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Can anyone recommend a good English-language history of Oldenburg
& Germany? I would like to put my family history in context, as I
prepare to do more research into one of my family line's origins in
Oldenburg.

I'm a descendant of Friedrich Renneker, who with his wife and 4
children emigrated from Fladderlohausen in 1835, per an entry in
"Zur Geschichte der Auswanderung aus dem alten Amt Damme (Oldbg.),
insbesondere nach Nordamerika, in den Jahren 1830 - 1880. Von
Johannes Ostendorf, <http://www.honkomp.de/damme-auswanderung/kapitel0.htm&gt;\.
The entry read:

"Renneker, Friedrich nebst Frau und 4 Kindern bei Kolon Ne�mann zu
Amtern 6 1835 Fladderlohausen"

-- which I understand (thanks to some translation help on the
Niedersachsen message board on Rootsweb.com) to mean that they had had
on the farm of farmer Ne�mann in Amtern, near Fladderlohausen. I'd
appreciate any suggestions on how best to start researching this family.

Thank you.

-- Mel

-------------- Melissa Saima Green <serkku@henkimaa.nu> --------------
           Hiljaa hyv� tulee. Good comes quietly.

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Hello Mel,
you should read this:

http://math.rice.edu/~polking/genealogy/webcards/ap_mw.htm

http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/europe/html/barn.html

Have you any dates of birth of your ancestors?

Werner Honkomp, Oldenburg

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Werner; I, too, am very interested in Oldenburg history. This was good information. Thank you for sharing it. My ancestor; Christriech Fredrich Kuster/Kuester was born in 1809. He and his wife Dorothea Caroline Schunke/Schinke, born in 1824, were married in 1845. They had two sons, Albert, 1849 and Julius, 1853 born before coming to America in 1856 via Bremen to NYC. We have the town name of NeuenKoop, also Pommern, Prussia. They do not go together so, as of yet, up in the air as to a concrete place of birth for Fredrich. On his America Cenus report he records he was born in Pommern, Prussia. I have studied maps and it seems Oldenburg has remained separate. What was it's history with Prussia. The Kuster's were Lutheran farmers. Still searching for answers. Jenifer (Kuester) Nelson

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Hello Jenifer,
I asked also member of an Oldenburg local list, but never have a idea.
The names Schunke/Schinke you can find more east part of Germany, also Küster's in this area. Maybe the town name NeuenKoop is not correct.

This URL shows towns in Pommern before WWII:

http://www.hcnews.com/knebel/pommen.htm

SCHLATKOW

Towns/villages within 5 miles (8.5 km) of the mother parish Schlatkow, synode Wolgast, Kr. Greifswald, 10 km NW of Anklam: Börnitz, Bünzow, Daugzin, Glödenhof, Gr. Jasedow, Gribow, Gr. Klitschendorf, Gr. & Kl. Polzin, Jargelin, Ranzin, Konsages, Karlsburg, Krakow, Lüssow, Menzlin, Nenzin, Oldenburg, Owstin, Pamitz, Pätzchow, Pentin, Ramitzow, Schmatzin, Steinfurth, Sulchow, Thurow, Vitense, Wahlendow, Wilhelmshöh, Wolffradtshof, Zarnekow, Ziethen, Züssow. In adjoining Kr. Anklam: Dersewitz, Grüttow, Neuhof, Stolpe, and Tramstow.

There is also a village Oldenburg as a part of Ranzin in Vorpommern, former Pommern/Prussia. Close to this some villages with names Neuendorf, Neuenkamp, Neuenkirchen.

Try to check the lutheran church books of Ranzin.

Good luck,
Werner