my g'father Johan Heinrich Wilhelm Koster -according to translation of papers he brought with him -was born in Osterwanna in 1869-and christened and confirmed in the Evangelistic Lutheran Parish -Wanna would anyone know if these church records still exist and if so is there any way i can access them? i'm looking for more information on his parents-Peter Markus Heinrich Koster and Margaretha Dorothea (seeborg - or some translations i've gotten -Leeborg)and i think they probably lived and went to church there all their lives-steph
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my g'father Johan Heinrich Wilhelm Koster -according to translation of papers he brought with him -was born in Osterwanna in 1869-and christened and confirmed in the Evangelistic Lutheran Parish -Wanna would anyone know if these church records still exist and if so is there any way i can access them?
Hello stephg6 (whoever you are),
the church records are as microfiches at the Kirchenbuchamt Hannover www.kirche-hannover.de/kirchenbuchamt/
Wilfried (Petersen)
thank you - i wont be going to germany in the near future -altho i'd dearly love to- but its nice to know these records are there - in case i decide to hire a researcher- again my thanks -steph