This update of 19 Jan 2025 includes (see below for changes to individuals):
- Updated Apfelbach and Markelsheim ancestry according to the latest research.
- Corrected spelling of name of Ann Lehn Stalbucken (not Balbucken!)
- Augmented church record references in the vicinity of Langendorf
- Now over 3,000 sources used!
The update of 21 Jun 2024 included:
- Updated Mardorf and Schneeren data from church records and from Friedrich Dankenbring's research.
- Added Rehden Catholic church records source data.
- Entered data from Römerberg Familien und Einwohner.
- Added ancestry for Johann Cord Wiepking (*c1745 ✝︎1789 Tenor, Schneeren, Hannover, Germany).
- Tweaked sourcing notes for Hans Cordes (*c1673 Lüchow, Hannover, Germany ✝︎1741 Zadrau, Quickborn, Hannover, Germany).
- Added data from Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971.
- Added baptism, parents, and siblings of Eva Foss (~1750 Jania, Schulitz, Bromberg, Posen, Germany ✝︎1790 Prondtke, Bromberg, Posen, Germany).
- Added references from Aus der Geschichte von Schulitz und den umliegenden Dörfern.
- Added Garrecht family information from Descendants of Jo'Es Georgii GARRECHT.
The update of 11 Dec 2023 included:
- Corrected ancestry of Anna Maria Sebastian (~1702 Geinsheim, Pfalz, Germany ✝︎1786 ⊙)
- Added events and ancestors in the vicinity of Dannenberg, Hannover.
- Added events and ancestors in the vicinity of Bromberg, Posen.
- Refined Ziemke ancestry near Rehden, Westpreußen.
- Added Steinhude churchbook links.
- Now 2,149 direct ancestors (including probands).
The update of 2 Apr 2023 included:
- Added many more church record links and corresponding corrections and some additions.
- New page on the Common Table Prayer.
- Now 2,130 direct ancestors (including probands).
The update of 29 Jun 2022 included:
- Correction and gigantic 10-generation extension of the Rewinkel ancestry!
- Church records from the Dannenberg/Elbe region.
- Refinement of paternal ancestry (sorry, Lori!).
- Added more education and residence locations for some recent members of the tree.
- Now 2,101 direct ancestors (including probands).
The update of 22 Feb 2022 (Twosday) included:
- Gigantic correction of the ancestry of Hans Hermann Harmening, stemming from the disambiguation from Johan Herman Hermening, and resulting in the trimming of 18 erroneous ancestors and addition of 41 new ancestors.
- New ancestry in Frille of Anne Sophie Vieth, spouse of the aforementioned Hans Hermann Harmening.
- Now 2,075 direct ancestors (including probands).
The update of 11 Feb 2022 included:
- Refinements and extensions to the Strübing ancestry.
- Death dates for Wilhelm Lemmersdorf and wife.
- Research in Meerbeck and Meinsen, Schaumburg-Lippe
- Now more than 2^11 direct ancestors (including probands).
The update of 26 Oct 2021 included:
- New Strübing/Striebing ancestry and new towns Salzuflen, Stemmen, Varenholz, Aerzen, Reher, Mölln (Mecklenburg), Klein Molzahn, and Schlagsdorf. This was made possible by finding correct name of ancestor Johann Jacob Strübing. (He is not named Friedrich!)
- Added more church record detailed references, especially in Steinhude.
- Now more than 2,000 direct and 2,353 direct and step ancestors.
The update of 26 Jul 2021 included:
- Added age at death to most ancestors when available, from obituaries, death certificates, or death records. These ages at death are often the source of estimated birthdates. This touched a lot of ancestors! More to do...
- Augmented Netze and Markelsheim witchcraft ancestor research.
- Added more possible identifications of ancestor Johan Fajen.
The update of 24 May 2021 included:
- Now more than 40,000 individuals in my database.
- More research in Markelsheim, including several executions for witchcraft: Barbara Bach, Martin Sponring, Heinrich Sponring, Magdalena ____, and Margarethe ____.
- Research in Netze (Waldeck), including Adolph Kann, who was executed in a poisoning case (probably for witchcraft).
- Possible identification of ancestor Johan Fajen as being a Portuguese (possibly marrano) merchant living in Amsterdam.
- Determination of the origin of the Kindler family as Ruhpolding.
- Continuation of research in the Vogeler ancestry in and near Mardorf.
- Improvement in documentation and filling in dates in several lines.
The update of 4 Jan 2021 included:
The update of 17 Oct 2020 included:
- More additions to the Vogeler ancestry in and near Mardorf.
- New Fajen ancestry in the Netherlands.
- Sauter ancestry in Frauenzimmern, Baden.
- Links to specific sources and repositories show only those items in a table.
The update of 30 Jul 2020 included:
- Extensive additions to the Vogeler ancestry in Mardorf, Schneeren, Stöckse, Steimbke, Wenden, Husum, and surrounding villages.
- Additions to the Bregler family from Rettigheim.
- New Emmert research guessing a link from Weingarten/Baden to Unterbalbach.
- Maurer family traced back to Eggschwil, Switzerland.
- Numerous smaller updates as part of my march through the ancestry.
- New map icons on placenames throughout the site, plus minor update for source and repository table appearance.
The update of 12 Jun 2020 included:
- Replacement of the Bregler ancestry. They didn't come from Oberhausen after all, but from Malsch bei Wiesloch.
- New ancestry of the Straus family in Rettigheim.
- Continue marching through Protestant church records to verify and correct previous research.
- Now boasting more than 2,500 sources consulted in this research.
The update of 31 Jan 2020 included:
- New Ickas/Ickes/Icas ancestry in Markelsheim, Württemberg.
- Wacker ancestry documented from the Waibstadt, Baden church records.
- Batsching ancestry extended to Schwarzach (Rheinmünster), Stupferich, and Weingarten, all in Baden.
- Extensive research underway on the Vogler ancestry in Mardorf, Hannover.
The update of 23 Sep 2019 included:
- Extensive work on the Daub family in Minfeld based on the Ortsfamilienbuch Minfeld and the church registers.
- Similarly extensive work on the Wacker family ancestors in Waibstadt based on the Familienbuch Waibstadt.
- Some tweaks to the Kern family in Forchtenberg.
- West Prussian research for the ancestors of the Nehring and Ziemke families.
- Various other minor tweaks.
- New map using the Leaflet Javascript library, because Google Maps doesn't support FusionTables anymore. The new map is better anyway! There are tooltips for all placemarks, you get a choice of five basemaps, and there is an in-map search feature.
The update of 9 Apr 2019 included:
- Analysis of families from the Protestant records of West Prussia, Posen, Crumstadt, and other places.
- Use of the civil vital records from several towns in the Pfalz.
- Added some emigration and residence data.
- Updated web look, added dark mode support, made more links into cute button icons.
- Made source list searchable.
- Migrated Schaumburg-Lippe pages to this site.
The update of 28 Oct 2018 included:
- More improvements to page numbers in church and civil records, from the Pfalz, Baden, Hannover, Westfalen, and Westpreußen.
- Added six ancestors.
- Fixed some place names.
- New decade and century pages in Timelines.
- Mysteries page lists main research stumbling blocks.
The update of 13 May 2018 included:
- More improvements to page numbers in church and civil records, from the Pfalz, Baden, Hannover, Westfalen, and Westpreußen.
- Some new research in Hannover, Schaumburg-Lippe, and Westpreußen.
- Cuter (better?) button icons on the home page. Also added a today button and a what's new button.
- Permalinks! These are not versioned permalinks at this time: the content of a page may change, but its URL will not.
- Added a page of interesting people from this database.
- Added a disclaimer concerning "those other Eggerts".
- Added bolding in day pages for events on even-centennial anniversaries and on year pages for this-day events.
The update of 19 Feb 2018 included:
- Another big update to improve references to page numbers in church and civil records, mostly in the Pfalz.
- Corrected ancestry of Leonhard Dutz (1685-1755), unfortunately resulting in the removal of 22 individuals from the ancestry.
- Resolved overlapping Jerg/Georg/Görg Wolff families (this one too) in Rhodt in the time period 1573-1623.
- Added to the genealogy of Maria Catharina Goss, born in Bundenbach, baptized in Wiesbach.
The update of 13 Dec 2017 included:
- Another massive update to improve references to page numbers in church and civil records, mostly in the Pfalz.
- Numerous corrections and additions.
The update of 18 Oct 2017 included:
- Massive update seeking to improve references to page numbers in church and civil records with links where possible to the source page.
- Numerous corrections and additions based on review of records for adding citation detail.
- More to come along these lines!
- Website improvements to aid navigation among calendar day and year pages.
- Added Date completeness view to graphical tree page.
- Added collaboration groups feature.
The update of 26 Apr 2017 included:
- Division of FamilySearch references by individual FamilySearch database.
- More links.
- Website tweaks in window names and pedigree by generation.
- Death info for Maria Eva Elisabetha Kurtz.
The update of 9 Oct 2016 included:
- New research in Schubin and Labischin area.
- Better references to Langendorf church records.
- Minor improvements to map and tree views.
The update of 5 Jun 2016 included:
- More new Maikammer ancestors and ancestral information.
- Newly estimated birthyears for Gerst ancestors.
- Now more than 2,000 sources used.
The update of 27 Feb 2016 included:
- New Maikammer ancestors and ancestral information.
- New Mechtersheim ancestral information.
The update of 23 Dec 2015 included:
- Extended Ziemke ancestry and corrections to previous Ziemke information, based on research by Tobias Ziemke.
The update of 1 Nov 2015 included:
- Corrected Lengefeld vs Lengenfeld.
- Somewhat fancier list pages, particularly if your browser can do position: sticky.
- Multiple repositories can now be listed for a single source in the sources list.
The update of 19 Apr 2015 included:
- Corrected ancestry of Margaretha Schröder.
- Corrected birthplace of Margarethe Henriette Anna Spannuth (*1858 Franzosenbusch, Cook, Illinois, United States, was Addison, Du Page, Illinois, United States).
- Somewhat fancier home page.
- More logically correct placenames for French towns.
- Links in list of places to appropriate webpages for those places (mostly to Wikipedia).
- More links in web source references.
- Numerous minor corrections.
93 entries have changed since 21 Jun 2024:
Bach, Barbara (*c1583 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1629 ⊙), changed 21 Jul 2024
Barthel, Anna (~1605 Bütthard, Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany), changed 10 Dec 2024
Barthel, Anna (*Krusinek, Bromberg, Posen, Germany), changed 5 Oct 2024
Barthel, Thomas (✝︎<1604), changed 10 Dec 2024
Barthel, Vitus (), changed 10 Dec 2024
Bauer, Andreas (⚰︎1634 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Behrend, Catharina Sophia (~1728 Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1800 Jessenitz, Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany), changed 1 Oct 2024
Behrens, Johann (*c1685 ✝︎1751/1763 Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany), changed 1 Oct 2024
Behrens, Stoffer (*1641 ✝︎1699/1703), changed 1 Oct 2024
Brösamer, Appolonia (*Wolkshausen, Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany), changed 10 Dec 2024
Busacker, Anna Maria (~1666 Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ⚰︎1729 ⊙), changed 1 Oct 2024
Culman, Hanss Hainrich (*1546 Landau or Lachen, Pfalz, Germany), changed 31 Jul 2024
Dennerer, Maria (), changed 17 Dec 2024
Drescher, Peter (*c1556 ✝︎1630 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Eggers, Nicolaus (*c1669 ⚰︎1766 Breese in der Marsch, Dannenberg, Hannover, Germany), changed 3 Oct 2024
Eggert, Herman August Gustaf (*1894 near Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1977 Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States), changed 25 Sep 2024
Eggert, James Robert, Dr. (*Hays, Ellis, Kansas, United States), changed 14 Nov 2024
Eggert, Johann Joachim (*1771 Breese in der Marsch, Dannenberg, Hannover, Germany ✝︎1835 Langendorf, Hannover, Germany), changed 27 Aug 2024
Eggert, Richard Herman, R.Ph. (*near Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States), changed 25 Sep 2024
Ehrmann, Anna (*Laibach?, Rengershausen, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1658 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Ehrmann, Jörgen (✝︎<1629), changed 25 Jun 2024
Emmert, Wolffgang (*c1569 ✝︎1629 Bad Mergentheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Emmert, Wolffgang (✝︎<1681 Bad Mergentheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Emmert, Wolffgang (~1651 Mulfingen, Hohenlohekreis, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1714 Weingarten, Baden, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Freitag, Johannes (~1640 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Freitag, Kilian (*c1605 Althausen?, Bad Mergentheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1695 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Freytag, Anna (*c1673 ✝︎1723 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Gotthardt, Anna (~1669 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1733 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Gotthardt, Daniel (~1619 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1687 ⊙), changed 22 Oct 2024
Gotthart, Hanß (⚰︎1622 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 30 Aug 2024
Gotthart, Petter (*Apfelbach?, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ⚰︎1646 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 22 Oct 2024
Grünenwald, Margaretha (*Unterwittighausen?, Württemberg, Germany), changed 10 Dec 2024
Grünenwald, Thomas (✝︎<1604), changed 10 Dec 2024
Haintz, Georg (*Wachbach, Bad Mergentheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎<1638), changed 26 Jun 2024
Heck, Maria (*c1646 ⚰︎1708 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Heintzerman, Agnes (*1613 Mulfingen, Hohenlohekreis, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Hertterich, Barbara (⚰︎1622 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 30 Aug 2024
Holste, Heinrich Wilhelm (*1795 Großenheidorn, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ✝︎1866 ⊙), changed 23 Jul 2024
Huhn, Barbara (), changed 26 Jun 2024
Husni, Edward (Najeeb), R.Ph. (*Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States ✝︎Cedar Grove, Essex, New Jersey, United States), changed 21 Nov 2024
Ickes, Johann Georg (~1711 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1782 ⊙), changed 26 Jun 2024
Ickes, Melchior (*c1640 Böhmen, Austria-Hungary ⚰︎1736 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Keller, Margaretha (⚰︎1630 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 22 Oct 2024
Kimmelmann, Michael (*c1601 ✝︎1681 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Kleynin, Anna (*c1620 ✝︎1680 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Kümmelmann, Barbara (*c1639 ✝︎1699 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Kurtz, Johannes (⚰︎1637 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Kurtz, Margaretha (*c1637 ✝︎1720 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Lang, Anna Dorothea (~1706 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1755 ⊙), changed 25 Jun 2024
Lang, Georg (~1643 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Lang, Johann Caspar (), changed 25 Jun 2024
Lang, Johann Caspar (~1677 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
Lüth, Erdmann (*<1663), changed 1 Oct 2024
Maÿer, Anna Maria (~1723 Göggingen, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1793 Horn, Göggingen, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany), changed 2 Sep 2024
Messemer, Anna Eva (~1680 Herxheim bei Landau, Pfalz, Germany ✝︎1731 Offenbach an der Queich, Pfalz, Germany), changed 19 Jan 2025
Meyers, Margreta (~1652 Hespe, Meerbeck, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany), changed 22 Oct 2024
Meyers, Syllie Magdalena (~1683 Gorleben, Trebel, Hannover, Germany), changed 27 Aug 2024
Rehwinckel, Hinrich (*1682 Baven, Hermannsburg, Hannover, Germany ✝︎<1728), changed 27 Aug 2024
Rewinkel, Emma Marie Amalia Anna (*1893 Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States ✝︎1991 Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, United States), changed 25 Sep 2024
Scheneck, Anna Sophia (*1799 Kornelino, Labischin, Schubin, Posen, Germany ✝︎1831 Bagno, Labischin, Schubin, Posen, Germany), changed 31 Aug 2024
Schmid, Eva (*Mulfingen, Hohenlohekreis, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Schmid, Georg (✝︎<1613 Mulfingen, Hohenlohekreis, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
Schneiter, Valentin (✝︎1675 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 30 Aug 2024
Schönebeck, Tilcke (*1680), changed 22 Oct 2024
Schreiner, Christian (✝︎<1725), changed 12 Aug 2024
Schreiner, Johann Adam (~1701 Schindhard, Pfalz, Germany ✝︎1780 Harthausen, Pfalz, Germany), changed 12 Aug 2024
Schreiner, Susanne Meta (*Lingenfeld, Pfalz, Germany), changed 2 Sep 2024
Schubert, Georg (*c1640 Thierfeld, Sachsen, Germany ⚰︎1676/1677 Zschocken, Sachsen, Germany), changed 6 Nov 2024
Schubert, Hans (*c1635 ✝︎c1658), changed 12 Nov 2024
Schult, Philipp (~1728 Jessenitz, Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1805 ⊙), changed 1 Oct 2024
Schur, Greth (*c1644 Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ⚰︎1709 ⊙), changed 1 Oct 2024
Schweitzer, Anna (✝︎1664 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 30 Aug 2024
Spannuth, Carl Ludwig (*1825 Hespe, Meerbeck, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ✝︎1864 Jefferson Barracks, Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri, United States), changed 22 Oct 2024
Spannuth, Hans Hermann (~1684 Hespe, Meerbeck, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ⚰︎1757 ⊙), changed 22 Oct 2024
Sponring, Heinrich (*Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1618 Burg Neuhaus (Igersheim), Württemberg, Germany), changed 21 Jul 2024
Sponring, Martin (*c1587 ✝︎1629 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 21 Jul 2024
Sponringin, Barbara (), changed 25 Jun 2024
Stalbucken, Ann Lehn (*c1690 Tripkau, Amt Neuhaus, Hannover, Germany), changed 1 Oct 2024
Steincken, Anna Ilsabe (*Scheie, Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ⚰︎1725 Petzen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany), changed 24 Aug 2024
Stiber, Agnes (⚰︎1649 Apfelbach, Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 22 Oct 2024
Strauß, Dorothea (*c1685 ⚰︎1715 Lübtheen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany), changed 1 Oct 2024
Wilherm, Anna Maria (~1659 Kuckshagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany), changed 22 Oct 2024
Wilhermen, Johann Heinrich (~1671 Wulfhagen, Meerbeck, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ⚰︎<1727), changed 22 Oct 2024
Wingerter, Barbara (*1770 Lingenfeld, Pfalz, Germany ✝︎1825 Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany), changed 12 Aug 2024
Wörlerin, Magdalena (), changed 25 Jun 2024
Zabel, Andreas (*1803 Städtisch Buchwalde, Rehden, Westpreußen, Germany ✝︎1827 Masanken, Rehden, Westpreußen, Germany), changed 18 Aug 2024
Zimke, Andreas (*c1676), changed 5 Oct 2024
Zimke, Jacob (~1648 Deutsch Kruschin, Bromberg, Posen, Germany), changed 5 Oct 2024
____, Anna Christina (✝︎<1725), changed 12 Aug 2024
____, Catharina (*c1651 ⚰︎1681 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 26 Jun 2024
____, Margaretha (Barbara) (*c1640 ✝︎1701 Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany), changed 25 Jun 2024
____, Margarethe (*Markelsheim, Württemberg, Germany ✝︎1618 ⊙), changed 21 Jul 2024
____, Maria (), changed 6 Nov 2024