Surname Lübbers

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Hello Peter and DawnMost OFB’s from Oldenburg have special chapters about the history of the county and the people in question. Some of those chapters in an OFB are more extensive than othersAt OFB Varel there is a chapter: Varels Vergangenheit with a lot of informationAlso by googling you can learn a lot about the history of Oldenburg. I have learned a lot about the life of the people more in general by googling and googling again and again.In former days you had the churchrecords and that’s it. It depends on the timeframe, but most churchrecords do not give much information. Before the civil registration often no ages are mentioned f.e. no parentsnames at weddings, no causes of death etc.In Waddens churchrecords in between 1792-1806 also the cause of death is mentioned (which has been taken over in the OFB). This is very enlightening about the life of the people in that timeframe. Kind regardsReina Hallo,

I am living in Colorado, USA. I have records from Ortsfamilienbuch Varel that trace my Lubbers surname back to the year 1500 in Varel.
My ancestor, August Heinrich Lübbers, emigrated to the USA in 1853.
All I know of the family in Varel are names and dates of birth, marriage and death.
Are there any records online that I could search to find more detail about my ancestors in Varel?

Thank you,
Peter Lubbers

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Thank you, Reina, for your reply. I will start working on translating the Varel Vergangenheit chapter, that is a very nice tip. I have had very little luck googling information about Oldenburg during the time at interest to me - early to mid 1800s. For example, I am interested to know how the Seven Weeks’ War in 1866 affected the area (and maybe was the reason my ancestors emigrated in 1869). I just cannot even find anything that says whether anyone in Oldenburg actually fought, or if Oldenburg just supplied political support. I think military records, newspaper accounts, etc. would be very helpful in understanding their lives, but it seems pre-Germany records and histories are very difficult to obtain.

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Hello Dawn,

Yes I know how difficult (and expensive) it is for outsiders/foreigners to
obtain german records.
But the Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv must have the records you are looking
for.
If you can spend a holiday in Oldenburg you might visit the archives one
day.

The timeframe of interest for me is abt 1795-1815 and the Napoleonic war.
It was very helpful for me to understand why my ancestor left Oldenburg
around 1806 (I guess) or could not return from the sea because of the
"Kontinentalsperre"

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_System&gt;

About the "Seven weeks of War" in 1866 I do not know anything.

But I am sure you will find out more.

Try also asking your question at other mailinglists. There are a lot of kind
people who know more about this matter.

Kind regards
Reina

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I spent a fair amount of money to obtain the records I have. Again just names with birth, marriage and death dates. It’s exciting to see this take me back to the year 1500! I will continue to Google and Google again.

I know more and more information is being added to the internet almost everyday! We must keep our fingers crossed.

Thanks again!

Pete

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Dear Pete,

I have checked the OFB from Zetel (in the near area of Varel) and there are mentioned several persons of the "Lübbers"-family. Perhaps you do already know some of the names from the OFB of Varel. Of course not all persons named Lübbers do relate to your family, but if you like I can copy the information for the one or other person (see below).

Kind regards
Ilona (Frerichs)

OFB Zetel

        Lübbers, Allmuth Margarete ( 1830 - 1835 )
   Lübbers, Anna Elise ( 1833 - 1897 )
   Lübbers, Anna Margarete ( 1838 - )
   Lübbers, Bruno ( 1759 - 1843 )
   Lübbers, Bruno ( 1797 - 1864 )
   Lübbers, Catharine Margarethe Johanne ( 1858 - )
   Lübbers, Diedrich ( 1834 - )
   Lübbers, Diedrich Johann ( 1863 - )
   Lübbers, Friedrich Gerhard ( 1879 - 1879 )
   Lübbers, Friedrich Gustav ( 1884 - 1885 )
   Lübbers, Friedrich Gustav ( 1885 - )
   Lübbers, Friedrich Heinrich ( 1883 - 1883 )
   Lübbers, Friedrich Johann ( 1894 - )
   Lübbers, Georg Anton ( 1856 - 1898 )
   Lübbers, Georg Anton ( 1888 - 1889 )
   Lübbers, Georg August ( 1892 - )
   Lübbers, Gerd ( 1795 - 1872 )
   Lübbers, Gerd ( 1825 - )
   Lübbers, Gerd ( 1835 - )
   Lübbers, Gerhard Eduard ( 1846 - 1847 )
   Lübbers, Geske ( 1658 - )
   Lübbers, Helene Friederike ( 1843 - )
   Lübbers, Hermann Emil August ( 1880 - )
   Lübbers, Johann ( 1841 - )
   Lübbers, Johann Friedrich ( 1799 - )
   Lübbers, Johann Friedrich ( 1812 - 1855 )
   Lübbers, Johann Friedrich ( 1827 - 1861 )
   Lübbers, Johann Heinrich Anton ( 1852 - )
   Lübbers, Johann Hermann Friedrich ( 1821 - )
   Lübbers, Lübbert ( 1800 - 1858 )
   Lübbers, Margareta Christiana ( 1838 - 1898 )
   Lübbers, Margarete Friederike ( 1842 - 1842 )
   Lübbers, Margarete Johanne Auguste ( 1848 - )
   Lübbers, Margarete Marie ( 1865 - )
   Lübbers, Margarete Sophie ( 1839 - 1917 )
   Lübbers, Maria Wilhelmine ( 1840 - )
   Lübbers, Martha Caroline Friederike ( 1882 - 1883 )
   Lübbers, Martha Karoline ( 1891 - )
   Lübbers, NNm ( 1860 - 1860 )
   Lübbers, NNw ( 1869 - 1869 )
   Lübbers, Peter Christian ( 1789 - 1814 )
   Lübbers, Sophie Catharine ( 1814 - 1839 )
   Lübbers, Therese Gesine ( 1868 - )
   Lübbers, Wilhelmine Gesine Antoinette ( 1872 - )