I am new to the list.
I am at a brick wall to find my ggrandfater, FRIEDRICH GUSTAV HALBE, born 5 June 1843. He emigrated in 1868 to USA and on the passenger list he said he was from KOENIGSBERG. Was their a Kreis Koenigsberg?
His wife was EMILIE BERTA PYK/PIEK. She was baptised in the Ev Luth Church, SUDARGEN, Lithuania, 9 March 1850. Sudargen is just outside the border of East Prussia. Does anyone know if this was ever part of East Prussia and where Church records might be found today? Would they be perhaps in Berlin or Vilnius or elsewhere? I need records before 1843. The Mormons (FHL) had only one film (1843-1886) for Sudargen and this is where I found this information.
On the Ev Luth Church records, SUDARGEN, the HALBEs had 2 children baptized. One of them was my grandmother, JOANA FREDRIKA HALBE. She was baptized 24 July 1868, There were baptizms for several PYK siblings also. Their parents were Ferdinand and Henrika Huesing.
Gustav's wife emigrated in 1871 with a 3 year old daughter. She said she was from LASDEHNEN which was in East Prussia and just inside the border from Sudargen, Lithuania.
With GUSTAV saying he was from KOENIGSBERG and his wife saying she was from LASDEHNEN, where do I start looking for birth records and marriage records for Gustav?
Is anyone familiar with the name HALBE or PYK/PIEK/PIECK?
Since this area is now part of Russia, I was wondering if it is safe to travel there and is the country a mess?
Any and all suggestions appreciated.
Lois, Concord, NH, USA
Hallo "listige" Mitstreiter,
falls noch nicht entdeckt, es gibt bei der "Digital
Library of Wielkopolska" in Posen den eingescannten
Kgl.Erlass zur Gr�ndung des Kgl.Waisenhauses in
K�nigsberg aus dem Jahre 1701:
Fundation des K�niglichen Waisenhauses zu
K�nigsberg in Preussen 1701 nebst Beilagen
23 Seiten (15 S. + 8 S.), handgeschrieben,
inkl. grober Handskizze/Grundriss (Plan muss
gedreht werden)
Direkter Link:
http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/Content/59261/index.djvu
"DjVu Browser Plugin" muss installiert sein
(www.lizardtech.com)
Vielleicht kann es jemand gebrauchen.
Gru� aus dem Remstal bei Stuttgart
Matthias (E. Theiner)
Liebe Forschergemeinde,
ich erbitte Hinweis darauf, in welchen Listen ich nach den untenstehenden Personen nachfragen k�nnte.
Wo finde ich entsprechende Kirchenb�cher?
Ein Nachfahre untenstehender Personen in Brasilien sucht Auskunft �ber
1.Bernd Stapelfeld, * 6.10.1868 in Hamburg oder Kirchbern und
2.Elisabeth L�bl, *17.08.1869 in Leipzig.
Wie soll er vorgehen?
Danke f�r jeden Hinweis
Mit freundlichen Gr��en
Helga (Heigl)
Hallo Helga,
f�r Hamburg k�me die Famnord Liste in Frage. F�r Leipzig wohl die
Sachsen Liste, so es eine gibt. Ich denke, da k�nnen Dir andere besser
helfen.
Einen sch�nen Abend w�nscht Renate aus Stade
"Helga Heigl" <mailto:helga@maxheigl.de> schrieb:
Liebe Forschergemeinde,
ich erbitte Hinweis darauf, in welchen Listen ich nach den untenstehenden
Personen nachfragen k�nnte.Wo finde ich entsprechende Kirchenb�cher?
Ein Nachfahre untenstehender Personen in Brasilien sucht Auskunft �ber
1.Bernd Stapelfeld, * 6.10.1868 in Hamburg oder Kirchbern und
2.Elisabeth L�bl, *17.08.1869 in Leipzig.
Welcher Konfession geh�ren die Person an ?
Gru� Peter