Dannenburg, Uelzen and Wolzen

hannover-l
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I apologize for not being able to post in German.

I have a question about the above towns. I have a marriage record for an
ancestor that states she was from Dannenburg, Hannover, Germany. The sister of
this ancestor repeatedly came to America with her husband and children and
went back again to Germany. They did this at least three times. (Something
I've never seen before nor understand why or how they were able to do.)

On two of the ship records they state they are from what looks like Wolzen,
but Wolzen is closer to Uelzen than Dannenburg. I've heard of Dannenburg
like I've heard of Frankfurt, Bremen, etc. I've never heard of Uelzen. Would
Uelzen have been a big enough town in the 1860's that a person from Wolzen
would have said Uelzen instead of Dannenburg? I've been looking for them
unsuccessfully in Dannenburg for years. Others have suggested to me that I should
continue looking in Dannenburg. There are several films for Wolzen covering
all the time periods that I need. I've just been burned so many times by
ordering films, which have gone up quite a bit in price, only to find that there
isn't a trace of anyone I know there.

Any suggestions?

Thank you, and again, I'm sorry I am unable to post in German. One of these
days maybe I will have a chance to master the language.

Janet

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I have never heard about Wolzen, could be Uelzen?
Dannenberg (not Dannenburg) is located near the Elber river, about 35 miles easterly from Uelzen.
Check:
http://www.dannenberg.de
http://www.uelzen.de

Werner Honkomp

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Most probably we are talking about MOLZEN and not about Wolzen.
Molzen is a small town close to Uelzen. Mapquest will show it to you.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?zoom=5&latlongtype=decimal&latitude=53.0&longitude=10.6

Dannenburg does not exist. I think this town to be DANNENBERG on the river Elbe.

Both Uelzen and Dannenberg belonged formerly to the Kingdom of Hannover and today to Lower Saxonia.

Herbert

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Hi:

I agree with Herbert on the name Molzen, it is close to Uelzen (what in the U.S. would be called the county seat), and that the proper name of the town Dannenburg is Dannenberg. For some reason, in the U.S. burg is almost always used instead of berg.

Take a look at this URL:

http://wiki.genealogy.net/wiki/Alte_deutsche_Handschriften

You will note that the script W and M look much alike. I believe that this supports the name Molzen.

Dannenberg was probably a riverport used to take a small vessel to an ocean port like Bremmen.

Gale