kreis Grottkau. One
was included in the Catholic parish of city of Grottkau, while the
other was in the Catholic parish of Gauers. The Mormons have
copied the church records back to the early 1700s for both of these parishes.
You should be able to find information on the ancestry of your Johann
Gärtner by searching the copies of the churchbooks that the Mormons
have made.
Hope this helps!
MfG
Paul Zebe
Cambridge, Massachusetts
In a message dated 1/2/02 11:55:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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