Adding Members from RootsWeb
Fred,
I've found that it you export the email addresses from the existing RootsWeb admin console, you can do a mass invite from the Admin -> Invite in the Groups.io control for this group.? That should help people to get connected to the new mailing list if they would like to.
Thanks,
Kevin
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Wentz and Weickum families
Looking for information on Wentz and Weickum families.? They lived in Germany and then emigrated to Russia and then to the US.? Around the Stuttgart area.? Trying to find where they lived before going to Russia in 1809.
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Re: Adding Members from RootsWeb
Kevin, I've contacted the previous RootsWeb moderators (Carla and Dieter) and they are having trouble getting access to the mail list administrators pages. On my other RW mail lists I was able to download the active list of members and email addresses. At 08:12 AM 1/15/2020, you wrote: Fred,
I've found that it you export the email addresses from the existing RootsWeb admin console, you can do a mass invite from the Admin -> Invite in the Groups.io control for this group. That should help people to get connected to the new mailing list if they would like to.
Thanks,
Kevin ____________________________________________________________ Secret Arthritis Trick in Your Bible (Not Prayer) theexoduseffect.com
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My gr gr grandfather John Nicholas Eberhart was born in 1829 in either Wurttemberg or in Pennsylvania, we aren¡¯t sure. His older sister was born in Wurttemberg but his younger siblings here in America. Our Eberhart family is not related to the glass works Eberhart family that I can tell. His parents names were John and Mary Ann/Marian.?
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Re: Johann Nicholas Eberhart; b: 1829; PA or Wurtt
Ann, Where in PA did the family live? What was their religion? At 05:52 PM 1/15/2020, you wrote: My gr gr grandfather John Nicholas Eberhart was born in 1829 in either Wurttemberg or in Pennsylvania, we aren't sure. His older sister was born in Wurttemberg but his younger siblings here in America. Our Eberhart family is not related to the glass works Eberhart family that I can tell. His parents names were John and Mary Ann/Marian. ____________________________________________________________ Drink 1 Cup Before Bed, Watch Your Body Fat Melt Like Crazy Celebrity Local
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Re: Johann Nicholas Eberhart; b: 1829; PA or Wurtt
Hi! My John Eberhart with his parents & siblings were in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, I believe when they were first in America. I need to look this up to be sure.
Thank you,
Edith ¡°Edie¡± Sando
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On Jan 15, 2020, at 4:12 PM, Fred H Held <fhheld@...> wrote:
?Ann,
Where in PA did the family live? What was their religion?
At 05:52 PM 1/15/2020, you wrote:
My gr gr grandfather John Nicholas Eberhart was born in 1829 in either Wurttemberg or in Pennsylvania, we aren't sure. His older sister was born in Wurttemberg but his younger siblings here in America. Our Eberhart family is not related to the glass works Eberhart family that I can tell. His parents names were John and Mary Ann/Marian. ____________________________________________________________
Drink 1 Cup Before Bed, Watch Your Body Fat Melt Like Crazy
Celebrity Local
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Re: Johann Nicholas Eberhart; b: 1829; PA or Wurtt
Edie, I can't find the family in the US census in Cambria Co. Can you give me a lead on the family? BTW: My hometown is about 30 miles from Johnstown. Fred At 08:02 AM 1/16/2020, you wrote: Hi! My John Eberhart with his parents & siblings were in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, I believe when they were first in America. I need to look this up to be sure.
Thank you,
Edith ?€?Edie?€? Sando ____________________________________________________________ Drink 1 Cup Before Bed, Watch Your Body Fat Melt Like Crazy Celebrity Local
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Reader and Fuchs Families
I am looking for information on my 3rd great grandparents - Joseph Reader and Veronica Fuchs from Baden.? I have more information on Veronica's family than Joseph.???
Joseph was born 26 Feb 1810 Blaybach ant Walderch.? He died on 6 Mar 1890 in Minden, Kearney, Nebraska.? His younger brother John was born about 1820-1821.
This could be him from the Baden Wanted List - "the year was 1846, but they left Baden in 1845. The entry translates -?
Wanted 1. (Breisach) Nro. 37311. Joseph Riede and wife from here have left here, and we have heard that they have probably gone to America. We bring it to the public notice that the Rieds are wanted."
However his obituary states "Mr. Reader was a native of Germany, born in Blaybach, near Waldkich, in Baden Baden. He was a civil engineer of some note in Germany, and served in the German army during the German rebellion. "
In 1855 census he was in Glassboro, New Jersey.? In 1860 census he was in Mantua, New Jersey a laborer. In 1865 he was in Camden.? In 1880? census and 1885 census the family was in Minden Nebraska.? He and Veronica traveled to Nebraska with his brother John, their daughter Mary, their son John and his family, the Householder and Merrick families.??
Veronica Fuchs was the daughter of Laurenz and Katharina (Weber) Fuchs.? She was born 31 Aug 1815 Neiderrimsingen Alt Breisah Baden.? Laurenz and Katharina were married 4 Feb 1813 and had six children: Maria, Veronika, Gervas, Rosina, Agatha and Katharina.? Laurenz's parents were Johann and Elisabeth (Faber) Fuchs.? Katharina's parents Gervas and Anastasia (Baehrmaeennin?) Weber.
I would love to connect with anyone who have these families in their tree.
Thanks
Cathy
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17c Post-War Repopulation of SW Germany
Hi all,
i am hoping that someone on this list can direct me to whatever information might exist for the repopulation of towns in Baden and W¨¹rttemberg after the 30 Years¡¯ War (1618-1648)?
it is my understanding that most of the towns in these provinces lost something between 50% and 70% of their populations, and that many (most?) of them invited people from outside the provinces to come and repopulate their towns. ?But I have not been able to identify any records that would show such immigration? I have to believe that SOME records must exist, because: 1) Most towns had to vote to accept a new ¡°citizen¡± into their midst (and assign them a role, such as farmer, cooper, lumberjack, etc.); and 2) The regional Lord would have wanted to ensure that any new residents were added to their tax rolls.
i have an ancestral line which I have traced back to the Rastatt District near Karlsruhe in Baden; as best as I have been able to confirm based on local parish records, my patriarchal ancestor suddenly appears in the town of Rotenfels about 1700 or so, with no other relatives living in the area prior to that point.
i know that most of the town records from that time have long ago been collected and shipped to the Karlsruhe archives, and that I probably need to contact them; but I don¡¯t know exactly what I¡¯m asking for?
can anyone offer me any advice on this?
thanks in advance,
Stuart
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Re: 17c Post-War Repopulation of SW Germany
Stuart,
Well, a good starting point in asking us (or anyone else ) these
questions would be to give us the names of who you are looking
for.
I know of many Swiss, (mostly Anabaptists) who fled from
religious persecution in the years after the 30 year war and went
to Baden and Wurttemberg and helped repopulate those areas.? Many
were skilled tradesmen as you say.
I have a large database containing over 300 surnames, and I will
freely do lookups for anyone who gives me the surnames and
forenames of interest.
Bruce Fosnocht
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Hi all,
i am hoping that someone on this list can direct me to whatever
information might exist for the repopulation of towns in Baden and
W¨¹rttemberg after the 30 Years¡¯ War (1618-1648)?
it is my understanding that most of the towns in these provinces
lost something between 50% and 70% of their populations, and that
many (most?) of them invited people from outside the provinces to
come and repopulate their towns. ?But I have not been able to
identify any records that would show such immigration? I have to
believe that SOME records must exist, because: 1) Most towns had
to vote to accept a new ¡°citizen¡± into their midst (and assign
them a role, such as farmer, cooper, lumberjack, etc.); and 2) The
regional Lord would have wanted to ensure that any new residents
were added to their tax rolls.
i have an ancestral line which I have traced back to the Rastatt
District near Karlsruhe in Baden; as best as I have been able to
confirm based on local parish records, my patriarchal ancestor
suddenly appears in the town of Rotenfels about 1700 or so, with
no other relatives living in the area prior to that point.
i know that most of the town records from that time have long ago
been collected and shipped to the Karlsruhe archives, and that I
probably need to contact them; but I don¡¯t know exactly what I¡¯m
asking for?
can anyone offer me any advice on this?
thanks in advance,
Stuart
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Re: 17c Post-War Repopulation of SW Germany
The surname would be Bechmann. -S
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On Jan 22, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Bruce Fosnocht < bfosnocht@...> wrote:
Stuart,
Well, a good starting point in asking us (or anyone else ) these
questions would be to give us the names of who you are looking
for.
I know of many Swiss, (mostly Anabaptists) who fled from
religious persecution in the years after the 30 year war and went
to Baden and Wurttemberg and helped repopulate those areas.? Many
were skilled tradesmen as you say.
I have a large database containing over 300 surnames, and I will
freely do lookups for anyone who gives me the surnames and
forenames of interest.
Bruce Fosnocht
Hi all,
i am hoping that someone on this list can direct me to whatever
information might exist for the repopulation of towns in Baden and
W¨¹rttemberg after the 30 Years¡¯ War (1618-1648)?
it is my understanding that most of the towns in these provinces
lost something between 50% and 70% of their populations, and that
many (most?) of them invited people from outside the provinces to
come and repopulate their towns. ?But I have not been able to
identify any records that would show such immigration? I have to
believe that SOME records must exist, because: 1) Most towns had
to vote to accept a new ¡°citizen¡± into their midst (and assign
them a role, such as farmer, cooper, lumberjack, etc.); and 2) The
regional Lord would have wanted to ensure that any new residents
were added to their tax rolls.
i have an ancestral line which I have traced back to the Rastatt
District near Karlsruhe in Baden; as best as I have been able to
confirm based on local parish records, my patriarchal ancestor
suddenly appears in the town of Rotenfels about 1700 or so, with
no other relatives living in the area prior to that point.
i know that most of the town records from that time have long ago
been collected and shipped to the Karlsruhe archives, and that I
probably need to contact them; but I don¡¯t know exactly what I¡¯m
asking for?
can anyone offer me any advice on this?
thanks in advance,
Stuart
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Re: 17c Post-War Repopulation of SW Germany
Stuart,
I'm sorry but the Bechmann surname is not in my database.
Good luck, Bruce Fosnocht
On 1/22/2020 9:08 PM, Stuart Bechman
wrote:
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The surname would be Bechmann.
-S
On Jan 22, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Bruce Fosnocht < bfosnocht@...>
wrote:
Stuart,
Well, a good starting point in asking us (or anyone else )
these questions would be to give us the names of who you are
looking for.
I know of many Swiss, (mostly Anabaptists) who fled from
religious persecution in the years after the 30 year war and
went to Baden and Wurttemberg and helped repopulate those
areas.? Many were skilled tradesmen as you say.
I have a large database containing over 300 surnames, and I
will freely do lookups for anyone who gives me the surnames
and forenames of interest.
Bruce Fosnocht
Hi all,
i am hoping that someone on this list can direct me to
whatever information might exist for the repopulation of
towns in Baden and W¨¹rttemberg after the 30 Years¡¯ War
(1618-1648)?
it is my understanding that most of the towns in these
provinces lost something between 50% and 70% of their
populations, and that many (most?) of them invited people
from outside the provinces to come and repopulate their
towns. ?But I have not been able to identify any records
that would show such immigration? I have to believe that
SOME records must exist, because: 1) Most towns had to vote
to accept a new ¡°citizen¡± into their midst (and assign them
a role, such as farmer, cooper, lumberjack, etc.); and 2)
The regional Lord would have wanted to ensure that any new
residents were added to their tax rolls.
i have an ancestral line which I have traced back to the
Rastatt District near Karlsruhe in Baden; as best as I have
been able to confirm based on local parish records, my
patriarchal ancestor suddenly appears in the town of
Rotenfels about 1700 or so, with no other relatives living
in the area prior to that point.
i know that most of the town records from that time have
long ago been collected and shipped to the Karlsruhe
archives, and that I probably need to contact them; but I
don¡¯t know exactly what I¡¯m asking for?
can anyone offer me any advice on this?
thanks in advance,
Stuart
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Re: 17c Post-War Repopulation of SW Germany
Stuart,
I found that many of the church records mentioned the town where a
person emigrated from.? For many of my Baden and Alsace ancestors,
it was their marriage record in their new location that gave the
key information.? For others it was their burial record.
Also there are several books on Swiss emigration that include
lists of names and the locations where they originated and
settled.? Go to Familysearch.org and search their catalogue for
"Swiss Emigrants".
And, here is a journal article:
1983, Mennonite Family History:? p. 132-136.? Swiss Emigrants from
1694-1754 Who Settled in the Palatinate, Alsace-Lorraine,
Baden-Wurttemberg, and Pennsylvania, Karl Joder.?
At the time I was actively researching this group of ancestors, I
was also able to find a number of online sources that included
lists.? Unfortunately, all the links no longer work.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer Clark
On 1/22/2020 5:42 PM, sbechman@... wrote:
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Hi all,
i am hoping that someone on this list can direct me to whatever
information might exist for the repopulation of towns in Baden and
W¨¹rttemberg after the 30 Years¡¯ War (1618-1648)?
it is my understanding that most of the towns in these provinces
lost something between 50% and 70% of their populations, and that
many (most?) of them invited people from outside the provinces to
come and repopulate their towns. ?But I have not been able to
identify any records that would show such immigration? I have to
believe that SOME records must exist, because: 1) Most towns had
to vote to accept a new ¡°citizen¡± into their midst (and assign
them a role, such as farmer, cooper, lumberjack, etc.); and 2) The
regional Lord would have wanted to ensure that any new residents
were added to their tax rolls.
i have an ancestral line which I have traced back to the Rastatt
District near Karlsruhe in Baden; as best as I have been able to
confirm based on local parish records, my patriarchal ancestor
suddenly appears in the town of Rotenfels about 1700 or so, with
no other relatives living in the area prior to that point.
i know that most of the town records from that time have long ago
been collected and shipped to the Karlsruhe archives, and that I
probably need to contact them; but I don¡¯t know exactly what I¡¯m
asking for?
can anyone offer me any advice on this?
thanks in advance,
Stuart
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Re: 17c Post-War Repopulation of SW Germany
Jennifer, Bruce, thanks for your thoughts. There seems to be a Presumption that my Bechmann ancestor emigrated from Switzerland (which most certainly cOntributed the vast majority of post-war immigrants to SW Germany). However, my suspicion is that my patriarch migrated to Baden from Saxony / Thuringia, for two reasons: 1) my patriarch appears to have been Catholic, as all of the ancestral BMD records were maintained in the local Catholic Church; and 2) I have identified (but not contacted) Bechmanns living today in that part of Germany.
In regards to my original question, it seems my query to the Karlsruhe Landkreisse Archives should be about locating 17c tax records for the area to see if any notes were made at my ancestor¡¯s appearance. Has anyone had experience with getting a such tax records for their own research?
Thanks, Stuart
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Stuart,
I found that many of the church records mentioned the town where a
person emigrated from.? For many of my Baden and Alsace ancestors,
it was their marriage record in their new location that gave the
key information.? For others it was their burial record.
Also there are several books on Swiss emigration that include
lists of names and the locations where they originated and
settled.? Go to and search their catalogue for
"Swiss Emigrants".
And, here is a journal article:
1983, Mennonite Family History:? p. 132-136.? Swiss Emigrants from
1694-1754 Who Settled in the Palatinate, Alsace-Lorraine,
Baden-Wurttemberg, and Pennsylvania, Karl Joder.?
At the time I was actively researching this group of ancestors, I
was also able to find a number of online sources that included
lists.? Unfortunately, all the links no longer work.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer Clark
On 1/22/2020 5:42 PM, sbechman@... wrote:
Hi all,
i am hoping that someone on this list can direct me to whatever
information might exist for the repopulation of towns in Baden and
W¨¹rttemberg after the 30 Years¡¯ War (1618-1648)?
it is my understanding that most of the towns in these provinces
lost something between 50% and 70% of their populations, and that
many (most?) of them invited people from outside the provinces to
come and repopulate their towns. ?But I have not been able to
identify any records that would show such immigration? I have to
believe that SOME records must exist, because: 1) Most towns had
to vote to accept a new ¡°citizen¡± into their midst (and assign
them a role, such as farmer, cooper, lumberjack, etc.); and 2) The
regional Lord would have wanted to ensure that any new residents
were added to their tax rolls.
i have an ancestral line which I have traced back to the Rastatt
District near Karlsruhe in Baden; as best as I have been able to
confirm based on local parish records, my patriarchal ancestor
suddenly appears in the town of Rotenfels about 1700 or so, with
no other relatives living in the area prior to that point.
i know that most of the town records from that time have long ago
been collected and shipped to the Karlsruhe archives, and that I
probably need to contact them; but I don¡¯t know exactly what I¡¯m
asking for?
can anyone offer me any advice on this?
thanks in advance,
Stuart
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Schmelzle 'n Hodapp names in Waldulm, Germany
Hello,
I am working on family of my paternal grandmother, Louise Emma Schmelzle b. 1883 in Waldulm, Germany under the County seat of Kappelrodeck.
I visited there this past summer and found many names of probable relation, but the lack of fluent German kept me at a disadvantage.
I was able to visit the churches and see the country side with many of the names back in my ancestry. ?Families bounce between Waldulm, Kappelrodeck, Am Bach, Muttert, etc.
Grandma's parents were William & Katharine Hodapp Schmelzle mar. Nov 1882 in Ringelbach. By 1889 they had both immigrated to the USA. ?Grandma was left in Waldulm with her grandparents, I assume, Joseph & Maria Anna Pfeiffer Hodapp mar. Sept 1848 in Waldulm at St. Albins.
From here I go back with the names of Fischer, Lamm, Steinruck, Spath, & Hirth
On the Schmelzle side I go back to Fischer, Oberle, Kocenninger, Bohnert, Huber, & Schnurr.
Several cross over names are on both sides....
Would love to hear from anyone who is working on any relationships within these lines.
Ruth in Illinois, USA
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H?ring and all its name spelling variants
Hi
I¡¯m looking for members with the name H?ring/Haering/Hering/Haring/Herring in their family trees. My branch comes from a couple of villages near Rottweil, but there are branches from Freiburg and Konstanz as well.
I¡¯d be glad to join forces for further research activities.
Best regards
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Familien Namen - Kraus, Halbherr, Mayer, Rei?er, Butscher, Edler, Schmid of W¨¹rttemberg
Hello everyone
I'm researching my husband's paternal ancestry of W¨¹rttemberg.
With help from family in earlier times, I've traced the Kraus family back in a direct line (essentially) to mid 1600s.
Johann Kraus married Barbara SCHMID in 1685 Unlingen, Bibernach (had at least 3 children)
Christian Kraus married Maria EDLER 1708 Unlingen (had at least 10 children)
Karl Kraus married Anna BUTSCHER1745 Unlingen (had at least 7 children)
Johann George Kraus married first Clara REI?ER 1774 Gauingen (had at least 3 children) and then Anna HERTER (had another 4 or more)
Hygin Kraus married Anna MAYER 1804 Zwiefalten (had at least 8 children)
Karl Kraus married Maria-Anna HALBHERR 1852 Zwiefalten (had at least 14 children)
I would be most interested to have contact with anyone who can assist me further please. In particular documents and related family names would be great.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Kraus (Australia)
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Re: Familien Namen - Kraus, Halbherr, Mayer, Rei??er , Butscher, Edler, Schmid of W??rttemberg
Elizabeth,
You know you are near the beginning of the available records in much the
Wurttemberg area because of the
(1618-1648). The 30-Years War was between the Catholics and
Protestants where each were rampaging the region burning each others
churches (and records). Where records do exist there may be a gap in that
period making it difficult to go further back with accuracy. The earliest
possible records would be circa 1550, when the churches (both Catholic
and Protestant) started recording the BMD records for common man. If you
can make a connection to royalty you may be able to go further back.
?
I see some of those people are indexed in the databases at FamilySearch,
but there is no linkage to a FS Family Tree. I've started your family at
FS FT for you with Karl Kraus and Maria-Anna Halbherr. See FSFT ID =
What was the religion of the family? The daughter of Karl and Maria Anna,
Sofie, was baptized in the Evangelische (Lutheran) Church in Kirchberg
(OA. Gerabronn). Her marriage was also recorded the same church in
Kirchberg, but was solemnized in Stuttgart. Apparently none of the other
children were Evangelische, nor was their marriage. Did Sofie change
religion??
There is no marriage in the Evangelische Church in Zwiefalten for Karl
and Anna Marie.
The Catholic record microfilms for Unlingen, Gauingen, and Zwiefalten are
all digitized, however none are indexed. The digitized microfilms are
restricted and may only be viewed at an LDS Family History
Center.
Fred
At 11:55 PM 2/14/2020, you wrote:
Hello everyone
I'm researching my husband's paternal ancestry of W¨¹rttemberg.
With help from family in earlier times, I've traced the Kraus family back
in a direct line (essentially) to mid 1600s.
Johann Kraus married Barbara SCHMID in 1685 Unlingen, Bibernach (had at
least 3 children)
Christian Kraus married Maria EDLER 1708 Unlingen (had at least 10
children)
Karl Kraus married Anna BUTSCHER1745 Unlingen (had at least 7
children)
Johann George Kraus married first Clara REI?ER 1774 Gauingen (had at
least 3 children) and then Anna HERTER (had another 4 or more)
Hygin Kraus married Anna MAYER 1804 Zwiefalten (had at least 8
children)
Karl Kraus married Maria-Anna HALBHERR 1852 Zwiefalten (had at least 14
children)
I would be most interested to have contact with anyone who can assist me
further please. In particular documents and related family names would be
great.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Kraus (Australia)
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Hans Kuner, mid 1500's, Bretten
Hi Everyone,
Being relatively new to this site, I'd like to reach out to anyone that might be familiar with the Nussbaum, Baden, Bretten areas.? I'm looking for any additional information on my 13ggrandfather, Hans Kuner, born around the mid to late 1500's.? He was married to Zypora N., possibly Naeglin.? In my OSB book for Nusbaum, he is listed as being from Bretten.
Nancy
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Re: Hans Kuner, mid 1500's, Bretten
Welcome Nancy,
There are several pieces of information that would be of help. First,
what was the family religion?? Then, what records do you have now?
The records for Bretten (4 miles away from that Nussbaum) appear to start
in 1565 in 2 different Evangelische (Lutheran) churches.
There is a marriage record of Zipora, widow
of Hans Kuener, to
in 1599 in Bretten. See
? Attached
is a copy of that record (LDS 1189883 pg 571 #22).
That means there might be a death record for Hans and in addition a lead
to a marriage record that might give Zipora's father and home village and
Hans' father and home village.
There is an entry in FamilySearch Family Tree for your couple. The
original entry was by FamilySearch, but there were also entries by a
Kurt Kastner <kk248@...>.
See
Fred
At 04:39 PM 3/19/2020, you wrote:
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Hi Everyone,
Being relatively new to this site, I'd like to reach out to anyone that
might be familiar with the Nussbaum, Baden, Bretten areas.? I'm
looking for any additional information on my 13ggrandfather, Hans Kuner,
born around the mid to late 1500's.? He was married to Zypora N.,
possibly Naeglin.? In my OSB book for Nusbaum, he is listed as being
from Bretten.
Nancy
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Edie Sando
Ruth Hundley
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