Johann Casper and Maria Margartetha from Muenden

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Hi All,

I am a bit confused and maybe double posting, both in English and German
(using a Dutch-German dictionary) about the same search for ancestors. I
think it happened because I was confusing two lists, Hannover and Hessen.
I received a positive response on the Hessen list within hours. It included
the e-mail address of the responder. Since I was getting hourly many
messages that did not concern my topic I quickly cancelled my subscription
to the Hessen list and wrote to the responder directly. This is something I
am probably not supposed to do. I must stay with the list. Right?

My topic:
Johann Casper Bekker was one of my forefathers. He came from Muenden in
Waldeck (as Johann Caspar Becker) and married in 1776 Lammertje van Bruggen
in Zoelmon (Beusichem/Beusekom).

Coincidentally (by way of Google) I found another Becker (Maria Margaretha)
close to Zoelmond in Ravenswaaij (Culemborg) where she married Claas de
Klerk, also in 1776.

Of course I wondered if there was a connection between the two individuals.

The response I received via the Hessen List from Mr. Lothar Wolff was the
fact that those two were brother and sister and that the parents were Berndt
Georg Becker and Annna Maria Bursch.

My Additional Questions: Where can I find more information about this
family? Church registers, Town archives, Religion, military records,
Pprofession, reasons for moving to Holland, other siblings? Contacts between
the German branch and the Dutch immigrants? Where did the Becker family
live?

I hope someone can steer me in the right direction, both in finding as much
information as possible, but also give some help navigating this wonderful
list service.

Thank you,

Jurrie Frederik Bekker

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Hi Jurrie:
   This list is basically an bilingual open bulletinboard for the
   Hannover/Kingdom of Hannover area.
   You, I or anyone on the list have to read each posting to determine
   what the topic is. While the subject line gives some generalities and
   helps to provide a continuity for the thread you started, one can not
   include enough information on it to separate a listing from
   others which are not of interest to you, so you have to read the entire
   posting. Also there are times when you may read a posting and be able
   to provide information to someone else. Yes!!! There are many people
   on this list who have provided more information than they have
   received. This being Thanksgiving, I am thankful for their generous
   contributions to others.
   Under your section: My topic:, Your first, fourth and fifth
   paragraphs contain information which is necessary/or helps others on
   the list to provideyou with information which may help you on your
   genealogical journey.
   Hang on. You will receive responses. Don't expect them the same day.
   Some people don't have the opportunity to check the lest more than once
   a week. Also read some of the ones which don't pertain to you, even
   though they don't give you information about your ancestors, you will
   find sources and processes which assist you.
   Lots of luck,
   Gale