Searching in German Records:
In the Ortssippenbuch for Oberoewisheim and Neuenbuerg , there are about 150 mentions of American which would have been entered when people left for America. The listing is not complete as the Blankenbakers, Thomases, Scheibles, Fleshmans, and Schlucter are not mentioned as leaving for America. One of destinations is Jefferson, America. Very likely this might have been Jeffersontown in Kentucky where many Germanna citizens went. This particular Ortssippenbuch is loaded with Germanna names but many are of a later time.
With so many Germanna names in the Ortssippenbuch above and with several mentions of the nearby villages of Gochsheim, I thought that I would look into the records there. The Church Books are exceptional. They date from 1555, probably shortly after the church became Protestant (Lutheran). There is a section with a Family Register listing the parents and the children. You should be so lucky as to have ancestors in Gochsheim. Unfortunately, I did not see Germanna names.
Another nearby village that I looked at was Muenzesheim. I ordered two rolls of microfilm and unfortunately one roll was out of focus rendering it impossible to use. The other roll was of above average quality but again I did not find Germanna names except Duerrmann and Lepp/Lapp.
Microfilms for two Catholic churches near Westhofen have been ordered but they have not come in. I would not be too optimistic about finding Danners here. When Hank Jones’ German researcher was working in this area, she found many 1709 people but there is no mention in Hank Jones’ work of other Danners.
(30 May 07)
We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.