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GERMANS IN ST. LOUIS
RESEARCH GROUP
VOLUME 2/ISSUE 8
UPCOMING MEETINGS
AUGUST 2016 MEETING NOTES
Note: we will begin to start meetings at 6:30 pm it will give some
Sept 8 – 6:30 – 8:30
Topic: Tips & Tricks for
Using Fold3. Speaker:
Tom Pearson
Oct. 4 – 1:00 -4:00
participants that work more time to get to our meetings.
WELCOME: To all our new members and thanks to all who came out
for our meeting on August 15, 2016.
We started off with reviewing a few things about our club. We
Special Members Event
welcome all to attend meetings for a few months and see if it
Topic: Tips for
something they are interested in and if so, dues equal about .83 cents
Deciphering German
a meeting ($10. /yr.) So look for membership form on our website:
Handwriting Speaker:
Katherine Schober
http://www.germansinstlouis.com/membership.html
Oct 25 – 6:30 -8:30 Topic:
Some of the benefits are available on the site under Member access:
To be Announced
Meetings held at SLCL
1640 So. Lindbergh STL
http://www.germansinstlouis.com/members.html
You can see past Notes with links we have talked about, also some of
the videos we have taken of speakers, and the member surname
index. This would be worthwhile to search occasionally to see if
someone else might be researching your names also. When you join
we ask you submit the names you are researching to this list and also
if you have names that you have a sourced hometown in Germany for,
we ask you submit this to our Legacy Surname index which will be
posted on the main pages of our website for all to see.
Kathy
With lively discussions, lectures on research techniques and even live video calls to German
researchers in Germany. Germans in St. Louis Research Group will help you learn more
about your German heritage and the culture of your ancestors.
Meeting Notes:
German Church Books – Marriage Records
This presentation was the second of a series on the main church book records you will use for German
research. Upcoming will be death records. We tried to show not only how to read and use Marriage records
but to give some background on what life was like during the time period 1600- 1900, who did they marry,
when did they marry, what was courtship like, who used a “matchmaker” what was a betrothal document (or
marriage contract). We learned about marriage laws and what a “Hochszeitbitter” was and then what the
ceremony was like and the sometime extravagance of the party afterwards. Then we talked about the
records showing examples of Column style and paragraph style marriage records. We talked about German
words you should be familiar with:
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Heiraten – marriage
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Uxor – wife
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Verheiratet – married
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Verlobt – engaged
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Getraut – married
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Die Braut – bride
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Die Bräutigam - bridegroom
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Ehe – marriage
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Ehebrecher – adulterer
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Ehafrau – wife
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Eheleute – married couple
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Ehemann – husband
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Eltern - parents
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Copulieren – to marry
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Getraut – married
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Getrauten – married couple
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Hochzeit – wedding
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Junggeselle – bachelor
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Kopulation – marriage
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Ledig – single
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Brautwerber – matchmaker
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Aufgebote – Banns
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Weinkauf – can refer to when couple is engaged
Hochzeitsbitter
Married Couple
Bridal headdress from Schaumberg-Lippe
It is hard to provide too many notes without typing out the whole presentation, so I may try to record it and if
so it will be posted on the website in the Members section.
We also talked about the success we had at our ONE ON ONE HELP which took place on July 16th at the
library’s History and Genealogy floor. There were 2 of us volunteers, myself (Kathy) and Cindy Jacob. We had
a couple of people come by for help with their brick walls and we were lucky enough to help them find some
things and had a successful day! Always looking for more volunteers and if you want some other “eyes” on
your research, it would be a good idea to stop by. We have to move our October date, so watch for an update
on the next date.
PROJECTS UPDATE
The committee is hard at work on putting together the first book of Germans in St. Louis. We are still in the
edit mode. More news about this to come.
We also would really appreciate your “sourced” German immigrants name and place of birth for our Legacy
Surname index. Wouldn’t you like to find a list that had your family name with a hometown? If you have
found that info, pass it on! Please email me YOUR IMMIGRANTS NAME – HOMETOWN AND YOUR CONTACT
INFO. That is all there is to it!!
Keep checking our Germans in St. Louis site, the Resources page. More has been added so you can research
some great sites. A St. Louis Probate Record index site was just added there plus info on German Churches,
Catholic Parish records, and a link to the St. Louis County Library’s Ortssippenbucher book list is there. We will
be adding more things also, like what all LDS microfilms are on permanent loan at the STL Co. Library.
New for 2016: One on one Research help. Volunteers from GiSTL will be in the History & Genealogy dept. of
the STL Co. Library once more in 2016, to meet with anyone who would like to bring in their research and get
some ideas of what to do next. Please watch for updates on the last One on One for 2016, we will send out a
date. If you would like to volunteer your time PLEASE send me an email what date or dates you can come.
THANK YOU!! germansinstlouis@gmail.com
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RESEARCH FINDS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO GERMAN RESEARCHERS
WANTED: RESEARCH HELP FOR A REQUEST FROM BADEN, GERMANY. A NICE LADY FROM BÖTZINGEN,
GERMANY WROTE US LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FROM HER VILLAGE WHO IMMIGRATED TO ST. LOUIS. SHE IS
WRITING A CHRONIK OF HER TOWN AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD WHAT HAPPENED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE
WHO LEFT. I AM PROVIDING A LINK FOR THE SPREADSHEET OF THE NAMES AND DATES AND IF YOU COULD
SPEND A LITTLE TIME PERHAPS LOOKING FOR THESE FOLKS IN CENSUS RECORDS, CITY DIRECTORIES, AND
OBITS ETC. IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. SEND YOUR INFO TO:
GERMANSINSTLOUIS@GMAIL.COM AND WE WILL COMBINE EVERYTHING AND SEND TO THEM. DANKE!!!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
On August 25, 2016, over 45 choir members of the Ludwigsburg Philharmonic Choir will arrive in Saint
Charles. Hope Lutheran Church (1975 South Old Highway 94) in Saint Charles is hosting the Choir with the
assistance of the Saint Charles Sister Cities Inc. - the German Chapter - and the City of Saint Charles.
For more information visit the Sister City - German Chapter website
at https://stc4ludwigsburgsistercity.org [1]/ or call 314-606-9879.
On Sunday, August 28th at 4:00 pm they will perform with the choir of the First United Methodist Church
at 801 First Capital Drive in Saint Charles. The Program _Songs for World Peace_ will be at 4:00 pm and is
open to the public.
They will have a Sangerfest - a song fest called _German Folksongs and American Standards_ at the Hope
Lutheran Church (1975 Old Hwy 94) on Thursday evening September 1, at 7 pm. to which the public is also
invited to meet and visit with our German guests.
On Saturday, September 3, 2016 the Ludwigsburg Philharmonic Choir will perform at 7:00 PM at Saint
Charles High, (725 N. Kingshighway) _We Sing in Memory of Donna Henrikson, to which the public is also
invited.
They have also been invited to sing "Take me out to the Ballgame" for the River City Rascals ballgame on
Saturday, August 27th. While in visiting Saint Charles the Choir will shop on Saint Charles Main Street,
meet with Saint Charles Mayor Sally Faith, sing in Hermann, and visit several other local attractions before
returning to Ludwigsburg on September 4th.
Monday, September 19, Meramec Community College, “Galvanized Yankees and the Civil War, Speaker Dr.
Gloria Perry, Dr. Perry will be in Historical Costume, 7:00pm, cost $10.00, Registration call 314-984-7777
Programs at St. Louis County Library: http://www.slcl.org/events
GERMANS IN ST. LOUIS MEETINGS:
Thursday, September 8: Germans in St. Louis Meeting, at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, St. Louis County Library
Headquarters, TOPIC: “Tips and Tricks for using the online database Fold 3” Speaker Tom Pearson.
SPECIAL MEMBERS EVENT: Tuesday, October 4, Germans in St. Louis - Come learn some tips for reading
German Records. A professional translator will give us her 20 tips for Reading German Records. 1:00 – 4:00 at
St. Louis County Library Headquarters. In appreciation of the support we get for our GiSTL Research group
we invite members to enjoy this special day. Make sure to wear your badge. Please bring a friend you think
may be interested in joining our Group. Here is a link for the first 10 tips of reading German records, our
speaker will go over all these plus she has 10 more!!
http://familytreetours.com/2016/07/18/ten-tips-for-deciphering-old-german-handwriting/
Tuesday, October 25: Germans in St. Louis Meeting, 6:30 – 8:30 East Room at SLCL Headquarters (1640 So.
Lindbergh) TOPIC: To be announced.
We also are working on some fun things for October and November, so please watch your Email.
Other Events (If your community is holding things of interest to German researchers please let us know to
include on our Upcoming Events calendar)
2017:
Heritage Tours with Family Tree Tours
May 13-23
Northwest Germany: $2599.00 pp/dbl $200. Sgl supplement (almost full)
August 2017
Cornwall- Devon, England Heritage Tour – date & price to be announced.
Sept 9 – 19
Baden-Wuerttemberg (Southwest Germany) $2499.00 pp/dbl $200.00 sgl supplement
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We also now offer Polish Heritage Tours: April, May, Sept & Oct. 2017
www.familytreetours.com
Also: European River Cruises, Explore the breathtaking beauty of Germany’s rivers and visit ancestral
hometowns. Book a river cruise and spend a few extra days to visit ancestral hometowns, we will make a
contact for you. Contact: Info@familytreetours.com or 888-798-2208
For Hire Researcher:
German Genealogy Research, Carolyn Dodds Schaeffer 1338 Mason Grove Dr. St. Charles, MO 63304, 314 7952363, GermanResearch@att.net
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