Hello everybody,
I am very grateful for your help. Here http://odsiebie.com/pobierz/1533308---272a.html
is the link to download a copy of citizens register where is
written this name. Probably there is someone who can read this
handwritten kurrentschrift. Does it look like GROSS MOOR?
Best greetings
Marcin
Hello Marcin,
The script is difficult for me since the page you send is in another
language. Perhaps it is in some eastern European script? However, the
register is likely German. However, I can see the Johann, but certainly
would have no idea what the surname is. So I would say it is hard to know
what that town would be. I have a really good atlas of Germany. There is a
tiny place called Clausmoor. Do you have any interest in pursuing the
history of the area? The LDS has a lot of information about the Gifhorn
area. An example is this:
Court records of an account of hearths, horses, manors, estates, populace,
buildings, house taxes, inhabitants, homes, animals, blind, and deaf of the
court of Gifhorn, Hannover. Includes Abbesbüttel, Dalldorf, Didderse,
Eickhorst, Ettenbüttel, Harzbüttel, Hillerse, Lagesbüttel, Leiferde,
Wasbüttel, Walle, Winkel, Rötgesbüttel, Wahrenholz, Dannenbüttel, Dragen,
Gamsen, Gilde, Krümme, Neubockel, Neudorf, Platendorf, Stüde, Triangel,
Westerbeck, Wilsche, Allenbüttel, Allerbüttel, Bechtsbüttel, Brunsbüttel,
Cassel, Grassel, Gravenhorst, Jelpke, Isenbüttel, Martinsbüttel, Meine,
Ohnhorst, Wasbüttel, Wedelheine, Wedesbüttel, Wedebrück, Wendemühle,
Wettmershagen, Rolfsbüttel, Rottorf, Groß Schwülper, Grußendorf, Hillerse,
Klein Schwülper, Volske, Vollbüttel, Vordorf, und Walle
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp From there,
go to Place and then write in Gifhorn.
Good luck,
Barbara
Hallo Marcin,
the written registration seemed to be done by different writers. The word
Gr. ( = Groß) seems to be correct. But the main word is not readable. The
first Capital "M" differs from the "M" of Maria in the next row; the third
letter "h" differs from the "h" in the same row (Johann, Gifthorn). So the
searched word could mean "Mohr" ( = Moor) but also "Molm". What kind of
registration it is ? German or polish ?
I was born in the Gifhorn area and live there for 25 years. It is a
landscape (big marshy land) " Großes Moor" in this area, 10 km north of
Gifhorn. In the beginning of the 20. Century ( before WW I), they work for
peat and many polish workers came to deal with it. In this time, the first
catholic church was founded in Gifhorn (St. Bernward). The village they live
was named "Neudorf" (new village), which was later connected with
"Platendorf", than to "Neudorf-Platendorf", today "Sassenburg". So it is
absolute possible, that your ancestors live there. Perhaps some further
links / addresses, which may help You:
www.sassenburg.de
www.gifhorn.de
http://altfrid-gifhorn.de/content/view/30/47/
Good luck !
Wilhelm