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hannover-l
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Don,

I have ancestors originating from Sehlde. The best source of information I have found is:

Landeskirchliches Archiv Wolfenbuttel
Postfach 1664
D-38286 Wolfenbuttel
FAX +49 5331 802710
email: archiv.lka@lk-bs.de

There is a fee for their services, but well worth the money. They located my Sehlde ancestors' church records back to around 1750. You will have to correspond in German. Google Translate can help if you can't write in German.

I have also corresponded with the Ortsheimatpfleger (local historian) in Sehlde, Herr Helmut Maibom:

Herr Helmut Maibom
Hundemarkt 6
D 38279 Sehlde
email: hundemarkt@gmx.de

Herr Maibom was extremely helpful and knowledgeable about Sehlde. The hof und haus that my ancestors built in Sehlde in 1799 is still there and they sent me pictures of it.

Also, The Honorable Mayor of Sehlde, Herr Reinhard Pasler, sent to me as a gift a book on the history of Sehlde. In this book, there is a listing for the following person:

List of landowners in Sehlde: 2.7.1859
Wilhelm Ehlers, Forsten 29 morgen

I also have a copy of the "Ortsfamilienbuch - Gross und Klein Elbe, 1709 - 1875, mit Hofe- und Hauserbuch". There are several Ehler families listed in this book. Some of my ancestors moved from Sehlde to Klein Elbe.

I hope this helps.

Steve Bruer

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You could also check the film "catalog" at www.familysearch.org to see if the church records or the civil records for Sehlde were filmed by the LDS and are available for use in the USA.

If they are, you can then click on "Family History Centers" at that same web site and find the center nearest you. If they do not have the film you want, you can rent it for a month from the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City and return to the local center to review the records as often as you like during that month. You do not need to be a member of the Mormon faith to use these resources. The monthly rental fee for the film you seek will be about $5.50.

If there is no Family History Center within reasonable distance from your home, and there is a film reader tucked away somewhere in your local library or some other local facility, the research librarian at your public library can usually get the filmed records for you
in more rural areas.

Maureen