Hello
I am coattailing on Marti's reply since I do not know who posted the
original message. I am a New Orleans native and have done a lot of
researching using the available resources there. If the original
poster will post another message as to exactly what they are
researching in New Orleans, I may be able to help BODY {
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Max Burgdorf
On Mon 08/01/11 6:37 PM , M Wallace mwallace767@gmail.com sent:
Hello
Regarding your question about death records for New Orleans, these
links may
be helpful:
Online Louisiana Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries [1]
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/640/Default.aspx [2]
Do you know where your ancestors are buried in New Orleans? If so,
I'd
suggest to contact the cemetery. It's possible that they may have
information for you. For example, many Catholic cemeteries in
Cincinnati
keep detailed information for each person buried there. I was able
to find
out which parish their funeral mass was held in, which funeral home
was
involved, the names of the deceased's parents, where the deceased
was born,
etc.
Also, regarding US Census forms, mistakes were often made on the
forms. On
one of my great, great grandfather's census forms, it stated that
his father
was born in "DinkLaLa." I knew they were from Germany, and I was
finally
able to figure out that they were from Dinklage, Germany. I don't
think
that the US census workers (back then) were very focused on making
sure they
got the details correct.
Have you contacted the Louisville Catholic diocese to try to find
sacramental information concerning the three women? Catholic records
also
contain a lot of information. And the diocese would be able to
answer your
question regarding if the women had to convert or not.
http://www.archlou.org/archlou/article27575.htm [3]
The archivist's name is listed above the e-mail contact address.
Good luck in your search!
Marti Kerkhoff Wallace
> Hello there,
>
> as I realized, for the place of birth, U.S. census demands the
country
> of origin in that person has immigrated,
> in this case "Hannover" means the former Kingdom, after 1866
Prussian
> Province, not the City.
> Pommerania was also a province of Prussia, since the end of WWII
the
> greater part of it is belonged to Poland.
> Americans will get bigger problems if the country of origin will
be
> given by the census as "Prussia",
> because it will reach from the City of Aachen close to the Dutch
border
> to the City of Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad)
> in the former Province of Eastern Prussia, and from the border to
> Denmark to the City of Frankfurt on the Main River.
>
> And even far in the deep South the so called "Hohenzollernsche
Lande" in
> the center of the today State of Baden-
> Wurttemberg.
> Although Germany is much more smaller than the U.S.A. - it's not
just a
> village - and has within it's small surface
> a lot of different states, territories and areas what researchers
has to
> respect.
> My research in the Hannover area is for a Maevers (Meffers) family
of
> the village of Bierbergen, situated between
> Hildesheim and Peine, who immigrated to the U.S.A. and settled in
New
> Orleans La in 1845.
> Of this origin of the family I learned just after some wrong
paths.
> because that three daughters rooted by this
> family, and which get married were married to roman catholic men
in
> roman catholic churches in Louisville, KY.
> , but there is no information they have converted to the Roman
Catholic
> Church prior to their marriages or if there were marriages
> of mixed religion. Therefore I thought the women must have been
roman
> catholics too, and I would have to search
> from an area in the Kingdom of Hannover, where the peoples were
roman
> catholics. Later - with the help of so many
> kindly peoples in the U.S.A. I found the real place of origin of
them,
> as well as the family members were Lutherans.
>
> Well, the youngest of that three sisters, Elizabeth, was married
to my
> great great uncle David Stengel of
> Stetten bei Haigerloch, a small village near to the small but very
> picturesk town of Haigerloch.
> However, the census of 1880, taken in Louisville, KY, reads about,
both
> David as well as Elizabeth were
> from "Baden-Baden" its a mistake in both sense - neither Elizabeth
nor
> David were from there, and even
> Baden-Baden (what means "town of Baden in the State (Grand Duchy)
of
> Baden) is the name of a town,
> and well known Spa place in the 19th century. The name of the
state is
> only Baden.
>
> At last, some of the Americans, who participiate to this list, may
you
> have some knowledge about
> if there are civil mortuary reports in the City of New Orleans La.
in
> the period of 1845-1856?
> birth, confirmation and marriages of the Lutheran St. Paul's
Church
> there are available and helps,
> but unfortunately death records are not available (either not
existing
> or no more to find) .
> I think, several of the genealogy sources as Rootsweb,
Familysearch or
> Ancestry.com
> will be based on this said church records and can not give
information
> about the dates of death
> for peoples, to reveal what's happen with that children of the
Maevers
> family who immigrated in 1845 or were born
> in 1847 and 1849 but are missing in the U.S. census, taken on Aug.
29,
> 1850 in New Orleans.
>
> The father Caspar Maevers (census of 1850 reads Mafer) remarried
Nov.
> 11, 1849 to Dorothea nee Brandes,
> the marriage license was granted on July 10, 1849. The first wife,
who
> gave birth to a daughter on Feb. 5, 1849.
> must have been died between that both dates.
>
> Heinz
>
>
> "M Wallace" schrieb:
> > Doreen
> >
> > Familysearch.org has a lot of films for Bremen. Here's the list:
> >
> >
>
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=bremen&prekeyword=bremen
[6]
> >
> > When did your ancestors live in Bremen? Were they Catholic or
Protestant?
> > If they were Catholic, you could try to get their sacramental
records
> from
> > an archivist in the diocese.
> >
> > I wasn't able to find any listing for available films and/or
books from
> > Oberschoneweide. Are you sure that's the correct spelling? Is it
in
> > Hannover?
> >
> > You also might want to try googling each town's Heimatverein. I
have been
> > in contact with 2 Heimatvereins for some of the small towns my
ancestors
> > came from in Germany, and they have been very kind and helpful
to me.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Marti
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hello all.
> > >
> > > I have realised over the years that Germany is one of the
hardest
> places to
> > > access records to seek
> > > for our forbears.
> > >
> > > I have posted messages to this list and none have ever been
answered.
> > >
> > > My main places of search are Hannover, Bremen and
Oberschoneweide. If I
> > > went the really expensive
> > > route i.e. Staandeschants what records, if any, could I be
expected to
> > > find for such basic things as
> > > "did they live here in ???" and births etc.
> > >
> > > I have tried Family Searc h but that brought up just one of
them
> detailing
> > > a marriage which was wrong
> > > well partly wrong. It detailed a marriage that had supposedly
taken
> place
> > > in Bremen but it did not. I even
> > > ordered in the film to view which, of course, was a complete
waste of
> money
> > > because it did not exist. I
> > > was refused a refund. Therefore not happy with that
orginisation.