Ladbergen Genealogy Database

Updated 11/07/1999

Attached below is a self-extracting zip file containing a GEDCOM file which is a second draft of my attempt at mapping entire surnames from Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

 

WARNING!

This is a draft database. As in any attempt at transcribing records, there are probably some errors. The records also contain demonstrated errors as you might notice when you look at the data.

The data are a result of research focused on the following surnames (although many collateral lines appear):

AUFDERHAAR, BÖCKER, DEERHAKE, ELSHOVE (ELSHOFF), ESCHMANN, GROTHOLTMANN, HAGEN, HEMMER, HILLEBRANT, HOGE, HÖLSCHER, HÜLSMEIER, JACOBS (JACOB-ELSHOVE), KÖTTERHEINRICH, KUCK, LAGEMAN, MÖLLER, NIEMEIER, NÜSSMEIER, PETERJOHANN, RAMEIER, SNETHKAMP, STIENECKER, STORCK, STRÜWE, SUNDERMAN, VENNEHERMANN, WALLMAN, WIBBELER, and WIERWILLE

Partially done: KÖTTER, WELLEMEIER

• There are some spelling variations, but I tried to keep them constant to facilitate searches. Spellings were somewhat variable during the 1700s.

• Almost all of the records associated with the names above are in the database, but not 100%. Most of the missing records involve female marriages or births and deaths of people with no follow-on records.

• The data is extracted from Ladbergen church records covering 1713 (births start in 1707) - 1874 and where no source is given, it is from these records. I also used the book Auswanderer der Gemeinde Ladbergen 1830-1930 by Hans Berleman. Most references to the data from this book are noted. Again not all information has been gleaned from these sources yet.

• There are many ambiguities in the records of the mid-1700s. It will be difficult to trace back some of the lines through this time period. I have grouped ambiguous families together, so older ancestors may not be valid. In some cases I used a completely separate surrogate. In other cases I have used a ficticious ancestor in order to link all in a surname.

• Due to the size of the GEDCOM (over 6000 names are now in the database), I am only including a self-extracting zip version. If you need a raw GEDCOM (about 2MB) please email me and I will send it.

Feel free to download the files, but treat this as a draft, not as a final product.

The purpose of putting this database online is to get Ladbergen researchers to look at it and notify me of errors or put issues up for discussion to a wider group. There is certainly more information out there besides the church records and your infomation may help clear up some uncertainty. As a group, we may be able to solve some of history's puzzles.

Zipped version Ladbergen.exe

Any questions contact Bill Roege