Hallo Uta,
Thank you for your kind offer!
I am trying to help another researcher who thinks that her ancestor might be
from the same family as mine, but a later generation. The immigrant is
"Frederick" Korf, born 29 July 1893 in Sonneborn, Lippe. He arrived in New York 30
March 1910, traveling with a Fritz "Voltemeyer" (Noltemeyer) who was said to
be his uncle, & who was already a US citizen. With them was "Ninna" Droste who
was a niece of Fritz Noltemeyer. They went to the state of North Dakota.
We think Frederick Korf might have lived at house Nr.6 in Sonneborn, but we
are not sure. The family who owned Nr.6 is the one that is connected to my
Rieke family, but I only know about 2 of the children of that house because they
are in my Rieke Stammfolge. The church records for Sonneborn have only been
microfilmed through the early 1870's, so I have no way to find out about the
birth of this Frederick. The Rieke Stammfolge was done many years ago by Helmut
Strehlau for my cousin, & Herr Strehlau went to Sonneborn in person to get
the information for the later generations of my Rieke family.
The Fritz Noltemeyer who brought Frederick Korf to America had also gone back
to the Sonneborn area in 1904 & 1911 to get other relatives. Fritz was
surely also related to my family in some way since I have the names Noltemeier &
Droste in my Rieke Stammfolge.
Gruße,
Gloria
In a message dated 9/29/2003 1:18:21 AM Central Standard Time,
haertlin@student.uni-kassel.de writes:
Hello Gloria,
Your case is difficult because you are searching for information after
1874/1900. The emigrants' lists for Lippe end in 1900 for reasons of
protection of the privacy/law of German archives (these laws vary a bit from
state to state, but generally you cannot expect to get information younger
than 110-100 years).
The civil registration starts in 1874, and this is usually when the
microfilms end (but not the churchbooks). German law sais that only direct
descendants can get information from the civil registers, or persons
authorized by direct descendants.
So what can you do in this case?
1. Write to the civil registration (the researcher who is a descendant or
you with his authorisation).
Here is the address:
Standesamt Barntrup (Sonneborn)
Rathhaus-Nebengeb�ude
Mittelstra�e 32
32 683 Barntrup
Germany
E.Buddensiek@Barntrup.de
Here you can get a birth certificate for Friedrich Korf, and maybe it is a
good idea to ask for a marriage certificate of his parents at the same time.
(English should be OK, at least I hope so.)
2. If the Standesamt isn't a success, you can ask the church for information
from the churchbooks which have not been microfilmed. Here you would get the
baptism entry with the names of the parents and the witnesses. Again it
might be a good idea to ask for the wedding as well. Their address:
Ev.-ref. Kirchengemeinde Sonneborn
Hauptstr. 47
32 683 Barntrup
Germany
3. If this does not help either, you can try the Einwohnermeldeamt
(residents' registration office). Their information is much less restricted
than that of the civil registration (Standesamt). They will give you
information if you have a good reason for your research (meaning that they
give information about uncles, aunts, greatuncles....). I am not sure what
kind of information they can give, but certainly they will have the house
number where Friedrich Korf lived, and maybe the names of some family
members, perhaps the place where he lived before he moved to this
residence... probably not the names of his parents.
Here is their address:
Einwohnermeldeamt
Rathaus-Nebengeb�ude
Mittelstra�e 32
32 683 Barntrup
Germany
S.Kapelle@barntrup.de
Maybe you have already noticed that Sonneborn is today a part of Barntrup -
just as an explanation why you have to write to this town. I think it is OK
to write your requests in English. They should understand it, but I have
also heard that some offices write their reply in German. Make sure that you
give them all the information they need.
I hope this helps.
Uta
Gloria,
Are you any relation to the Rieke's that settled in Burlington, IA in
the 1800's?
Herb Brudtkuhl