Hi Robin,
I took the liberty to change the subject name here, because it is a new
surname. I hope that's okay.
Go to http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/ In the little box which shows
up, put the name(s) that you are researching. For Tiedemann I would only use
the name of Tiedeman (which is just a variation in spelling.) That will
return both spellings - Tiedemann. In fact, there are more than 500 returns
on those two spellings. So--- you should include the person's first name
and surname. If there are more names like a middle name, include that as
well. Sometimes, it helps to put quotation marks around the whole name. That
will skip over the others. I would do that first! But sometimes we do not
know the full name since there may be several other names that you are not
aware of--like 5 names altogether!
Then, click on "Suchen" which means "Search". Was your ancestor an
emigrant? That is "auswanderer". If they are emigrants, then just skip
those at first and look for the emigrant (auswander) records.
Then, you will receive the many returns. You click on the blue "title"
and see if anything matches what you may be looking for. There may be
repetitions. Below the set of titles, are the number of items. Click on the
one to the right of the numbers Seite 1 von 253. You will see a record for
each one.
Then below that there are 2 more sets of records. You can go through all
of them, which is quite tedious. Obviously, it is a common name.
Then do the same thing with the name Butt. There are 4 sets of records
with that name. However, note that that includes many other surnames with
"Butt" in it. You probably won't need to look through those.
I tried a search with Tiedeman and Butt (in case those two names are
related by marriage in your family). There is only one and it refers to the
town of Buxtehude. That would be in the Stade archives. I guess you would
have to email them to see if they would release that record. It appears that
they have held back records for some reason. There is an email address on
that page referring to the Stade archives.
Now, if you should want to inquire about any other records, go to the
opening page to the right. There are "Quicklinks". Click on "Archives in
Niedersachsen" and there will be a long page of something that I've never
read, but just click on the archive that you want and you will see the email
address.
I hope that this helps and do let us know if you find your ancestors. I
never can find my "Hannover" people on any official records, except church
ones. Even those have not been easy! Don't hesitate to ask any other
questions.
What are the full names of your people? Maybe we could find them
somewhere else if the archives don't include them.
Good luck,
Barbara
Barbara: Based on your email here and a couple of others prior to this, I