Hello Rod,
I think the town you are looking for in Hannover may be Veerse (post code) 27383, 4 km from the village of Scheeßel on a map. After checking the German phone book for a church address and the Internet webpage, the parish of Scheeßel seems to be the place to contact, the nearest sizeable town is Rotenburg, (Wümme).
According to the birth certificate of Mary Ann Katherine Cramer dated 10 August 1869 it clearly states that her father was Henry Cramer, occupation Labourer, aged 29 years, place of birth was Veerse, Hanover. Henry's wife was Margaret Mc Namara aged 25 years from Limerick. Is this the family you are researching? The hand writing on Henry's marriage certificate may have been difficult to read or the place of his birth may have been misspelt, have you any other documents? Have you checked to see if he was naturalized? If you send me a scan of his marriage certificate "offline" I can compare it with the image I have in my files.
If you are trying to locate records from the church in Germany, I suggest that you e-mail Pastor Wilke at <Ulrich.Wilke@web.de> at St Lucas Kirche Scheeßel, or e-mail him direct from his webpage at http://www.kirche-scheessel.de just click on his name at the bottom of the page. You can ask him if he has any Cramer's recorded in the Veerse registers, write in English and keep your inquiry very brief.
The LDS Mormons have also filmed some of the Scheeßel registers from 1715-1852, see films 1189539, 1189540 and 1189540.
Check the Family History Library Catalog at www.familysearch.org go to the right hand side of the screen you will see the words
Search the Family History Library Catalog for records and resources Click on these words and then another menu appears, do a place search by typing in Scheessel or Scheeßel, in the top box, then Germany in the box below, the results will appear, just print these off and take them to your nearest Mormon Library and order the films.
I hope this helps,
Elizabeth
in Australia
You wrote:
Hello everybody, I will introduce myself and post my questions. I am Rod Smyth and I live in Melbourne Australia. My great great grandfather emigrated to Australia and got married in South Australia in 1867. His name was Heinrich CRAMER and on his marriage certificate listed his place of birth as "Veener, Hanover" His approximate date of birth was 1840. His fathers name was also Heinrich and his father was described as an innkeeper. This is as much as I know. Can anyone help at all, as it is proving to be very difficult to track this ancestor down. Thanks very much to you all, Rod.