I would love to know more about my family --- the earliest known ancestor to come to America was Han Goettsche and wife Bertha. They were born in 1803 & 1804 respectively and came the U.S.A. in 1867. They died very shortly thereafter in Carroll County, Iowa. I think they were born in Holstein, Borsbeck Schonberg Germany. Can you help? I would be happy to share information from this side of the ocean.
Sharon Keys
Hi Sharon
The name G�ttsche is represented with about 860 names in the German
telephone directory. www.dastelefonbuch.de/ To narrow down the search
use the postal code, Zip code, Postleitzahl beginning with 24... You may
have to write all persons within that area. Maybe some body in this
Newsgroup could phone the G�ttsches living in Kiel which is just 16 ks' or
10 miles to the southeast of Barsbeck.
Sch�nberg is located at 10� 22 " East and 54� 23 North. Borsbeck should
be Barsbek I believe. It is 3.3 k's or just over 2 miles to the northwest
from Sch�neberg. Exact location is 10� 19" East 54� 23 North You may use
Kartenmeister.com to calculate the distance
Hope this helps you along.
Uwe
Uwe-Karsten Krickhahn
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Canada
www.kartenmeister.com
Hallo Sharon,
Borsbeck means(24217 Barsbek),the language is "plattdeutsch"
In 1840 only 1 family named HANS GÖTTSCH *1803 in Barsbek,
Census 1840,
Holstein,Amt Preetz Klöster, Church Schönberg, Barsbeck
Fam. Nr.B02F01 , Einzelnes Haus, 1 Familie
GÖTTSCH,HANS 37 J., verh., Käthner + Schlachter
KRUSE, BEEKE 36 J. dessen Frau
GÖTTSCH,TRIEN 9 J.
GÖTTSCH,CLAUS HINRICH 7 J.
GÖTTSCH,LENE 3 J, (Helene??)
i hope to help?
Greatings from Irene
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