Information about family history

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Hello,
my name is Costanza and i´m writing you from Argentina. I'm trying to write
my family history, I know that my great grandfather came from
Schömberg, Schleswig Holstein in 1889, he was 13 years old. His father
(Friederich Eduard Gustav Polemann) used to have a pharmacy there in 1868
but apparently they moved to Lübeck prior to their transfer to Argentina.
His father, Otto Polemann, lived in Kiel, Wesselburen and Wilster, where he
was born. His father, Hans Polemann was Wilster's mayor, apparently he was
born in Hamburg-Altona. That's as far as I get.

I would like to know if there's any kind of archives to access to, or if
there is any other way to find more information about my family life and
work in Germany.
Any kind of information would be helpful and very much appreciated.

Thank you so much in advance
Best regards,
Costanza

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Hello Constanza,

   please try the following website: AKVZ and the
   archive in Wrist responsible for Wilster.

   [1]archiv@kk-rm.de

   Have success and best regards
   Willibald

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Dear Willibald, thank you very much for your answer.
I have already wrote to them, they were very kind and helpful, I found this
website when they lived in Kiel thanks to the census database.
I thought that maybe in this group there was more information regarding my
family in other cities or other kinds of data.

Best wishes,
Costanza

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Hallo Costanza,
Deine Vorfahren sind verzeichnet im Volkszählungsregister

Ich denke, dort gibt es einige Anregungen, weiter zu forschen, falls Du dort
noch nicht fündig geworden bist.
Gruß Gerhard
Maschinelle Übersetzung:
Hello Costanza,
Your ancestors are listed in the census register

I think there are some suggestions for further research if you haven't found
what you are looking for.
Greetings Gerhard

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Hi Constanza

I have just fed the name Friederich Eduard Gustav Polemann into ancestry.com, and it came up with a baptism record for a Matthias Polemann, son of Friederich Eduard Gustav and Louise Amalie Polemann, born in Lübeck on 30 November 1877, baptised at St Aegidien in Lübeck on 16 December 1877. I presume this is either your great-grandfather (you don't mention his first name), or a brother.

I'll see what else I can find on Ancestry (I have a worldwide subscription). Unfortunately their search facility isn't as good as it once was...

If your ancestors lived in Lübeck for any length of time they will have been listed in the city directory. Most if not all of these directories have been preserved, some are online:

Hope this helps!

Angelika

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Die Auswanderung des Otto Polemann ist verzeichnet unter
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-RSSV-FS?i=447&cc=1849782&pe
rsonaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQVPX-YXG1
Gruß Gerhard

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Hello, thank you so much. This Otto is his brother, they were two brothers
with the same name. My relative, the one I descend from, was Friedrich
Otto, a pharmacist in Wesselburen, where he also worked in the Sparkasse.
Then he moved to Kiel and later to Schönberg. His brother is the one who
transferred to the United States.

I appreciate your help, any information is valid for me.

Best regards, Costanza

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Hi Costanza,

I think I can help you with birth and marriage records from the Schoenberg Church Books.� You didn't tell your g-grandfather's name - was it Carl or was it Franz ?�� Because there were Polemann twins born in 1875, which would match the information that your g-grandfather was 13 years old in 1889 - well, one year difference can be caused by the exact day date.� This is what the birth record tells :

"Schoenberg church book , birth records 1875 Nr. 33 and 34 : (born) May 13, (bapt.) June 25.� First born _Carl_, second born _Franz_, legitimate twin sons of Friederich Eduard Gustav Polemann from Schoenberg and Amalie Louise born Clausen. Godfathers to Carl : 1. Carl Clausen from Pinneberg (near Hamburg), 2. Peter Petersen, retired teacher from Meldorf (at the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein), 3. Henriette von Kaup borl Qualen from Schoenberg . � Godfathers to Franz :� 1. Wilhelm Schabau (or Scharlau) from Lehmkamp (next to Schoenkirchen where I live), Nicolay Henningsen ... (1 word unreadible) in Schoenberg, 3. Caroline Polemann in Hannover (Lower Saxony, abt. 300 km from here)"

The parents married in Schoenberg on June 19, 1868 : "Schoenberg Church Books, Marriage records 1868 Nr. 12. _Friederich Eduard Gustav Polemann_, pharmacist from Schoenberg, legitimate son to Friederich Otto Heinrich Polemann, former Pharmacist in Wesselburen, now in Schoenberg and Wilhelmine Maria Johanna born Bremer, born 1837, Apr. 14, confirmed in Meldorf 1853, 31 years old,� � (married to ) _Louise Amalie Clausen_, legitimate daughter to the late Wilhelm Gottfried Clausen, pastor form Osterhever and Sophie Henriette born hausen, born 1842, Mar. 14, 26 years old."

Because both groom and bride did not come from Schoenberg, the pastor added a couple of other personal dates :

"The broom's Eytebrief (old word for the certification of origin) : edited Wesselburen, June 3 by Mr. Nehlsen, chief pastor. Certification of confirmation :� Pastor's Office� in Meldorf, 1865, June 10 edited by Mr. Paulsen

The bride's certification of baptization� Osterhever , 1850, May 29, edited by Mr. Clausen, pastor. Certification of unmarried state edited by Mr. Heimreich in Preetz, May 14, 1868, Certification of confirmation : Ploen, church office of the new quarte of Ploen 1868 June 3, edited by Mr. Th. Lorentsen

Death certificate of the groom's parents : Wesselburen, 1883, Jan. 26 edited by Mr. Lindemann

Death certificate of the bride's parents : Toenning, 1842, Aug. 17, edited by Thomas Ph .... (unreadible)

Marriage witnesses : the groom's father and Dr. Wilhelm Clausen from Kaltenkirchen.

Married in the church." --- End of marriage record

Maybe the Schoenberg church book contain some more information of these people.� So if you want me to do so I will try to unearth whatever the Poleman family in Schoenberg is concerning.�� And I can send you photos of the church book records if you are interested to get them.� My e-mail adress is jurgenlaud@aol.com - because famnord doesn't allow any attachments.

Please feel free to ask me any questions concerning history, geography or living conditions of your old folks.

Greetings from Northern Germany and - see you soon by e-mail !
Juergen Laudi

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Dear Constanza,

Wesselburen has a history association. Maybe they can help you. I don't have direct contact right now, but you can inquire at the Friedrich-Hebbel-Museum, as far as I know the museum director is a member of the association.

https://www.wesselburen.de/unsere-stadt/hebbel-museum/museum

Best wishes

Inke (Stuertz)