Friday, March 10, 2023

Alert:

Alert:  Geschlechterbuch  searches are now here:  https://wiki.genealogy.net/Deutsches_Geschlechterbuch

CA Starke has been purchased by another Publisher who refered me to this search site instead.

I will not be adding names here in the future.

https://www.geschichtlicher-buechertisch.de/Starke-Verlag/Deutsches-Geschlechterbuch-auf-CD-und-DVD/  is the location to find CDs which Starke previously published.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Welcome to Swiss & German Family Names

My hope is, that you will find the help you need in this blog, to search thousands of Swiss and German surnames, because of what you learn.

In the way of background, my mother's ancestors came from the Bauma area, in the Zurich Canton, of Switzerland. This was something I discovered about 1989, by finding the research of several others, including the late Raymond Bell, genealogist. Others discovered our Swiss connections, as well.

Since then, I have translated, "transcribed into English", the 261 page section of the Deutsches Geschlechterbuch,volume 65, which was printed in Gothic German type, regarding her Wolfensberger family name. There were no less than 4200 names in just 438 pages the book. Out of an Index of 84 pgs, only 18 were for the family surname. (Granted, there were hundreds of entries on those 18 pages for her family surname.) See the inset sample, of a typical entry in the book.

In addition, you will find here, a link to a free "Guide to Reading Geschlechterbuch's", which would allow you to pick up the book, or read it on a CD, and readily understand what you are reading. [See link below the Swiss Declaration of Independence picture, at bottom of blog.]

The correct translation of the word Geschlechterbuch, is Genealogical Family Name book.
[...more about that later. The modern literal translation on Google is incorrect, because it should translate the word into Family "Gender" book.]

The amazing quantities of names that are found in these books is astounding. The listed names on the publisher's website do not do justice to the actual names found in each of the 216 volumes.

I will include here a pdf file which lists the publisher's listed Index of Names, by volume, which you will be able to search. If you do not find your name, be not dismayed! I will soon post a list of locations for where these ancestors are found in each volume. That is the key to searching further.

This is an frequently overlooked resource for finding Swiss and German names for family genealogies, because people are not aware of the great possibility that their family name would be included, even if not listed as one of the Indexed Names by the publisher.

Finding resources for copies of these Geshlechterbuchs has been very difficult, since the publisher is in Limburg, Germany, and has strict rules about thier texts in library research departments. However, the good news is, now these volumes are being produced onto CDs, which are searchable.

Remember, by printing my Guide to Reading Geschlechterbuch's you will be able to "read" the pertinent information you find.

I will include here, a post explaining how to read the publisher's site, which is in German. No, I do not receive any payment for this service.

The publisher, [=verlag in German]
C. A. Starke, publisher
is placing their 216 volumes onto CD's since the original books are now out of print, except those found in libraries, and private collections. Remember, these books are the source for over 2 million Swiss or German names with birth, death, marriage, dates, locations, and even parents names sometimes.

This research for these collections, were done in the early 1900s, from original documents, often from parish records, by professional genealogists of the day. It was not unusual for there to be a state Genealogist who researched, and assisted in research.






Sunday, May 4, 2008

Searchable Swiss and German Name Lists

Name lists from the Deutsches Geschlechterbuchs, [The Books of German Family Genealogy / Genealogical Lineage books], by C. A. Starke, Verlag/Publisher, Limburg, Germany, see: www.starkeverlag.de Contact Myrna B. Liddell myrnabl@whidbey.com for more information in English. Remember, these represent only those on CD, volumes 1-119? More later about the locations involved.

CD 1 Volume 1-10
Abel; Adami; Ambach; von Aspern; Badicke; Baetcke; Balck; Balthasar; Barchewitz; Barop; Barthels; Bartholmeh; Baumann; Bäumer; Baumgart; Beckherrn; Beerend; Beißel; Berendt; Berg vom Béringuier; Berndt; Berns; Bilfinger; Billmayer; Bischoffs; Blumenthal; Boeck; Boesner; Böhmer; Boisen; Bollacher; Bönhoff; Bonhöffer; Borggreve; Bork; Borkowski; Bornhak; Bötzow; Boxberger; Bracht; Brandhorst-Satzkorn; Bräutigam; Brockes; Broggia; Bucher; Bürger; Burrowes; Büsing; Bütow; Cappel; Chappuzeau; Contag; Coomans; Craemer; Deussen; Dielitz; Dietz; Dimpfel; Dreger; Dremel; Dryander; Dürfeld; Dziuba; Ebert; Eckart; Eggers; Ehrhardt; Eichhorn; Eisenhart; von Elten; Ermeler; Ernst; Feddersen; Fenger; Fischer; Fock; Focke; Fontane; Forsbeck; Frederich; Friedrichsen; Frowein; Fürst; Fürth; Gallandi; Gaupp; Geffcken; Gensichen; Gleim; Gleser; Gobbin; Goebel; Göring; Gottgetreu; Göttig; Grabner; Greger; Grevel; Grieben; Grimm; Grimmel; Größler; Grotefend; Grube; Güssefeld; Haag; Hagemeister; Hallensleben; Hansen; Harnisch; Has; Haupt; Hauptmann; Hay; Hecht; Heike; Heil; Heim; Heis; Hertel; Heß; Heusch; Heuschkel; Heyden; Heyer; Heyl; Hildebrandt; Hille; Hirth; Hochstetter; Hoeper; Hoffmann; Holbein; Housselle; Hoyer; Hugo; Hüser; Huth; Jacobi; Jaegerschmid; Jassoy; Jonathas; Jordan; Kahle; Kalliefe; Kaufmann; Kaufmann-Pelzer; Kaumann; Kayser; Kees; Keferstein; Kegel; Keibel; Kesselkaul; Kestner; Kitzmann-Zadow; Kleinschmidt; Klemm; Knorr; Knüsli; Koch; Koeppen; Koerner; Kölpin; Konow; Körner; Koyen; Kratz; Krauß; Kreidel; Krethlow; Kretzschmer; Krieg; Krönig; Kroschel; Kruse; Kubale; Kuhlmeyer; Kuhn; Langbein; Lange; Langemak; Lauterbach; Lemp; Lenz; Leo; Lepsius; Licht; Lieboldt; Liersch; Löber; Loeper; Lotichius; Lucius; Lutter; Lutteroth; Macco; Mahler; Manitius; Mappes; Martiny; Martius; Matthaei; Meister; Meseberg; Michelet; Moennich; Molineus; Moll; Müller; Murhard; Nachtigal; Nagel; Nehring; Nennecke; Niemeyer; Nolte; Oetling; Oidtmann; Opdenhoff; Oppermann; Orlop; Otto; Pahlke; Pann; Pastor; Pauli; Pek; Perdelwitz; Peschel; Peters; Petersen; Petri; Prietze; Pröhle; Püttner; Pyl; Raehmel; Rahm; Rahts; Rassow; Rehfeldt; Reichert; Reinhold; Richter; Röder; Roeder; Roesler; Röhl; Rohlfs; Roscher; Rose; Rösler; Rossow; Rottmanner; Rüffershöfer; Rupstein; Sachsse; Sadewasser; Salfeld; Saßnick; Schäfer; Scharfenberg; Scharnhorst; Schaubode; Schauinsland; Schaumann; Schimmelbusch; Schindler; Schlunk; Schlüter; Schmidt; Schmidt-Cochstedt; Schmölder; Schmula; Schneider; Schoenbeck; Schoepplenberg; Schön; Schönbeck; Schottmüller; Schröder; Schubert; Schüller; Schultz; Schultz-Glambeck; Schultz-Schultzenstein; Schulz; Schulze; Schütze; Schwaniz; Schwechten; Schweninger; Seger; von Seht; Seibertz; Serlo; Seyd; Seyler; Siebel; Sommerfeldt; Stahn; Stapf; Steinbömer; Stephan; Steudner; Stöckel; Strauß; Stutz; Suse; Taeglichsbeck; Tappen; Thamerus; Thilemann; Törmer; Troost; Trüstedt; Tscherning; Urban; Usener; Voigt; Volkmann; Wahnschaffe; Walther; Walz; Warnecke; Warneke; Weber; Wegemann; Wehner; Weiß; Weissig; Weißig; Westphal; Wezel; Wichelhaus; Wilckens; Wilhelmi; Winckel; Wintz; Wolfert; Wolff; Wolfferts; Wülfing; Zink; Zorn; Zschille.



CD 2, Volume 11-18
Abendroth; Ackermann; Adami; Albrecht; Amsinck; Aschenbrenner; Bach; Baedecker; Baethcke; Balthasar; Bansa; Barop; Bartels; Beitzke; Benckendorff; Beneke; Benkendorff; Berchelmann; Berndt; Berner; Bertelsmann; Berthold; Besenbruch; Betcke; Bethe; Binder; Boeck; Boeddinghaus; Bönnhoff; Bossert; Bothe; Boysen; Branca; Braun; Bruère; Buch; Burchard; Bürger; Carus; Colsman; Crasemann; Doering; Ebhardt; Edner; Egen; Eggers; Ehlerding; Einwaldt; Elster; Engelbrecht; Erbkam; Esch; Finster; Fischer; Fräßdorf; Frowein; de Balthasar de Gacheo; Gaetke; Geffcken; Gerhardt; Gernet; Goebel; Grube; Grulich; Grun; Gruner; Hachtmann; Halbach; Hannes; Harmsen; Hartcop; Heckmann; Heidelberger; Hermanni; Heß; Heuß; Heyer; Heyl; Hilliger; Holle; Holtzermann; Homann; Hoppe; Hörschelmann; Hübner; Jacobi; Jecht; Josten; Junckersdorf; Kämmerer; Kanthak; Kauffmann; Kayser; Kestner; Khull; Kind; Kinkel; Kirchner; Klamroth; Klauder; Knetsch; Knibbe; Knudsen; Kober; Koch; Köffler; Kohler; Kornbusch; Körner; Koye; Koyen; Krippendorff; Kühn; Kurtz; Kurtzwig; Lageman; Lappenberg; Lauckhard; Leeb; Leers; Leidner; Leisewitz; Lemmel; Linckersdorff; Lippert; Lodemann; Loeper; Lopitzsch; Lucas; Lüdtke; Lutteroth; Manitius; Manske; Martin; Mecklenburg; Meier; Meininghaus; Meisel; Meister; Merck; Meyberg; Moeller; Möller; Moller; Möllmann; Mündel; Mylius; Neide; Nette; Neumann; North; Nülle; Oberländer; Oetling; Oldenburg; Olszewski; Oppermann; Pauli; Peters; Petiscus; Pielstick; Poten; Pottgießer; Preyer; Quistorp; Reichert; Reichmann; Reitzel; Rendtorff; Röder; Roeder; Roemert; Rogge; Roosen; Roß; Roßtok; Sachse; Schaller; Scheferling; Schemmel; Schlegel; Schlüter; Schmeidler; Schmid; Schnobel; Scholz; Schombart; Schramm; Schultze; Schulz; Schulze; Schütze; Schwenke; Seelhorst; Siemers; Sommerfeld; Sommerfeldt; Starke; Stein; Stephan; Stockfleth; Strücker; Studemund; Stutz; Thamerus; Trierenberg; Unbescheid; Usener; Venn; Voigt; de Voss; de Waal; Wecker; Wehr; Weichert; Weidlich; Weißker; Welcker; Wentzel; Wernher; Werther; Wesselhoefft; Westerich; Wichelhaus; Wichmann; Wiggers; Wilhelmi; Wirth; Zapp; Zickermann; Ziemssen; Zölffel.

CD 3, Volume 19-24
von der Ahe; des Arts; Barthels; Begas; Behn; Berckemeyer; Berg; von Bergen; Bettführ; Beyer; Bieber; Biermann; Blohm; Bock; Bockmühl; Boesner; Böhl; Böttger; Boué; Brandis; Braun; Burger; Büsch; de la Camp; Cappel; Carus; de Chapeaurouge; Cropp; Duncker; Engelbrecht; Engelhard; Engels; Fieker; Fischer; Franke; Frowein; Gabe; Gaedechens; Gebhardt; Geiser; Gossler; Goverts; Graß; Grosse; Gurlitt; Haack; Hachmann; Häckermann; Harder; Hartmeyer; Hasche; Heinichen; Heise; Herdtmann; Hessenbruch; Holthusen; Hübbe; Hudtwalcker; Hueck; Illies; Ingenhütt; Jebens; Jencquel; Kellinghusen; Klawiter; Knorre; Körner; Krüger; Kuhlmann; Kunhardt; Lamprecht; Lennartz; Lucanus; Luetkens; Lüpnitz; Luthardt; Meister; Mestern; Meyer; Michahelles; Mönckeberg; Möring; Munscheid; Mutzenbecher; Neumann; zur Nieden; Nobis; Noethlichs; Nölting; Oppermann; Petersen; Quentin; Randerath; Raschig; Richter; Rose; Rump; Ruperti; Sack; Schedlich; Schiele; Schleiden; Schlieper; Schnars; Schoenbeck; Schreyer; Schröder; Schroeder; Schuback; Schultze; Schulz; Siemsen; Sieveking; Silchmüller; Sillem; Simon; Soltau; Speckter; Stammann; Stangen; Staude; Stemann; Stephani; Stölzel.; Stresow; Tholen.; Thorer; Troost; Trummer; Versmann; Vorwerk; Wagner; Wappaus; Weber; Werth; Westberg; Westphal; Wichelhaus; Wichern; Willink; Woermann; Wülffing; Wülfing; Zimmermann.

CD 4, Volume 25-32
Abegg; Alte; Andreae; Antoni; Asmus; Balck; Barth; Baum; Baur; Beekman; Beekmann; Beermann; Berner; Boeck; Bonnen; Branca; Braun; Breckwoldt; Brentgens; Brockes; Brons; Brouër; Bunsen; Busse; Bussen; Calmberg; Christ; Christmann; Collmann; Cremer; Crüger; Dankenbring; Davignon; Deschner; Dieffenbach; Dietz; Ditzen; ten Dornkaat; Dreesmann; von den Driesch; Dupont; Ebertus; Ebhardt; Eiffe; Elffroth; Endell; Engelbrecht; Fegter; Ferle; Feuerhahn; Firle; Fischer; Francke; Fritsche; Fürbringer; Fürle; Gebhardi; Geelvink; Glaeser; Glatz; Godeffroy; Goemann; Grube; Haack; Hammels; Heddinga; Heeren; Heller; Helling; Hellwig; Henrici; Henschel; Herrmann; Herzberg; Hesse; Heßemer; Hibben; Hitjer; Hoehne; Hoffmann; Hölscher; Homann; von Hosstrup; Houtrouw; van Hulst; Intelmann; Jundt; Kaemmerer; Kahler; Kamlah; Kegel; Keibel; Keim; Kiß; Kitzmann; Klasing; Klugkist; Knetsch; Knodt; Knöhr; Kobligk; Königk; Köntzer; ten Doornkaat Koolman; Köppen; Körner; Koyen; Kraeger; Krahn; Kramer; Krollmann; Lange; Langewisch; Lauckhard; Lentz; van Lessen; Linckersdorff; Loesing; Lorentz; Losch; Lucan; Lucanus; Lucius; Mammen; Manger; Manske; Mänz; van Mark; von Mark; Martens; Martenstein; Matern; Matthaei; Maydorn; Mertz; Meuß; Misler; Mittelstaedt; Moeller; Müller; Neumann; Nix; Nuyken; Oehmcke; Oltmanns; Pannenborg; Penning; Penon; Petersen; Poelchau; Poppe; Poten; Prümers; Reimers; Reinbach; Reuter; Riedlin; Riehm; Ringena; Risch; Rosignol; Rothe; Rücker; Rußinger; Rykena; Sandmann; Schachtrupp; Scharnhorst; Scheele; Scherping; Schmolling; Scholvin; Schön; Schreiber; Schroeder; Schultz; Schultze; van Senden; Sinningh; Sluyter; Soller; Steinacker; Steinberger; Steiner; Stiehl; Stroman; Suhr; Tamling; Tammling; Tegtmeyer; Tetzlaff; Thilenius; Thoden van Velzen; Usener; Viëtor; Voigt; Voßberg; Wasmannsdorff; Wassenhoven; Weerda; Wehner; Weil; Weiß; Wentscher; Wentzel; Wiesinger; Wilhelmi; Will; Wilsdorf; Winterstein; Wolf; Woltereck; Wychers; Zimmermann.

CD 5, Volume 33-40
Adelung; Adler; Amberger; Andree; Aschenberg; Baensch; Bantlin; Bartels; Bause; Becker; Bethe; Billerbeck; Blecher; Boge; Bonte; Bonzel; Brandt; Breitenbach; Brill; Brunner; Chalybäus; Charles; Coqui; Cosack; Dieckhoff; Dilthey; Drenckmann; Dumrath; Duvigneau; Dyck; Eisenlohr; Everth; Faber; Fabian; Fabricius; Finckh; Fischer; Fleischhauer; Fließbach; Fraeb; Gaedke; Gericke; Gerike; Gipperich; Gminder; Gotter; Grathwohl; Gritzner; Grober; Großmann; Gruson; Günther; Harnischmacher; Hartwig; Hauswaldt; Hennige; Herrmann; Herrschel; Hertzberg; Hitze; Hollender; Holtz; Honsberg; Hubbe; Hugershoff; Hundt; Isphording; Jaeger; Jäger; Jellinghaus; Kästner; Kemper; Kest; Kieffer; Klauder; Kleinau; Kloetzer; Klotz; Kob; Koester; Kohl; Körner; vom Kothen; Krebs; Kühne; Laiblin; Lepper; Leverkus; Liese; Löhne; Ludendorff; Luft; ter Meer; Meinck; Meißner; Meurer; Mittag; Model; Molineus; Molsen; Müller; Nathusius; Naumann; Paß; Pinckernelle; Poppe; Riecke; Roesler; Rübel; Ruegenberg; Sachse; Scheele; Schmelzer; Schmidt; Scholvin; Schröder; Schuler; Schulte; Schultze; Schumacher; Schwartz; Seidel; Semmer; Silberschlag; Stainer; Steifensand; Steiner; Stering; Streit; Striegel; Thomas; Usener; Vanselow; Wapler; Webel; Wefelscheid; Werenwag; Werth; Wrede.

CD 6, Volume 41-48
Ahrens; Alefeld; Bedau; Beermann; Bernbeck; Beselin; Bieler; Bollmann; Breckwoldt; Bühring; Bürkli; Dieckhoff; Dreves; Dyck; Echte; Edye; Eggel; Eimbcke; Elwert; Erdtmann; Feldmann; Fertsch; Finckh; Flor; Floto; Gauch; Gayler; Gehrckens; Groffebert; Gujer; Gütschow; Haas; Hebsaker; Hecht; Heß; Heyne; Hoyer; Junghans; Kees; von Keitz; Keitzer; Keller; Kelter; von Keutz; Klamroth; Klippert; Knapp; Knodt; Knütter; Koopmann; Körner; Kraeger; Kröner; Kuhlwein; Kuhn; Kummer; Kuser; Lachenmann; Lange; List; Lotheißen; Lumpp; Manz; Mathies; Meinecke; Melchers; Meyer; Mühleisen; Müller; Mummy; Mumssen; Nägeli; Nolte; Oppermann; Paulus; Pfaff; Pfleiderer; Pielstick; Reiners; Reinhart; Repsold; Rhonert; Rohde; Schaare; Scharffenberg; Schlemm; Schlemme; Schmeidler; Scholz; Schöpf; Schöpff; Schradin; Schuchard; Spinner; Staehle; Stainer; Stein; Steiner; Stering; Stifft; Syassen; Uber; Vogler; de Voss; Wahl; Walcker; Wegener; Werner; Wiebe; Wolf; Wunderly; Zangger.

CD 7, Volume 49-56
Allhoff; Averdieck; Baasch; Baur; Beckel; Benzler; Blumer; Boeckeler; Bösken; Brandenberger; Brandt; Braun; Brenssell; Breßler; Brill; Bruder; Bücking; Buek; Buhlmann; Cosack; Cuntz; Deichmann; Deines; Dithmar; Drescher; Dresler; Eberhardt; Ebert; Eimbcke; Eisenberg; Ermecke; Faust; Fertsch; Finckh; Finckh; Fortenbach; Fortenbach; Freudenstein; Fröhlich; Gastreich; Geck; Gerland; Geßler; Goedecke; Grau; Grebe; Gregory; Grimmel; Hachmann; Hain; Hardorff; Hasselbach; Hassenpflug; Heel; Henkel; Holtzapfel; Hundt; Iller; Isphording; Jänisch; Jaup; Kemper; Kempf; Klingender; Klutmann; Knauer; Krafft; Kramer; Krogmann; Lade; Laun; Lieber; Liebig; Liese; Limpert; Lübcke; Luther; Mann; Meuser; Nagengast; Nies; O'Swald; Paschke; Pauly; Pfeiffer; Pistor; Rechberg; Refardt; Rendtorff; Rittershausen; Rudolphi; Ruetz; Sachs; Schaefer; Schazmann; Schellenberg; Schiller; Schilling; Schimmel; Schmidt; Schneider; Schneidewin; Schoch; Schöllkopf; Schotten; Schramm; Schröder; Schulte; Schultze; Schütte; Schwechten; Schweizer; von Schwerzenbach; Seelig; Seelig; Sell; Selve; Sommer; Sondermann; Spies; Spring; Stainer; Steiner; Stephan; Stering; Strack; Stroh; Tesdorpf; Thaler; Thilenius; Thumm; Treupel; Trilling; Verse; Vilmar; Weber; Welcker; Welker; Wiese; Wiest; Wiest; Wolf; Wolff; Wolfschläger; Zuschlag; Zwicky.

CD 8, Volume 57-64
Anthes, Antz, Au, von der, Aulig, Baller, Becher, Becker, Behrens, Behrenz, Berenberg, Beselin, Bicker, Blohm, Bolten, Bonnen, Bonnet, Brödermann, Brune, Büsing, Busse, v. Busse, Conrad, Danckwarth, Dedreux, Dietrich, Einwaldt, Engelbrecht, Feenders, Fegter, Fielitz, Foltz, Franke, Freese, Fridag, Fries, Gabain, Gauch, Geib, Gienanth, Gießen, Goetze, Graebe, Graepel, Grube, Guinand, Günter, Günthert, Gyßling, Haase, Hajen, Hans, Hantel, Harder, Heintz, Helfenstein, Heraucourt, Herzberg, Hinsch, Hobbi, Horn, Ihlefeld(t), Jacobi, Jahnz, Jockisch, Johns, Joost, Justus, Kant, Kayser, Keding, Kerstens, Kirsten, Klawiter, Klein, Klopstock, Klotz, Knebusch, Koob, Koppe, Körner,Koerner, Kossel, Köster, Kraemer, v. Kraemer-Elsterstein, Kröhnert, Kunkel, Langfeldt, Lellbach, Martius, Matthias, Meder, Melanchthon/Schwarzerdt, Mittelstaedt, Moeck, Mooyer, Morr, Moßbacher, Müller, Münchmeyer, Mustert, Nachstaedt, Nehring, Oeser, Ohling, Oldach, Orbach, Orth, Petri, Peycke, Pixis, Poppenhusen, Praetorius, Reemtsma, Reincke, Remus, Rettig, Reuter, Richter, Rieck, Rieken, Riem,Riehm, Roebel, Roeckner, Roemer, Roß, Schaefer, Scheppler, Schipper, Schloßbauer, Schmidt, Schmundt, Schnapauff, Schoen, Schomerus, Schröder, Schröder, Schulze-Pelkum, Schwebel, Schweppenhäuser, Sellschop,, Spiegelberg, Stahmer, Stoltzenburg, Stroman, Stuart, Swart, Taaks, Tammena, Tenner, Tolkmitt, Valckenberg, Vettin, Vries, de, Wambsganß, Wehr, Weil, Weltzien, Westher, Wiarda, Wittich, Zinckgraf.

CD 9, Volume 65-72
Achenbach, Alsen, Ammann, Anderson, Arndt, Bach, Bahrdt, Bauck, Bayer, Becker, Boehm, Böhmer, Bohm, Borck, Borgmann, Bosch, Bossert, Bruder, Buchner, Carl, von der Crone, Delliehausen, Dittmar, Dittrich, Ebel, Edel, Ehmicke, Eickelkamp, Finsler, Fischer, Flege, Frevert, Frohne, Frost, Fuchs, Gail, Gervinus, Grützmacher, Grunwald, Haakh, Haenisch, Hallwachs, Harpf, Hasse, Heck, Hein, Heldman, Helwing, Heuser, Heyn, Hollatz, Holzweiß, Housselle, Ihlefeld, Jahn, Jaup, Kannenberg, Kellner, Keßler, Klaps, Klatte, Kleinschmidt, Klipstein, Knapp, Koenig, Körner, Koltermann, Korndörffer, Kracht, Krieger, Krohn, Kroß, Külp, Kümmell, Landmann, Lauteschläger, Lavater, Lehmann, Leydhecker, Liebig, Liesching, Limbert, Limburger, Lindt, Löhner, Lülwes, Lutz, Mack, Mangold, Marquardt, Maurer, Mayr, Medinger, Meinighaus, Meister, Merck, Meyer, Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Michel, Millauer, Mühlpfordt, Müller, Nagel, Netz, Neuenhagen, Neuper, Niebergall, Noack, Nodnagel, Otto, Pape, Peitler, Pelikan, Perger, Petri, Pfeiffer, Pfnorr, Piderit, Plaehn, Pockrandt, Priewe, Priwe, Pustkuchen, Rasor, Reuling, Ribbentrop, Rind, Rohde, Rupp, Sauerländer, Schäfer, Scheele, von Scheele, Schemmel, Schild, Schlosser, Schmidt, Seeger, Seel, Soldan, Spalding, Stainer, Steneberg, Stering, Striegel, Struck, Teudt, Textor, Theopold, Thiel, Thurn, Tiesler, Tolkmitt, Trendel, Uhse, Ulner, Vanselow, Vasold, Wiehler, Wiener, Wolfensberger, Zarniko, Zimmermann.

CD 10, Volume 73-80
Affeldt, Albrecht, Allé, Alpers, Arndt, Bätge, Becker, Behm, Berns, Böhm, Boldt, Borck, Bösken, Brand, Brauns, Breyer, Brunck, Bürgel, Burghardt, Cordes, Danckwarth, Dehio, Delliehausen, Eberhard, Eggers, Eickoff, Elben, Engelmann, Ernst, Ewig, Fehrensen, Fesenbeckh, Fick, Fielitz, Floto, Focke, Forch, Forche, Gerken, Goebel, Goetze, Greiffenhagen, Griepenkerl, Grundmann, Gumpert, Haacke, Haase, Hagemann, Hänisch, Hartmann, Hasselblatt, Haw, Heidingsfeld, Herrmann, Hesse, Heußer, Heyd, Hoffmann, Hollstein, Holste, Höpfinger, Hunnius, Hürlimann, Jacob, Jurick, Kalle, Kattentidt, Keil, Kentmann, Keppeler, Keppler, Kiehn, Klée, Knapp, Knebusch, Knüpffer, Kobligk, Koch, Koerner, Kolbe, Körner, Kossel, Kramsta, Kratz, Krummacher, Kuhne, Kunkel, Kurz, Lampert, Langfeldt, Lauth, Leemann, Leidenfrost, Lindemann, Lockemann, Luchsinger, Lüntzel, Mager, Manske, Masing, Mau, Methner, Michaelis, Münder, Nehring, Paetow, Paetzold, Paulsen, Pedretti, Peiper, Peltzer, von Peltzer, Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer-Rupp, Pfizer, Pockrandt, Pofahl, Pregitzer, Rall, Reuter, Rieck, Rimann, Röders, Roettig, Rohde, Römer, Saenger, Sattig, Sattinger, Sauter, Scheidemann, Schellmann, Schendel, Schlieper, Schlüter, Schmidt, Schnackenburg, Scholz, Schüler, Schultz, Schultze, Seeberg, Seip, Sodoffsky, Spitzer, Stein, Stempel, Stillmark, Storck, Strauß, Striegel, Ströhm, Tetzlaff, Valet, Wagner, Wegener, Wegner, Wehr, Weiß, Weltzien, Westermann, Wörner, Ziercke, Zingel, Zölffel, Züngel, Zwirner.

CD 11 , Volume 81-87
Affeldt, Albrecht, Allé, Alpers, Arndt, Bätge, Becker, Behm, Berns, Böhm, Boldt, Borck, Bösken, Brand, Brauns, Breyer, Brunck, Bürgel, Burghardt, Cordes, Danckwarth, Dehio, Delliehausen, Eberhard, Eggers, Eickoff, Elben, Engelmann, Ernst, Ewig, Fehrensen, Fesenbeckh, Fick, Fielitz, Floto, Focke, Forch, Forche, Gerken, Goebel, Goetze, Greiffenhagen, Griepenkerl, Grundmann, Gumpert, Haacke, Haase, Hagemann, Hänisch, Hartmann, Hasselblatt, Haw, Heidingsfeld, Herrmann, Hesse, Heußer, Heyd, Hoffmann, Hollstein, Holste, Höpfinger, Hunnius, Hürlimann, Jacob, Jurick, Kalle, Kattentidt, Keil, Kentmann, Keppeler, Keppler, Kiehn, Klée, Knapp, Knebusch, Knüpffer, Kobligk, Koch, Koerner, Kolbe, Körner, Kossel, Kramsta, Kratz, Krummacher, Kuhne, Kunkel, Kurz, Lampert, Langfeldt, Lauth, Leemann, Leidenfrost, Lindemann, Lockemann, Luchsinger, Lüntzel, Mager, Manske, Masing, Mau, Methner, Michaelis, Münder, Nehring, Paetow, Paetzold, Paulsen, Pedretti, Peiper, Peltzer, von Peltzer, Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer-Rupp, Pfizer, Pockrandt, Pofahl, Pregitzer, Rall, Reuter, Rieck, Rimann, Röders, Roettig, Rohde, Römer, Saenger, Sattig, Sattinger, Sauter, Scheidemann, Schellmann, Schendel, Schlieper, Schlüter, Schmidt, Schnackenburg, Scholz, Schüler, Schultz, Schultze, Seeberg, Seip, Sodoffsky, Spitzer, Stein, Stempel, Stillmark, Storck, Strauß, Striegel, Ströhm, Tetzlaff, Valet, Wagner, Wegener, Wegner, Wehr, Weiß, Weltzien, Westermann, Wörner, Ziercke, Zingel, Zölffel, Züngel, Zwirner.

CD 12 Volume 88-94
Abbe, Abée, Ackermann, Adt, Ambos, Baltz, Bartels, Baum, Beck, Benckiser, Berg, Boeddinghaus, Boller, Bracksieck, Braune, Brill, Brüggemann, Brutlacht, Budde, Burckhardt, Candidus, Credner, Dieckmeyer, Dinglinger, Drehmann, Eberhardt, Egelkraut, Erdsiek, Esselborn, Finckh, Fischer, Frowein, Furtwängler, Greiß, Großarth, Haas, Hahn, Haußknecht, Hebenstreit, Hecker, Heidsieck, Hertzog, Herzer, Heß, Hipp, Hüpp, Hollender, Hoos, Höpker, Huchzermeyer, Huth, Hüther, Huwendieck, Joachim, Kaltenbach, Kapferer, Kappler, Keferstein, Kleinschmit, Koenig, Köhler, Kornmesser, Korten, Krannich, Krug, Kuhlo, Lampson, Lesoine, Liebmann, Lindenberg, Löber, Loeber, Lücker, Ludowici, Meinders, Meyersieck, Meyersiek, Modersohn, Moldenhauer, Mühl, Munzinger, Nebel, Neuhaus, Nicolai, Nordmeyer, North, Oberst, Palmer, Pfisterer, Pixis, Poll, Poller, Raabe, Rabe, Ramspeck, Reichardt, Reinholdt, Rempel, Riehm, Riem, von Rintelen, Roemmich, Rumpf, Salzer, Sattler, Schäcker, Schlosser, Schmidt, Schniewind, Schuder, Selig, Sonntag, Specht, Speierer, Stainer, Steiner, Steinhauer, Steinmeister, Stering, Strack, Stutz, Tritscheller, Vortisch, Waag, Wacker, Wendt, Wetzell, Wilmanns, Wilmans, Windel, Wittenstein, Woermann, Wolff, Zeis, Zeiß, Zeyß, Zeise.


CD 13 Volume 19-100
Ahlmann, Albrecht, Badicke, Balcke, Bargum, Behl, Behm, Berg, Bestmann, Bohm, Brachman, Bruhn, Buchholtz, Buchholz, Bumcke, Busse, Buttermann, Büttner, Degener, Dickoré, Diederichsen, Dinse, Dohne, Dortschy, Douglas, Dyckerhoff, Eggers, Eversmann, Fielitz, Fikentscher, Fischer, Fittschen, Forkel, Fuhrhop, Giese, Glantz, Grützmacher, Hammer, Harmsen, Hayessen, Heesch, Heiliger, Henckell, Henneberg, Henningsen, Hildebrandt, Hirsekorn, Hofmeier, Holtz, Hörr, Howaldt, Jacobsen, Jaspersen, Jeske, Jeß, Jungclaussen, Kallen, Kannenberg, Karney, Kayser, Keller, Kirchhoff, Kittel, Kleberger, Klitzing, Knispel, Knodt, Knoop, Knuth, Kortüm, Kossel, Kraft, Kuhrt, Leo, Lose, Marggraff, Martienssen, Meinhold, Meyer, Michaelsen, Mitgau, Müller, Münchenberg, Nösselt, Paech, Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer-Rupp, Pietsch, Pigge, Pistor, Planeth, Pöhl, Reuter, Rexroth, Rimpau, Rimpler, Ringshausen, Roscher, Röstel, Rüdel, Rüdlin, Ruprecht, Salzmann, Scheel, Schendel, Scherz, Scheunemann, Schindel, Schlettwein, Schmaltz, Schmeißer, Schmidt, Schmilling, Schomaker, Schröder, Schroeter, Schwerdtfeger, Sckerl, Simon, Sondermann, Spruth, Steinmetz, Stephan, Stever, Stiller, Sydow, Theophile, von Thielen, Thimm, Thost, Tuckermann, Ulex, Vanselow, Vaternam, Vollmar, Weber, Welke, Westerkamp, Wilbrandt, Wildfang, Wille, Winther, Wischmann, Woltersdorf, Ziemer, Ziemsen


CD 14, Volume 101-106
Allhoff, Axmacher, Balter, Beiersdorf, Bergholz, Bernhardi, Beurhaus, Bonzel, Braun, Brettel, Brill, Bröckelmann, Brüggemann, Bülz, Cappel, Cramer, Dilling, Elsner, Engel, Euler, Feld, Fischer, Follenius, Fresenius, Fuchs, Geck, Gierse, Gontermann, Grünewald, Harnischmacher, Heimbach, Henrich, Hermann, Heß, Hesse, Heßemer, Heuel, Hoffmann, Ihrle, Irle, Kemper, Klein, Klöser, Kneer, Knorr, Knorr von Rosenrodt, Kost, Krüdewagen, Krug, Küchler, Kunz, Küstner, Lichtenberg, Lichtenberger, Liese, Mallinckrodt, Maurer, Mund, Nebel, Petri, Peuchen, Pirath, Querner, Reuß, Ritsert, Römheld, Rotscheidt, Rummel, Rumpf, Schenck, Schinck, Schleicher, Schleiermacher, Schleifenbaum, Schlösser, Schlosser, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schneck, Schneider, Schöpwinkel, Schwalbe, Simon, Sin, Smend, Spitta, Spruth, Stainer, Steinhäuser, Theobald, Thorbecke, Virmond, Wagner, Waitz, Frhr. Waitz von Eschen, Waldrich, Wambold, Weitz, Werner, Winter, Wittich, Wurm, Zehfuß, Zeppenfeld, Zeppenfeldt.


CD 15 Volume 107-112
Bährecke, Balsters, Baring, Becker, Benckiser, Bertram, Bode, Böhme, Bolbrügge, Bormann, Brasche, Braun, Büchsel, de Buhr, Bujard, Casper, Coster, Dencker, Dreessen, Edelmann, Einkopf, Eisenlohr, Elster, Engel, Forkel, Fromm, Furtwängler, Garrels, Gerding, Gerken, Glockner, Glunk, Gropp, Hafermann, Hagmaier, Hahn, Harz, Hassinger, Heinichen, Hesse, Heyl, Hinrichs, Itzen, Itzenga, Jahn, Keitel, Keßler, Ketterer, Kirsch, Kolbow, König, Köppen, Kossel, Köster, Langerfeldt, van Lessen, Mooshake, Müller, Neckel, Plathner, Poppinga, Reemtsma, Reershemius, Rosenbach, Saalmann, Schimpf, Schlageter, Schliemann, Schmidt, Schöpf, Schreiber, Schwalbe, Sening, Sieber, Sinning, Sostmann, Spitta, Steinkopf, Stumpf, Tegetmeyer, Thiele, Tilse, Tritscheller, Vierling, Villinger, Vowinckel, Waag, Wacker, Werner, Westerkamp, Wiest, Wildfang, Wimmer.


CD 16: Volume 113-119
Achenbach, Anders, Baumgart, Bellersheim, Bergholz, Bichmann, Bock, Bode, Bollacher, Braune, Brettner, Brügmann, Casper, Castendyk, Christ, Cloß, Cochius, Crauel, Eberhard, Eichhorn, Eisenacher, Erpf, Euler, Fabricius, Fähndrich, Feuerlein, Firle, Fischer, Frielinghaus, Frisch, Ganß, Gastpar, Gauß, Gethmann, Goecke, Gottschalk, Grünewald, Gutbrod, Hack, Hartmann, Hegenscheidt, Heinemann, Hensel, Hergesell, Hoerschelmann, Hüffel, Hüffell, Huffelmann, Hunsinger, Israel, Jäckel, Jacobi, Kalckbrenner, Kalinke, Karbe, Kerner, Kersten, Klönne, Knodt, Koch, Körner, Krause, Krumbhaar, Kuhlbrodt, Langenstraß, von Langenstrot, Lautenschlager, Lechler, Loebner, Lohmann, Mehnert, Meininghaus, Metzke, Micke, Moter, Müllensiefen, Neeff, Nieder-Wemmer, Nitsche, Oehmchen, Omann, Pickert, Prillwitz, Rehrmann, Reichstein, Römer, Rothenbühler, Rothert, Rümelin, Schiffer, Schittenhelm, Schlichte, Schmalohr, Schmalor, Schneider, Scholtz, Schott, Sick, Spengler, Spörl, Stappenbeck, Steinbauer, Steiner, Strölin, Struck, Tenge, Theusner, Thiele, Tiede, Treusch, Uhland, Weisser, Wemmer, Wessel, Wetzell, Wider, Wiethaus, Wilke, Willenberg, Willrich, Windecker, Wiskott, Zimmermann.

CD Rom 17: volumes 120-125
Abel, Ackermann, Beck, Bender, Besch, Bühler, Bürck, Büttgenbach, Cellarius, Clotz, Cramer, Cremer, Dettweiler, Dold, Eichenauer, Emmelius, Fertsch, Foßhag, Fues, Grünewald, Habicht, Hammann, Hartert, Heinze, Hesse, Heusch, Hoff, Iring, Kappler, Kißner, Kling, Koeniger, Kolster, Kretschmer, Küstner, Lederle, Limbert, Nieden, Philipp, Plaas, Poensgen, Püngeler, Quentell, Rampe, Reinbach, Rimpau, Ritter, Schauenburg, Schey, Schlüter, Schmidt, Schulze, Sprenger, Sundheim, Tatge, Thoma, Thomßen, Töllner, Wagener, Weckert, Wehl, Wielandt, Wolf, Wolff, Zinßer, Berichtigungen.

CD 18 Volumes 126-131
Abendroth, Amsinck, Behrend, Bettels, Boettcher, Boué, Braess, Brunkhorst, Burchard, Chapeaurouge, Cramer, Crasemann, Crüsemann, Domansky, Donner, Dueck, Eggers, Eichmann, Elmenhorst, Frowerk, Gamradt, Gevers, Godeffroy, Goßler, Grams, Gramsdorff, Harder, Hecker, Hübbe, Janssen, Kees, Keyßer, Klatt, Kossel, Kraft, Küsel, Lamle, Margull, Middendorf, Milberg, Mitgau, Münchmeyer, Neufeld, Niemann, Nottebohm, Pansegrau, Petri, Pollitz, Rahn, Reschke, Rißmann, Rohlfing, Rüling, Runnebaum, Rutetzki, Schlemm, Schramm, Schröder, Schroth, Seligo, Sloman, Sthamer, Stürken, Teut, Uhde, Versmann, Warkentin, Weber, Weinling, Westphalen


CD 19 volumes 132-137
Albinus, Barghoorn, Behrend, Berendt, Bohlken, Börst, Bruhn, Burchards, Busse, Campen, Claasen, Dannemann, Dubke, Dudy, Dueck, Entz, Fieguth, Figuth, Finck, Fraude, Freytag, Friederici, Goertz, Gossel, Gussek, Hamm, Hartkopf, Hartmann, Heeren, Hensmann, Horstmann, Jahns, Kahle, Kauenhowen, Kossel, Krug, Leesch, Leichnitz, Loewens, Lüdtke, Maaß, Mandelkow, Mansfeld, Marunde, Meißenburg, Meyen, Michael, Mierau, Modler, Modrow, Noehmer, Nowrath, Otten, Pagenstecher, Podlech, Remmerssen, Reschke, Roeser, Rosalsky, Runge, Schipplick, Schmidt, Schroeder, Sterling, Stern, Strehlau, Swyter, Tesmer, Wachtlin, Weichbroth, Weise, Weitzel, Wernhardt, Wichert, Wiebe, Wübbena, Ziering, Zimmermann

CD 20 volumes 138-143
Asschenfeldt, Bauer, Baur, Behner, Blohm, Brandt, Braun, Brinkmann, Crevecoeur, Cropp, Draheim, Dresler, Eckhardt, Erhardt, Fries, Gehrckens, Gödecken, Hallensleben, Hauck, Hauffe, Herwig, Hildebrand, Homrich, Irle, Kellner, Kelm, Kindler, Klein, Knodt, Körber, Kraemer, Luetkens, May, Milbradt, Moller, Neef, Nehring, Oldach, Otte, Petzel, Pollitz, Poppenhusen, Rautenberg, Sames, Sarnigshausen, Sauer, Scheffen, Schmidt, Schorlemmer, Schultze, Schünmann, Schuppener, Seebaß, Siegeler, Sieveking, Stahlschmidt, Strauß, Sturt, Vietor, Vigilantius, Wacker, Wege, Weyrowitz, Woermann, Woide, Zickendraht

CD 21 volumes 144-149
Armknecht, Beuther, Boehm, Boehringer, Boldt, Bonjean, Büchner, Burkart, Cramer, Curschmann, Düppe, Emmelius, Flory, Frings, Genschow, Heimbach, Heister, Hensel, Hinze, Hochstetter, Immel, Jansen, Jeske, Klein, Knepper, Knodt, Lang, Leikert, Mauser, Meyer, Orb, Parsenow, Pregizer, Reuter, Rollmann, Schildge, Schilge, Schlepps, Spierling, Spruth, Steffenhagen, Thilo, Weber, Weinreich, Weintraud, Wiebe, Winckelsesser, Winkelsesser

CD 22 volumes 150-155
Allert, Baerensprung, Bassenge, Becker, Börst, Brinkmann, Bütemeister, Castner, Dolle, Engel, Everke, Fiebig, Floret, Förster, Gerlinger, Gründler, Gruschwitz, Hartwig, Heene, Hehne, Hehre, Hene, Heydemann, Hundert, Jacobs, Karbe, Kobligk, Koppe, Krahmer, Krause, Ley, Leykam, Lindenkampf, Loubier, Mau, Methner, Meyer, Naudé, Nippert, Oberstadt, Ostermann, Quester, Scherz, Schlüter, Schmeiser, Schmelzer, Schücking, Schulz, Schulze, Sponier, Themel, Thym, Tyrell, Vosberg, Voßberg, Wentscher, Wernekinck, Wilmes, Wüstenberg, Zeißig

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Where can I find copies of these books? or CD's?

The CD's are not all completed yet, and contain about 10 volumes per CD. C. A. Starke has completed transfering the 119 volumes of the original texts onto CD Rom [out of 216 volumes, total]. C. A. Starke, Verlag, [publisher], states that there are over 445,ooo names in the volumes. I can assure you, there are many many more that are not indexed by the publisher.

Libraries in the United States: [This is not a conclusive list. If you find others please contact me.]

1. Family History Library, International floor, all volumes, and CDs, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Go to the desk downstairs, and they will direct you to the small volumes.
Be sure to take your "Guide to Reading Geschlechterbuchs" with you. They 'may' have a copy available.
The FamilySearch.org Online Catalogue lists Geschlechterbuchs:
1. choose KEYWORD
2. then enter the search words: Deutsches Geschlecterbuch:
go to:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

2. Family History Library, Mesa, AZ, CD's only.

4. BYU Family History Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah - has only a few copies of the original texts

5. Los Angeles Public Library, has the volumes, in the History/Genealogy dept, according to a post on Rootsweb, in 2003.

6. I was able to find a few copies listed on Ebay, and at one time was able to purchase the volume I translated, from Able Books, out of Switzerland. It was the only copy they had of the volume I needed. Other volumes were available, however.

Please contact me and I will add other locations here, as we find them.

Guide to Reading Geschlechterbuchs: Link directions


Go to this site: http://www.wolfensberger.org/pages/543140/index.htm

Click on the link Title Guide to Reading Geschlechterbuchs, found part way down the page.

If the diacritic symbols, i.e., a six pointed star, do not show up in the pdf, try using Explorer as your browser instead.

Feel free to look around our Wolfensberger Family Association site, particularly at the History tab.
http://www.wolfensberger.org/pages/543125/oath.html which describes the incredible event, known as the Oath at Rueti, shown in the picture above.

The "general" translation of an original old document, describing the event, is found on this page. This translation into English was made by a Swiss Wolfensberger Family Association member, Dr Rudolf Wolfensberger, of Solothurn, of the Wolfensberger Family Association, WFA. It describes the monumental event which occurred as a declaration of Swiss Independence, which was the the turning point for that nation.

I am attempting to find a print and true title of this picture. The artist's name and source of this picture is unknown to us.