[APG Public List] [APG Members] new family book "Die Einwohner der Stadt Saarlouis 1816 - 1...

[Jeanette Daniels]

Roland,

Sorry to be confusing.  I was using the FHL location that I found my immigrant 
ancestors' marriage in.  At the time of their marriage just before they 
immigrated, it was listed in the catalog as Saarland.  So, thank you for the 
geography lesson which also explains the difficulties of doing German research.

Jeanette Daniels
Heritage Genealogical College




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From: "Rolgeiger at aol.com" <Rolgeiger at aol.com>
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Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 3:27:28 PM
Subject: Re: [APG Public List] [APG Members] new family book "Die Einwohner der 
Stadt Saarlouis 1816 - 1...

In einer eMail vom 04.08.2010 21:09:35 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt  
jeanettedaniels8667 at yahoo.com:
Are there plans for doing a "family book" for Saarland for    earlier years back 
into the 1600s and 1700s?  I have family that    immigrated from there to South 
Carolina about 1710.( That date is from memory    so it could be a little 
later.)  Also, the area that was Saarland back    then is now part of the 
adjacent county boundary (Rhineland??? again from    memory).  

Well, no, and I don't think there ever will be one. Main problem is:  although 
the Saarland is the smallest of all our federal states, it nevertheless  is not 
small at all. Per 31st December 2009 we had 1,200,000 citizen residing  here. 
What do you think about the size of a family book for all Saarlanders ever  
lived here?
 
Furthermore Saarland did not exist before 1919. The treaty of Versailles  after 
World War I fixed the borderlines of the region (more or less) which then  was 
called "Saargebiet" (Saar District) and now is Saarland. But before 1919 big  
parts of it belonged to Prussia, Bavaria and Oldenburg. Before 1834 part of  my 
own recent county St. Wendel belonged to Coburg and Oldenburg (their  dukes got 
it at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after helping defeat Napoleon).  Before 
1815 we were all part of France. Before 1800 St. Wendel County belonged  to the 
Electorate of Trier (who was bishop and electorate in one person) while  south 
easter Saarland belonged to Pfalz-Zweibruecken, south western Saarland to  
Nassau-Saarbruecken, the area around Tholey called Amt Schaumburg first to  
Lorraine = France, then to Pfalz-Saarbruecken as well. 

 
Uhm, about what are we talking?
 
Someone born in St. Wendel in 1770 was born in the town of St. Wendel, Amt  (no 
translation for that) St. Wendel (maybe district or even county), Kurstift  
(Electorate of) Trier, Heiliges Roemisches Reich Deutscher Nation (Holy Roman  
Empire of German Nation). Your ancestors must have been catholic to reside  
their. Protestants as well as Jews were not allowed to settle in that area. One  
of the reasons why there were only few emigrants from our area in early 18th  
Century. Emigrants from St. Wendel County mostly emigrated in 19th Century -  
then from St. Wendel, Canton St. Wendel, Fuerstentum Lichtenberg (bet. 1818 and  
1834) or from St. Wendel, Canton St. Wendel, Preussen (Prussia). 

 
If you want to learn about your ancestors emigrating from our area you may  
consult Werner Hacker's "Auswanderungen aus Rheinpfalz und Saarland im  18. 
Jahrhundert" (Emigration from the Rheinpfalz and Saarland in 18th  Century) to 
find where they came from. Well, and then you may engage a local  researcher :-)
 
Roland Geiger, St. Wendel, Germany


      
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