Dear Mecklenburg List,
I am looking for information on my great-great-grandfather's family. Ludwig
Franz Maria ENGEL was born 19 October 1833 in Maalch, Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
His father's name was Christian ENGEL and he may have had a brother August
Carl ENGEL. They were Lutherans. In 1865, Ludwig Engel immigrated to
America, where he worked as a master tailor and later part owner of a gold
mine. I have not been able to find a town in Mecklenburg-Schwerin named
"Maalch". Would Malk (of Malk-Goering near Ludwiglust) be the same village
as Maalch? Does anyone have any suggestions for how to trace Ludwig ENGEL
from Maalch?
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Katherine
Katherine & all,
Just wanted to share how I found a town in MLS when the name didn't show up
on any searches of towns. Thanks to this list, it was suggested that I use
sound alike, meaning in German it might be spelled like the English
pronounced it. For example, I had two spellings from obits which were
Loison and Loisow. So I made a list of existing towns that were similar in
spelling and sound. Then I started with Leussow and ordered the microfilm
of church records from the FHL, and I got lucky in finding my ggfathers
family on that film. The spelling of the town on the church records was
"Loissow" but the microfilm is for Leussow as that is the current spelling.
I might have searched many microfilm, but at least not this time. After the
church records, I ordered the census for 1867 and found the family there
also.
I hope your luck runs as mine did. Thanks to the listers again for their
help.
Grace, born in Iowa
Katherine wrote: I have not been able to find a town in
Mecklenburg-Schwerin named
"Maalch". Would Malk (of Malk-Goering near Ludwiglust) be the same
village