Several months ago I was subscribed to this list and had posted inquiries about my Bartels Family. I do not know how I got unsubscribed, probably my operator error.
Anyway, many people had offered suggestion to help.
I found out that the Church that my Grandmother Anna BARTELS Schridde was Baptized in Celle. The Church name is Blumage. Are the records for this church on the LDS website, I tried to search the LDS site but could not find them listed.
Claudia Sperl in USA
There are a lot of Bartels in Germany, and many places with the name celle. If you had her full name such as Anna catherina or what ever, it might be easier to search, and in what region celle was located would help. A time frame would also help. But in place of all that I can give you the web link for the LDS pilot record search:
I think in just searching germany there were almost 4 hundred anna bartels.
good luck.
Nancy
Claudia,
I did an 'place search' on the LDS catalog and when I type in Celle without
additional information, there are 53 place results. Where is this city
Celle located? If you can narrow it down, then I am sure you can find the
church records within those results. I also tried to search on the church
name but came up empty, so I think you need to first start with the city and
then find it's related church records.
Angela Fischer
Hello Claudia,
I looked at the well known Celle in Lower Saxony, near Hannover for you, here is the town's
website:
http://www.celle.de/index.phtml?La=2&object=tx|8\.1
On the top left hand side there is a little flag to click for English or German.
Celle in Niedersachsen has an old part of the town called BLUMLAGE, therefore I assume the
name of the church is not Blumage, but the place where this church is situated, and it would
then be St. Georg in Celle-Blumlage - website here:
http://www.evlka.de/extern/celle/blumlage/
This site is not available in English, but all educated people in Germany speak at least a little
English, unless they are quite old and attended school while the NS Regime was in office.
I copied the responsible person from the Impressum (always a reliable place to look at on a
website), and this is a clergyman (of course)
Pastor Burkhard Schulze
Braunschweiger Heerstr. 1
29221 Celle
Telefon: 05141/23265 Telefax: 214701
E-Mail : KG.Celle-Blumlage@evlka.de
(The KG. in this address will stand for Kirchen Gemeinde = Church Community)
Why not be bold, and just write to them with your questions, and I have the feeling you could
well be successful.
I found out that the Church that my Grandmother Anna BARTELS Schridde
was Baptized in Celle. The Church name is Blumage. Are the records
for this church on the LDS website, I tried to search the LDS site but
could not find them listed.Claudia Sperl in USA
The word Blumage I only know as Blumaschen Kohl, a certain kind of cabbage which originally
must have come from France (perhaps with the Napoleonic occupation army) as cabbage is
Pluemage in French 
Hope this brings you a small step forward - or even a leap?
Wishing you well, kind regards
Ingrid