Dear All,
I am searching for information on my family surname Efken.
I know that some Efkens lived in the Hannover area.
There is a record of Harm Johansen Efken's marriage in Hannover in 1738.
Thank you for any assistance you may be able to give me.
Jon Efken
Hello,
I have seen the LDS record of that Efken marriage. The Gerdes family
can be followed very far back, as you know. Efken is another issue. I find
Efken in later years in Berßen. That is from a family lineage book
(Ortsippenbuch or Ortsfamilienbuch). Not much help to you. There is also
such a book for Horsten where the marriage took place. It was completed by
Erhard Schulte, but from what I can see online, it is no longer in print.
I would suggest that you do a great many Google searches for the Efken
name with or without the name of Horsten. There are 70 hits in the German
Telephone Book for Efken. Maybe that would help you find someone who may be
albe to help. http://www.telefonbuch.de/
Good luck!
Barbara
Barbara,
Thanks for the response. I'm pretty new to all of this.
It seems like, if I can just catch a break and find the right
church, I can search their records. I'm just having a hard
time making the connection.
What did you see about the Efkens in later years in Ber�en?
It's a unique name.
Thanks again,
Jon
Hello Jon,
Finding the place of birth of an ancestor can be most difficult,
but so necessary! You aren't the only one with that problem!
Here is the Berßen Efken information:
http://www.online-ofb.de/famlist.php?ofb=berssen&b=E&lang=de&modus=
Click on each of the many versions of the name Efken:
EEFFCKEN
EEFKEN
EFFCKEN
EFFKEN
EFKEN
Those are just different spellings of the same surname. Happens a lot
in old records.
Berßen was a mostly Catholic town. If your family wasn't Catholic,
it may be better to look elsewhere. That marriage on the LDS site was from
Horsten and that area is most likely not Catholic.
What is the full name of your ancestor?
Barbara