My Baldus line goes back to Stockum, Germany.

My German/Prussian ancestors are:

OBST (Altwasser, Schlesien, Prussia & BergKamen, Germany) -- I know all about my grandmother and great-grandparents who came here (my grandmother is still alive and I was fortunate enough to meet my great-grandparents). The trouble is with the ancestors prior to the U.S.

NEUGEBAUER (Prussia/Germany)

HACKE-HOFFMAN-HELL(E) (Prussia/Germany) -- Her mother died within a week of her birth. She was brought up by the Hell(e) family...possibly by an aunt.

SCHÜTTE (Una Kries Hamm, , Germany & Kamen, Germany)

RUBARTH (Prussia/Germany)

PULVERREITER (Pommeromia, , Germany & Kamen, Germany)

LENNEPER (Prussia/Germany)

KRABS/KRABBS (Prussia/Germany)

WERNER (Breitscheid, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia)

PETRI (Breitscheid, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia)

MÖHLIN (Breitscheid, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia)

KAPPENSTEIN (Prussia/Germany)

Searching for BARRINGER, DAPPER, EHRHARD, GROSH, KERST, NIEDERMAN, SENG, and ZIMMERS - after emigrating, my lines settled in primarily in the southwestern Ohio counties: Auglaize, Butler, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Shelby

Looking for the Höh family in Gerhardsbrunn. Valentine Höh (b. 24 June 1821 in Gerhardsbrunn, d. 30 July 1906 in Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio) was my third great grandfather. He, along with his first wife & 4 children, came to the US in 1864.

We found a clue in a "Brave New World: Rhinelanders Conquer America", journal of Johannes Herbergs journey to America. Herbergs wrote, "On the morning of Aug 27 [1764] we went to see a man whom Mr. Kurtz had said we should see called Jan Grothus whose father Hermen came from Bielefeld and who has been here for the last 50 years and lives only a mile to one side.

Herman Grothaus appears to have purchased 9,000 acres in Oct 1709 from an agent of William Penn, Col. Rhedegelt, who was traveling through the Palatinate trying to encourage settlement of Penn's Colony in the new world.

At that time, present day Bielefeld, Germany would have been Bielefeld, County of Ravensberg, Electorate of Brandenburg, Prussia.

So we are hoping to discover Herman Groethausen's family roots in the early church records of Bielefeld.

Linda K, I wonder if your Bauer line is connected to my Baer (Bar) line? They spelled it several different ways. Would love to chat with you and see if there is a connection.

My in-laws are Bauers. They resided in Queens and NYC.

My husband's paternal SCHLEIER line goes back to Ramrath, Dusseldorf, Germany. Also, I used to live in Heinstadt near Hanau.

I am researching Leopold Schlesinger b. Brotchizen Germany and resided in Chicago.

Searching for Surnames: Heartsill (Hartsell, Hartzell, Hertzell, Hirtzel), Featherkille,Antoni,Sechler, Maurer, Duringer & Sinter

I am researching these surnames:

BOLTZ
HOLDEMAN (HALTERMAN)
HUBER (HOOVER)
MESSER
MINEAR
MUELLER (MILLER)
RUTSCHLEY (RITCHIE)
SHUMACHER (SHOEMAKER)
WINTERS
WOLFE

To Frances Baer:

I don't think we link up. Bauer means farmer. Baer I believe means bear. We did not have any Baer's in our family. We had Sigle's mostly in the Schorndorf area!

Good to talk to you!

Fiedler --- Henry Fiedler of Posen Prussia. Died early 1800's most likely in Prussia..
Son went to England. Family made carpet bags, sold internationally.
Sound familiar?

I am looking for information about the Russian Germans... and the Schaefer/Schafer family that settled in the Dakotas and Wisconsin. From what I gather a group of Germans immigrated to Russia upon the promise of farmland, and after farming for a while were kicked out of the country by one of the Czarinas. Any history to this story would be greatly appreciated!

Another branch of the family is Slafter from WI/IL areas. Have a lot on them and willing to share. Interested if anyone knows what caused family split

To Linda K, you are correct on the meanings however there are 32 ways to spell Baer and one of those are Bauer. The Baer (Bar) family came from Switzerland to Germany then to the US. Thanks anyway.

Reply to Jill Nowak: A very large group of Germans emigrated to the Volga Region of Russia in the mid 1700s when Katherine the Great issued a Manifesto promising free land, exemption of military service, freedom of religion etc. Please look at the web site of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia as http://www.ahsgr.org. You can read all about by checking out the links. I think I'll go start a group for "Germans from Russia" here on G Wise!

I also am searching for Germans from Russia, some born in Marienberg. Have some info I would glad share. I am quite ignorant about the research in this area, about how to verify,a dsearch further back into Germany and how and when the families of SCHMALTZ, RAUSCH, MILDENBERGER came from Germany to Russia to begin with. Thanks Barbara for the invite.

Most of my family members married into the German ancestry. But I only have three nephews from 2 sisters and 2 brothers. My oldest sister married Kniefel from Munich, Germany. Another sister married Hauptman; one brother married into Lambert family and another married into Vilbrandt. I have only one French Nephew interested in German language and traveling in Germany.

I have researched my ancestors from Schleswig-Holstein and Bremen, Germany, who settled in New Holstein, Calumet County, Wisconsin, in the 1850s. Surnames include LUEHR, GROTH, BOIE, TONNER, HACHEZ, the latter the family from Bremen. I have had excellent assistance from Klaus Struve, a professional genealogy who provides much free information about emigrants from Schleswig-Holstein at http://rootdigger.de/ - he now has names and brief info on 70,000 emigrants. My brickwall is finding the maiden name, parents and hometown of Louise, the wife of Ferdinand Hachez. She was born somewhere in Hannover. They came to America with son Ferdinand in 1854. Thanks for any ideas you might have. Barbara

Marilyn, My German Russians came to the US in 1900 thru 1930. They settled in Colorado and New Mexico. My Mildenberger was Margaret, married to George Schmaltz .May be a connection somewhere, but would propbably take some digging. That's what we like tho. Right?
good Luck. Salk

interested in Hacker; Miller surnames that migrated from germany , ended up in Tenn. 1720 -1770 arrival on the east coast.

Looking for info on Simon Rosner and his wife Mary Schreivogel Rosner from Leshan, Schleisen, Germany (now in Czech Republic) . They are my 2nd Great grandparents.My great Grandma was their daughter Frances who was born there in 1863, Also my Great Grand Father Albert Hanke was born in Lindeweise, Schleisen, Germany (presently near Wroclow, Poland) but I can't find any threads to the Hanke name there. Any other spellings I should try? My Grandfather was literate so his name shouldn't have changed too much. I appresciate any help. They came here separately but met and married in Jericho, WI in 1888 and ultimately ended up in New Holstein, WI. Thanks for any help.

Hi,
I have been working on my German ancestors for the past 9 years. Traced one line back to Wuerttemberg (before 1749), and trying to locate another in Hanau Land, Hesse (before 1773). Another family arrived in PA about 1710, but have not been able to find their place of origin...believe they were Swiss?

I'm on the board of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society, co-lead a study group, help others with German genealogy at the Sacramento FHC monthly. Have learned to read the German Script, and can read some church records. I'm not an expert, but do what I can to help others.

I have a Mayer line that married into my previously mentioned Schlesinger line.

To Kathleen Ingram: As you probably know, Alsace region was either German or French, depending on who won the last war. My great grandfather Brodt is listed as German & French depending on the census, his daughter & son as French. They were from Volksberg in Alsace region.

I think I descend from Peter Reinbold born abt 1619 in Germany, his son Elias who married Clara Spitzel and his son Mattheus born about 1664 who married Anna Eva Mullier Buckel, which I think was his second wife, as he was 46 years old when they came to US on the James & Elizabeth in 1710. I saw his name spelled Reinbolt in some places. He came with wife and 2 children over 10. One was his stepson Baltasar Buckel which was changed to Pickel.I do not know the name of the second child and how one of his sons got to North Carolina where his grandson was born, Joseph Rainbolt.

My main German surnames are GENTZEN and KRIESTEN. Both belong to my maternal side. Gentzen being her maiden name and Kriesten being the maiden name of my great-great grandmother. The Gentzens came from Prussia in the 1860s as they were in Chicago by the 1870 census. The Kriestens came in 1883. Edward Anthony D. Gentzen married Clara Telka Kriesten 30 Sep 1893 in Chicago.

I am researching Erckenbrecht (Alkenbrack) and Baumann (Bowman)
from New York (Onondaga County & Herkimer County) Eve Alkenbrack b 1782, Harvey Bowman b 1825. I would like to know where in Germany my people are from. Jakki

Kathleen:
My ancestors from Alsace were Catholic. Photos from cemeteries have headstones in German and French. The cousin I communicate with there is French, speaks French. A lot of the ancestors on his side of the family were German speaking. So it gets very confusing!
I found my Brodts, others I have never found and yet we are pretty sure they didn't swim.........just beamed over by the mother ship I guess!
On the census, my ggrandmother listed as French, her parents listed as German, that is why I checked the Alsace area.

I'm looking for genealogy info on my "Hess" and "Rausch" ancestors from Germany. My GGGrandmother was born in Grand Dutchy, Hessen, Germany

I too have german running through my family right back to this famous person Johann Adolf Hasse and soprano Faustina Bordoni and beyond and has just celebrated his 300th birthday and his castle still stands today, so I am a very lucky person to be related to him via my mothers tree.
The other people that I mixed up with through my grand mother are the "Aufderheide's"of Sth Australia. that is a different story trying to find all of that family, but you never know there just maybe that one or two persons out there who have that little bit more info that you need .

Wayne

My German Surnames are: Borneman, Kruse, Pannebakker, Pennebaker, Pfannebecker, Ruby, Seidensticker, Seitz, Sellen and Wasson.
My Great Grandfather was Frederick Seidensticker(1867) from Hanover, Germany. I have been trying got 5 years to find other Seidenstickers, and met one family online, but we couldn't prove a connection. My Great Grandmother, Terese Kruse(1866) immgrated to USA from Germany in 1889.
I don't have any living Family members left to help me with research, and I am intimidated when trying to research online. Any suggestions would be most welcomed!

My German surnames are Diefenbach,Stein,Wern,and Schneider.

I also have Schneider's from Stuttgart who resided in Pennsylvania

My German ancestors are BAUDERMANN from Klepsau, Krautheim, Baden arrived in US through Castle Garden June 2 1852, settled in Newark, NJ. HEMMER from Wurttemburg arrived in US through Castle Garden June 2, 1852, settled in Newark, NJ.

Looking for Kruse and Dahms

I am trying to figure out the town name that is my great great grandfather's birthplace. It is written on his marriage record in New York. It looks like the word Schweigerschrot in Sachsen-Meinengen. On Census records, his father claimed to be from Sachsen-Coburg, Thuringen. Can anyone take a guess where my gr-gr grandfather was born? I can't find it on any map. Similar looking names but not Schweigerschrot.

There is a Schwaiger in Munich, Germany, perhaps it is a part of that area.

Our Germans came through Pennsylvania: Schnell or Snell; Stuntz; and Ebersole near the Swiss border.

On another surname the Highmiller's came from Germany. Also spelled Himiller or Heinmueller

Hmmmm...thanks Linda...I wonder if 'schrot' means town or something like that and isn't actually part of the name...hmmmm.

I am interested in families that immigrated to Wisconsin from Mecklenburg, Germany in the mid 1800s. My family names are Thede, Peters, Schroeder, Piehl.

I am looking for info on Gabriel Goldsmith from the Dresden Germany area.
He was father to Albert Goldsmith, Rosa goldsmith.

Gail

Anyone researching BOWER, BAUER, FAUST, HAAS?

Anyone researching WECKENMANN (all spellings), MERTENS, MERZENICH, WERZ, FRIDERICH, FRIEDERICH, HARTMANN, BINDER, KNOBEL, STAIGER, and/or HAUG from what is today southern Germany, all of Catholic faith. The Weckenmanns were from the Black Forest region; Mertenses and Merzeniches from near Cologne and Koblenz.

Is anyone else researching GORING/GOHRING/GERING/GEHRING? Ernest Gohring/Goring immigrated to the US around 1865...possibly New Jersey area. Married Margaret Jacobs (possibly a Mohawk Indian) in Brooklyn, NY. Children: Charles, Kate, Louisa and Frederica. Margaret dies sometime after 1880 Census.

I'm looking for the Flick family, August Herman. {my grandpa} He was born in Prussia in 1870, place unknown, came to America, when unknow, on a unknown ship, and became a citizen in 1896 in Pittsburgh, Pa. He married Anna Jane Forsythe and came to California in 1930 and passed away there. I have his death cert. and all the census say born in Germany. I don't know of any relatives he had in Pennsylvania. My parents and his children have all died and I would like some info on him if anyone has some. THANKS !

Looking for information on 18th century German migration. Family names include Harbaugh, Kraft, Eschmann, Buncher (Bonchur), Berger, Mueller, and Kahly (Kahley). I think they may have come mostly throught PA. If you have any info, I'd love to hear from you!

Jacob Rudloph born C: 1705 and wife Regula with family to Halifax, NS, Canada on the Ann in 1750 from Zulach or Baden Zurlach. Was this Germany?
Conrad Vosseller born 1729 to Halifax, NS Canada on the Sally 1752 from Wurtemburg, Germany [ In Canada was called Foseler/Fauzler]
Peter Wampfler/Wampler born 1701 also family and son Michael born 1724 to Pa. on Lydia, 1741. Looking for indormation of parents.
Ludwig/Lewis Abel may have been German born 1752 from Pa. to Montgomery Co., Va. and Wythe Co., Va. member of Rith [Reed] Creek Lutheran Church , Wythe Co. Did his ancestors come from Wurtemburg, Germany?