Hello to all those on the list.
For 40 or more years my family has been trying to locate the home town of the Bösche family in Germany. We had some word of mouth information which indicated Anderten.
However, we never got any closer.
Last summer, I had the opportunity to look at my grandfather's original records at Zion Lutheran Church in Crawford Co. Iowa. His birth place was listed as: Anderten Amt. Hoya Hanover. I typed "Anderten Amt. Hoya Hanover" in the Address line while on the internet and got a hit. edition-hist.de. It was quickly confirmed that my grandfather and other known relatives were listed in that census!!!
Regardless what the purpose was for the 1852 census, if it had not been taken, we would still be searching the town of Anderten/Hanover.
The bottom line is that the more records that are dug up from their dormant storage locations, the more ancestors we find and the more history perserved. I thank everyone for their efforts in their efforts to do this.
Gale Bösche