Looking for some advice . .

mecklenburg-l
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In a message dated 5/20/02 7:50:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
katwood@chartermi.net writes:

<< I have finally discovered from the Hamburg Emigration Records that before
leaving Germany the last residence of my great-grandfather Stephan Barnosky
(bc 1857, parents: Andreas Barnosky and Mariana [Michalska?]) was Beestland,
Pommern. >>

There is a Beestland in Levin Parish, Demmin. This borders Pommern. I've
looked at these records and they are fairly easy to read. My notes say there
is also a Beestland, Grimmin, Pommern. Since Demmin borders Pommern this may
be the same village. Suggest you order the films LDS 69305 or 1348513. One is
a duplicate of the other. As I recall, one is white on black the other black
on white. I forget which is which. Also, the two film are almost identical
but there are slight differences between the two. my suggestion is that you
order both to save time.

George Kobernus
Traverse City, MI

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I don't remember who asked for Beestland but here some informations:
Beestland is (and was) part of the parish of Levin, Levin is a village between Dargun (in Mecklenburg-Schwerin) and Demmin (in Pommern, here Vorpommern). Levion is part of the former state Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Beestland though part of the parish of Levin in Mecklenburg-Schwerin was part of the state of Pommern (sometimes it had been Swedish and sometimes it had been Prussia). So it is okay when a person who emigrated said he came from Prussia when he came from Beestland.
The people in former times had to cross a border between two states when they went to church at Sunday.
I hope this information helps to understand what your ancestor told.
Greetings
Marie

Marie Renken, Ottersberg, Germany
Treasurer of the "Verein f�r mecklenburgische Familien- und Personengeschichte"