Sievers in Dögerode

hannover-l
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Hi Sandy

Ok i have been looking for the adress of the church in Dögerode. First i
tried to see the homepage of this very little town. They have only a population
of 166 persons. But they have a church you may see it on that homepage and
they have a Heimatverein, well thats someone who is doing researches in the past
of the town. Maybe he can help you too. You see his adress too on that
homepage.

_http://www.kalefeld.de/ortschaften/doegerode.asp_
(http://www.kalefeld.de/ortschaften/doegerode.asp)

Here you see all about that little town and you see a picture from the
church. Today Dögerode is part of Kalefeld.

    Heimatverein Dögerode Herr Peter Mutschall Auetalstr. 67
37589 Kalefeld

This is the adress of the Heimatverein unfortunately no phone number in the
phonebook in Kalefeld.

Well i have been checking the German phonebook. God bless Germany we dont
have to pay to see the entrys like you in America.

There is a Sievers family living in Kalefeld! Perhaps they know something?
Shell i call them?

Sievers Edith u. Detlef

Adresse
Oberer Heukamp 9
37589 Kalefeld / Westerhof Telefon
05553 17 70

Maybe they hang up when you call them, cause they think its a bad joke,
maybe they are pleased. Its a 50:50 chance.

You can see Dögerode using GOOGLE EARTH then you can see the hometown of
your ancestor from satellite. I have done it to verify if they have two churches
or only one i am not sure i think i have seen only one from above the roofs
look all similar.

AND FINALLY this is the homepage were you find the adress of the PFARRAMT
with email adress were you can put in your request:

_http://www.kalefeld.de/kultur_freizeit_sport/kirchen.asp_
(http://www.kalefeld.de/kultur_freizeit_sport/kirchen.asp)

_Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Kalefeld_ (http://www.kirche-altesamt.de/)
mit den Ortschaften Kalefeld, Dögerode, Sebexen
Pastor Rolf Wulkop, Grabenstr. 12, 37589 Kalefeld
Telefon: 05553 / 7 65, Telefax: 05553 / 99 53 29
E-Mail: _Pfarramt-Kalefeld@web.de_ (mailto:Pfarramt-Kalefeld@web.de)

So i think its time to write the letter and send it to the email adress you
are only one klick away from your family history.

Have a fine day

Armin

P.S. The plumber needed only 2 hours so i have a little time lol.

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Good Morning Armin,

Wow! Each day just keeps gets better and better. Thanks for all your help. I am trying to take this all in and collect my thoughts before I go forward. I do not want to do something wrong and shut a door to my family search. I do have some questions if you have the time? If you dont have the time, I am still grateful for all your help. (Please dont laugh.) First, how would I write the town, county, state, and country my family is from? (2) Is the town so small that they wont have records? (3) Should I write to Herr Peter? (4) What does "Herr" mean? (5) if so, with his address would I put Germany? (6) Can you refer me to a web-site that will show me how to write a letter? I found some, but they look long and I have always heard if you find the ancestral town....keep it short. (7) Should I try to call ms. Edith Sievers??? What if she speaks only German? I only know Guten Tag. (I think.....it means Good Day??) You would think someone, such as myself, being over 89% German (As per a researcher in Texas,US) would know some German. I feel scared that I might say the wrong thing. On a side note: my 3 German Schnauzers are named Sigmund, Mozart and Einstein. ha ha ! Back to questions, (8) What is PFARRAMT mean? (9) How would I send a US money order or cashier check? Where there is a fee or just to make a donation to the church?

I loved the website, and I saw the church at the top left. I think? It's just hard when you can't read German. But I will try to learn.

Thanks for your help & sorry for taking up sooo much of your time with questions.
Blessings and Joy

sandy sievers cooper

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Sandy Cooper schrieb:

Good Morning Armin,

Wow! Each day just keeps gets better and better. Thanks for all your help. I am trying to take this all in and collect my thoughts before I go forward. I do not want to do something wrong and shut a door to my family search. I do have some questions if you have the time? If you dont have the time, I am still grateful for all your help. (Please dont laugh.) First, how would I write the town, county, state, and country my family is from?

Town: D�gerode (o with Umlauts)
County: at that time "Altes Amt Westerhof", today it belongs to the county "Kreis Northeim"
State: Hannover, today Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
Country: Preu�en (Prussia), today Deutschland (Germany)

(2) Is the town so small that they wont have records?

Yes, the town is very small. D�gerode belongs to the parish of Kalefeld
The Church records of Kalefeld started in 1641.

(3) Should I write to Herr Peter?

As I wrote in my last mail Mr. Peter Mutschall is the contact person for the Heimatverein.
Peter is the first name
Mutschall is the surname

(4) What does "Herr" mean?

Herr means Mister

> (5) if so, with his address would I put Germany?
yes

(6) Can you refer me to a web-site that will show me how to write a letter?

here are some sample letters
<http://www.genealogy.net/misc/letters/&gt;

all other questions should be answered within the FAQ for the news group soc.genealogy.germen
<http://www.genealogienetz.de/faqs/sgg-faq.html&gt;

hope this will be a little help

Greetings from Germany

Heinz

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Just part of the answer, Herr = Mr. . A cashiers'check does not work,( it
would cost the person receiving it between $ 15 and $30 dollars to process
it and take up to 6 weeks) you would have to find out their international
idem bank number if they have one (companys that do international business
have them, small com. or private persons do not, with this nummber
transactions only cost you a couple of dollars extra without it will cost
you up to $ 25 extra in costs) It may be possible but it is a small
possiblity to do it via a credit card but then again not many persons have
credit cards here so it depends on the receiving end if they except them.
As to the chance of them speaking english I would not count on it, even in
many hotels in Germany they don't speak english , if you send a letter they
usally can find someone who can translate it for them but calling on the
phone, they most probablly would not understand you. Yes you would write
Germany or Duitsland to the adress. Anna Marie