BAD BERGZABERN, GERMANY RESIDENTS 1200-1616

The city was a refuge for Huguenots and other Protestants seeking refuge between the 1530s and the outset of the Thirty Years War. This publication covers the era prior to the church books which begin in 1616. Civil documents, tax rolls, court proceedings and ancillary sources are used. 40 pages. Dennis A. Kastens. 1993. U.S. $7.00 postpaid. (Overseas orders pay postage and handling.)

RUMBACH, GERMANY BAPTISMAL REGISTRY 1631-1721

(Schonau, Nothweiler and Hirschthal villages in Amt Wegelnburg also included.) Rumbach is the ancestral home of comedian Bob Newhart, USA Today newspaper founder Allen Neuharth, and of Peter Zenger, Colonial Amercian publisher who taught Benjamin Franklin the art of printing. 75 pages. Dennis A. Kastens. 1991. U.S. $15.00 postpaid. (Overseas orders pay postage and handling.)

RUMBACH AND SCHOENAU, GERMANY FAMILY REGISTRY 1430-1630

(Nothweiler, Hirschthal, and Gebueg villages in Amt Wegelnburg also included.) Covering two centuries of families appearing in civil, real-estate, taxation, church and census documents. 78 pages. Dennis A. Kastens. 1995. U.S. $20.00 postpaid. (Overseas orders pay postage and handling.)

450 YEAR ANNWEILER, GERMANY REGISTRY 1477-1927

(Annweiler, Graefenhausen, Queichhambach, Sarnstall and Bindersbach villages: Eusserthal compound and Trifels Castle included.) Originally compiled by George Biundo, now with updates and revisions, this family and citizen registry based upon civil and church records, appears in five volumes. Transcribed by Dennis A. Kastens. 1995.

  • Vol. One — Surnames A-D, 127 pages, U.S. $17.00 postpaid.
  • Vol. Two — Surnames E-G, 76 pages, U.S. $10.00 postpaid.
  • Vol. Three — Surnames H-L, 155 pages, U.S. $20.00 postpaid.
  • Vol. Four — Surnames M-R, 112 pages, U.S. $15.00 postpaid.
  • Vol. Five — Surnames S-Z, 158 pages, U.S. $20.00 postpaid.
  • Vol. Six — Geographic Iindex to volumes 1-5, 63 pages, U.S. $13.00 pospaid.

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NOTHWEILER FAMILIES 1500-1850

Features German and Alsacian families residing in this Palatinate village adjoining the French border. (Nothweiler forms a dual parish with Rumbach, Germany.) Includes progenitors of Colonial and later U.S. immigrants from this area in southwest Germany.

Surnames within include: Adam, Becker, Bender, Beuther, Bintz, Brubach, Dauber, Dauenhauer, Dierberger, Feldner, Friedly, Goertler, Grimm, Grueny, Hasselbein, Hauswirth, Hefft, Hegi, Herrmann, Hertzog, Hofmann, Kenel, Kern, Kindelberger, Klein, Klemm, Koch, Kochert, Krebs, Kuhni, Kunz (Cuntz), Locher, Mader, Menges, Menniger, Minicus, Nageldinger, Neib, Neuhart, Ostertag, Rauch, Reiss, Retzer, Roth, Rothschmidt, Schaefer, Scheel, Schneider, Schweickard, Schwenck, Spiry, Wagner, Walther, Weiss, and Weltz.

Typed by Ethel C. Phillips and edited by Dennis A. Kastens. 160 pages. 2001. U.S. $25.00 postpaid.

RUMBACH FAMILIES 1775-1850

Features German and Alsacian families residing in this village near the French border. Most villagers were of the Reformed faith.

For nearly 30 years Rumbach has supplied immigrants to America. Beginning in 1709 with Peter Zenger, who taught Benjamin Franklin the art of painting, numerous villagers have made their way to the New World.

Surnames within the book: Arn, Batzel, Becker, Bertram, Bintz, Burkhart, Dalbe, Dauber, Dentzer, Eichacker, Ellenberger, Feldner, Flickinger, Friedly, Friedel, Friedrich, Ginck, Goerthler, Grueny, Grueny, Gruesy, Hatzfeld, Hauther, Herz, Hertzog, Hoffman, Huehnerfauth, Hunsicker, Jacky, Jacoby, Jochum, Jung, Kalbfuss, Kern, Kindelberger, Koch, Kochert, Koebel, Kreutzer, Kuhn, Loescher, Mack, Martin, Meister, Mettler, Meyer, Minicus, Mueller, Neuhart, Neumayer, Perrot, Propheter, Reihser, Riefennach, Riffel, Roos, Rosen, Ruecklos, Ruby, Schaefer, Schaub, Schenk, Schneider, Schnurr, Scheutz, Schuler, Silber, Silbernagel, Stegner, Spiry, Stoeffel, Schnurr, Schuetz, Teuscher, Uebel, Veiock, Voegele, Walther, Weber, and Weiss.

Indexed by Ethel C. Phillips and edited by Dennis A. Kastens, 2002, spiral-bound, 234 pages, $35.00, postpaid.

SCHOENAU FAMILIES 1630-1800

Features German and Alsacian families residing in this village adjoining the French border. (Schoenau had Lutheran, Roman Catholic and Reformed denominations represented within its populace, each with a separate congregation. These congragations occasionally formed a dual parish (Reformed) with Rumbach, (Roman Catholic) with Fischbach, or (Lutheran) with Ludwigswinkel.)

Surnames within include: Ackermann, Alberti, Andreas, Apfel, Babylon, Back, Bartholet, Bast, Bachmann, Bauer, Bauger, Becker, Beingesser, Bernhardt, Berthel, Bertram, Bertschy, Beuther, Bich, Beiler, Bie(h)n, Bintz, Bissmann, Boch, Boo, Bodenstein, Brandenberger, Braun, Brenninger, Breuner, Breiner, Brunner, Brechnis, Buchmann, Berger, Bollander, Clar, Cuntz, Carle, Christmann, Chatulier, Doerr, Darsch, Dausmann, Depre, Dick, Dieffenwerth, Dithmar, Doerrwenger, Doehl, Doll, Edelbub, Egerter, Eisfelder, Ehrmantraut, Eich, Eisenstab, Enderes, Endler, Engelsberger, Fal(c)k, Feldmueller, Fels, Frankhauser, Friedly, Fichter, Fraudhueger, Frantz, Flori, Frey, Friedki, Frischknecht, Froehlich, Graff, Geiger, Gottesheim, Gerhard, Gervinus, Gimel, Ginck, Girtler, Goerthler, Graber, Graeb, Guldenberger, Guthmann, Haas, Handschuhmacher, Habding, Hausperger, Haren, Hauber, Hauswirth, Hegi, Helbling, Heller, Heneki, Herrmann, Hog, Her(t)zog, Hess, Heusler, Hiper, Hirsch, Hirtz, Hochreiner, Hoeffler, Hoffmann, Holig, Holly, Hoy, Hunsicker, Hutz, Imhof, Impt, Jacky, Jambach, Joerg, Jost, Jung, Kalix, Karcher, Karst, Kaerth, Kern, Kiefer, Kimmel, Kindler, Kirsch, Klein, Keobel, Kroeber, Kochert, Kohl, Koehler, Keoperle, Kopp, Kraemer, Krebs, Kreicher, Kreutz, Kreutzer, Krug, Huhlmann, Kuhn, Kueppel, Lau, Lemb, Lautenschlaeger, Leininger, Letzelter, Litzinger, Lohrbach, Lorch, Loersch, Loesch, Lunzenfichter, Lust, Maurer, Marquis, Marten, Martin, May, Menges, Minicus, Modard, Motz, Mueller, Muench, Mussler, Naas, Nenninger, Niedecker, Niederlaender, Nimmerfals, Oland, Pauli, Perier, Pfeiffer, Pflunger, Rauch, Rammrod, Rappold, Richter, Ricker, Riederer, Reitz, Rueppel, Riffel, Rodrian, Roebels, Roechling, Roeder, Roesser, Rohe, Ro(e)sser, Schaaf, Schadle, Schaeffler, Saltzmann, Sattler, Schaedel, Schaller, Sche(h)l, Schildt, Schmidt, Schneider, Schoenlaub, Schreiner, Schueffler, Schuler, Schule, Schuhmacher, Schumann, Schwab, Schwartz, Sepulco, Siegfried, Seifried, Serbine, Spenger, Spiry, Stein Stoesser, Stephan, Stoeckel, Strasser, Strohmeyer, Sturm, Sulzberger, Thal, Thiele, Tilgenmann, Trautmann, Voges, Vollman, Unterlaender, Veltz, Wagner, Wallster, Walther, Wayand, Waygand, Weber, Weibel, Welsch, Weyreuther, Winkler, Wild, Windstein, Winter, Wirth, Wissel, Wolff, Wohlgemuth, Wunderlich, Zeitz, Zell, Zeller, Zether, Zwally.

Transcribed by Ethel C. Phillips and edited by Dennis A. Kastens, 200 pages, 2002. $35.00 postpaid.

DIE SOLDATENSTADT PIRMASENS (Pirmasens - Soldier City)

This rare 1936 publication lists over 2,000 soldiers residing or stationed in Pirmasens between 1741-1790. Compiled by L. Kampfmann and Oskar Schafer, it comprises 256 pages. Photocopy available for U.S. $35.00 postpaid.

RUMBACH FAMILIES 1850-1875

Surnames within the book include:

Bintz
Brubach
Damm
Engel
Feldner
Flickinger
Friedly
Friedrich
Geissel
Goerthler
Grueny
Gruesy
Hauther
Hoffmann

Hunsicker
Jacky
Jung
Kern
Kindelberger
Kochert
Koestring
Kuntz
Loescher
Mettler
Neuhart
Neumeyer
Perret
Propheter
Riefnach
Riffel
Roos
Roth
Ruby
Schaub
Schmitt
Schneider
Schuetz
Sohn
Stoehr
Stoffel
Sturm
Weber
Zapf

Indexed by Ethel C. Phillips and edited by Dennis A. Kastens, 2002, spiral-bound, 56 pages, available at $13.00 including postage and handling.

PIRMASENS FAMILIES 1640-1798

Sippenbuch der Stadt Pirmasens von 1640-1798 published by Zweibruecker und Pirmasender Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Familienforschung, Zwiebruecken 1989, 1,089 pages, indexed. Edited by Walter Wittmer.

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