[Baptisms for Neuenbuerg - 1716.]
Hanss Michel Sorn and Anna Margaretha were the parents of Anna Catharina born on 7 September 1716. The sponsors were Hanss Philipp Kuntz, single, and Catharina, the wife of Hanss Jerg Krauer.
Hanss Friederich Kuntz and Maria Barbara were the parents of Maria Eleonora born on 30 Jan 1717. The sponsors were Philipp Kurtzenhauser, from Eichtorser(?).
That will be all the baptisms that I will report for a while. I had intended to do a few more but my memory stick overflowed at the LDS Family History Center and I could not bring the last few pages home.
I have had several motivations for doing this. One, and perhaps the most important, was to persuade you that you could do the same thing for your village. There were periods here in the Neuenbuerg records where the sledding was very rough, especially for the sponsors. For the parents and the children, it was not as bad. On the good stuff, one can read it as fast as one can type.
A second motivation was to see what villages were involved. Besides the immediate ones of Neuenbuerg and Oberoewisheim, there were several others, some of which were at a little distance. These are villages to be investigated.
A third motivation was to look for other Germanna names. This will take a while to investigate some of these.
A fourth reason was to look for interactions among the villages. Was the colony of 1717 more closely knit than we had imagined?
I apologize for the haste with which I have done this. I wish that I could have presented a more finished result.
Finally, there will be a break so Eleanor and I can spend the week with relatives. I will not have time to write for a while so I have given you an extra load of notes to mull over. So enjoy your family and have a good time with them as your give thanks.
(19 Nov 06)
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