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Carole, I have no direct answers to your questions but I have a
request. After your visit will you post a message relating to your
visit especially the addresses of where you obtained your
information. I am at a complete deadend in my search for Julius
Wilhelm Burgdorf who says he was born in Hildesheim in Hannover.about
1827. Searches of LDS church and census records have proved futile.
Are you traveling from America? My daughter visited Hildesheim about
3-4 years ago but spent only one day mainly visiting villages to the
east of Hildesheim. Have a wonderful trip and good luck in your
search.

  Max

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On Sat 03/06/10 10:17 AM , "Carole Townsend"
cotowns@consolidated.net sent:
  Guten Morgen,
I apologize for posting this in English, but my German I very
rough.
I am going to Hannover in late April for the purpose of doing
genealogy research. I would like to go to the state archives in
Hannover and
to the archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Can anyone give me some advice on what I should do ahead of
time? Do I need to make an appointment at either place? Can I find
somewhere
a list of what each facility contains? Will I be able to view the
original
records - do they use microfilm for viewing the records? I want to
make sure
to make maximum use of my time there.
I have located all my ancestral villages, and will also be
making trips to them during my stay. I am trying to find contacts
for all
these churches before I go as well.
Any advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Carole

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It seems like the LDS never copied records from the Lutheran churches in the Hannover area.

My great grandfather Louis BUELTEMAN was born in Hohenhameln, southeast of Hannover. It took a friend of mine from Germany to contact the church minister with the information that I had about his birthday to find his birth record..apparently he was born with the name of Karl Heinrich Louis BUELTEMAN. I went back on the LDS site and still could not find him..I do believe that if the did ever copy the records that they never put them on the internet.

If you do have some information and a LDS library near you ask them for the IGI for the area you want with the names you want..sometimes that is more informative.

Donna M.

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Max, thanks for the encouraging words. I will be happy to share what I learn
when I return. I am not going until late April, returning May 12, so look
for something after that.

My sister, a cousin( a retired high school German teacher) and I are
traveling from the USA. All of our ancestral villages have been identified,
and they are all in the general Hanover area. I am so excited about the
trip!

Carole