Hello,
I am trying to find out more about my Wagoner/Wegener & Büsing families. My gggrandfather, Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Wegener/Wagoner, was born 14 Aug 1840 to Heinrich Wegener & Dorothee Büsing. For years all I knew was that he was from Hannover, but a kind researcher found him listed on aidaonline, which said he was from Empede.
I have spent the last few days at an LDS Family History Center studying microfilm images of census records for the Neustadt am Rübenberge area. I found possible Wegener families (based on the age of my Heinrich) in the 1842, 1845 & 1848 censuses in the towns of Metel & Scharrel, which are not far from Empede. However, when I searched the 1852 & 1855 censuses, which list all names, I could not find any records for Metel or Scharrel. Were those towns included in a different amt/census area for the 1852 & 1855 censuses? I found one possible Heinrich Wegener in Empede in 1855 (none in 1852), but his age was off by 2 years and this Heinrich was a servant for another family.
Does anyone have information on which amt/census area would include Metel & Scharrel for 1852, 1855, and 1858? (I will search the 1858 records when the film comes to the FHC.) My Heinrich F. L. Wagoner/Wegener came to the US in 1859, so 1858 is the last census he would appear in.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions on my search.
Thanks,Kathy from TX
German Research: Bartels, Wagoner, Sunderman, Herzberg, Herzog, Moening/Moenck, Grieme, Maier/Meier/Meyer, Dunekack, Havers, Geils, Koester, Cordes, Im Sande, Buesing, Kaesse, Goecker, Hilmers