Von: carlah@earthlink.net (Carla)
  Datum: 25.01.99, 18:31:55
Betreff: Ortssippenbuecher (and an alternative)

Paula Chodacki wrote:
>
> Here are two other links for Ortssippenbuch Books.
> This one is for Baden:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~deubadnw/OSB-BAD.html
> This one is for Wurttemberg:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~deubadnw/OSB-WUE.html
> Remember that not all the small towns had churches, so your family will
> probably listed in the nearest larger town.

Dear Baden-Wuerttemberg List Friends,

Thanks to Paula for this additional bit of information concerning
Ortsippenbuecher!

It may be wise for us also to mention that NOT ALL German localities
*have* Ortsippenbuecher, though many do.  If your Baden-Wuerttemberg
locality is not listed on the Web pages previously posted, it is
entirely possible the particular place lacks such a book.

If so, you may want to pursue finding your German family's genealogical
information via the more traditional research avenue of LDS (Mormon)
Library microfilm research for the locality in question.  You'll want to
learn if the vital records for the churches and/or civil registry office
which served that German locality have been microfilmed by the LDS
Family History Library and are thus available for research by you on the
premises of your local LDS library branch.

Check with your local LDS Family History Center (the official name for
the LDS Library branches) for this information.  Family History Centers
can be located in the United States in the white pages of the telephone
book under "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."  Select a
local LDS church which indicates a "Family History Center" as part of
its facility.  Call for particular days and times of operation (as each
branch is different in these), and then visit in person to look up the
locality you are seeking on the LDS computer card catalog within the
library branch.

There is also a PARTIAL listing of LDS library branch facilities at the
following Web site:

http://www.lds.org/en/2_How_Do_I_Begin/4_Where_is.html

If no library branch is listed at this site for your local area, please
refer to the white pages, as mentioned above.  If you are located
outside of the United States, note that the LDS Family History Centers
are available worldwide; see the above Web site for a partial list of
those, as well.  Please be aware that the list of branch locations at
this Web site is NOT comprehensive.

Best wishes,
Carla HELLER
Los Angeles


> Paula Chodacki
> Almont, MI.
> buckskin@ees.eesc.com
> URL: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/o/Paula-L-Chodacki/index.html