[OL]translation help please?

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I recieved an email from Germany this morning. I've translated as much
of it as I can with my very limited German. I then found a few words in
a dictionary. Unfortunetly, I still have a lot of blanks. I also may
be way wrong!!! Also, what type of place is this that I'm
getting this info from? What kind of sources is he using? Could
someone please help???
Thanks in advance.
joanne wisniewski
jjjwis@catskill.net

Here is the message followed by what I think it says:

Familienforschung Karl Engel

Sehr geehrte Frau Wisniewski,

Ihr Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Gro�vater wurde am 9. Februar 1816 als Sohn des
Gutsbesitzers Theodor Engel und seiner Ehefrau Stephanie Cannstatt geboren.
Der Vater gab ihm die Vornamen Johann Abraham Moritz Carl. Der Vater war zu
diesem Zeitpunkt 40 Jahre alt. Die Familie kommt in Kaiserslautern sonst
nirgends vor und wir wissen nur, dass sie nach 1811 hier zugezogen und vor
1839 wieder weggezogen sein muss. F�r diesen Zeitraum besitzen wir
allerdings leider keine Unterlagen, sodass weder der Herkunftsort noch das
Ziel (m�glicherweise USA) des Wegzuges bekannt sind. M�glicherweise kann
man Ihnen im "Institut f�r pf�lzische Geschichte und Volkskunde",
Benzinoring 6, 67657 Kaiserslautern weiterhelfen, da man dort eine
Auswandererkartei f�hrt. Die e-mail-Adresse ist
"info@institut.bv-pfalz.de". Karl Engel lebte ab dem Jahre 1887 wieder in
Kaiserslautern, wo er am 31. Mai 1900 verstarb.

Mit freundlichen Gr�ssen
i.A. Dieter K�mmer

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The translation is:

Genealogy Karl Engel

Dear Mrs. Wisniewski,
Your grgrgrgrgrandfather was born on 9th February 1816 as son of Theodor Engel
and his wife Stephanie Cannstatt. The father gave him the christian names Johann
Abraham Moritz Carl. At that time the father was 40 years old. The familiy does
not appear in Kaiserslautern at other times. All we know is that they moved to
here after 1811 and must have left before 1839 again.For this period we do not
have any documents so that neither their origin nor their destination (possibly
USA) are known.
Maybe they can help you at "Institut f�r pf�lzische Geschichte und Volkskunde",
Benzinoring 6, 67657 Kaiserslautern, as they have an emigrants� file there. The
e-mail address is "info@institut.bv-pfalz.de". Karl Engel lived in
Kaiserslautern again from 1887 on, where he died 31st May 1900.

Best regards,
J�rgen E.W. Meyer
j.wisniewski schrieb:

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Thank you so much for your help.
joanne

Juergen E.W.Meyer wrote:

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Thank you very much for all your time. Sorry it took so long to write back. I now know a lot more than I did before. Now I have more questions for them!!! :slight_smile:
Joanne

Juergen E.W.Meyer wrote: