I was sent this information by a very kind researcher from Salzbergen, Germany. I am, regretably, very late in sending her information in reply. Sorry Karin – it will come.
The information comes from the parish records of St. Cyriakus, Salzbergen, Hannover, Germany. These records are not on microfilm at the LDS Family History Library. [...]
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The parents of John Herman Anstoetter
Posted in Anstoetter, research notes on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Genealogical Serendipity a.k.a. the power of the Internet to make connections
Posted in Anstoetter, musings, research notes on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This lovely photo shows Bernard Joseph Anstoetter and Lidwina Kramer just after their wedding in Dyersville, Iowa, December 1919. My mother in law, child of Ben and Lydia had one of the rarest surnames I’ve ever researched. Every person in the United States with the surname Anstoetter/Anstoeter was directly related to her within [...]
Anstoetter/Anstoeter – Is the spelling of a name an artifact of a family fight?
Posted in Anstoetter, methodology, musings on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My husband (and my kids of course) is descended from one of two men named Anstoetter, who were probably brothers, who came to the US in about 1868 from the region around Salzbergen, Hannover, Germany. Both settled in Iowa, one in Dubuque County and one in Carroll County. Actually, they both appear to [...]
