[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fwd: Re: Kreis Chelm Seelenbuecher

[Jerry Frank]

>Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 19:56:58 -0600
>From: "T. Belke" <belketb at shaw.ca>
>
>I have found 2 films that have birth records for the Chelm vicinity. The 
>records
>are in Russian Crylic and virtually unreadable for me except for the names
>(incuding the year end summaries) which are mostly in German. I have one film
>#1197814 which has births 1871-1873 (left hand page of the book) 
>and  found  my GG
>Aunt's birth in Michelsdorf. I have ordered film # 1197815 which 
>apparently has
>the right hand pages of the book. These are the only records I've ever 
>found for
>that area.
>Ted Belke
>
>Jerry Frank wrote:
>
> > At 04:26 PM 05/05/2002 -0400, Perry1121 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >I am interested in verifying information about my Lutheran DOMRES 
> ancestors
> > >as well as getting new information about their siblings and extended 
> families
> > >in the same communties, especially HAPKE and POHL families.  The 
> documents I
> > >have indicate that information came from "Seelenb|cher" for Kreis Chelm,
> > >Gemeinde Wiszniewice, Ort Stefanow-Bogdanka (I, Nr. 18-138, Nr. 
> 33-264, Nr.
> > >34-267) between 1830-1918.  I know where these towns and villages are 
> and I
> > >know that during various administrations, legal records were transferred.
> > >Does anyone know where these records are now or if they have been
> > >microfilmed?  I did not find them listed at the nearby LDS family history
> > >center.
> >
> > Sorry but some bad news for you.  The reason you cannot find the Chelm
> > parish on LDS microfilms is that they don't exist.  There are no records
> > for that entire SE corner of modern Poland.
> >
> > We have heard about the availability of some records that may actually be
> > held by the local Lutheran Church in Lublin.  We are working on determining
> > what is there and how to access them.
> >
> > Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> > jkfrank at shaw.ca
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
jkfrank at shaw.ca