[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] BOESE Family in Volhynia

[Jerry Frank]

As Gary pointed out, Dave Obee may be able to help as he has extensive 
experience with Baptists in this area.

Another church in the region which saw significant converts from the 
Lutheran Church was the Moravian Brethern.   The Moravians were somewhat 
less distinctive than the Baptists and some of them are known to have 
returned to their Lutheran roots.

Both Baptists and Moravian Brethern were active in this region and time 
frame.  There were no Mennonites there that I know of.

It is possible that some baptism entries were missed.  There are gaps in 
the St. Pete records for certain locations and time frames.  A book for a 
particular year may have been lost or the Kantor may have missed a few 
entries in his book before passing it on to the Pastor.  In some cases we 
know that such missed entries were caught up on in subsequent years but if 
the subsequent full year is missing, you could end up with a gap of two years.

And finally, be sure to consider variant spellings such as BAES or BOSE.


At 10:42 AM 13/10/2002 -0700, Evert Moes wrote:
>Dear listers,
>
>I have been asked to do some research on the above name for a gentleman in
>Buenos Aires.  He is looking for confirmation on the birth of his
>ggrandfather, Emil BOESE, born 1882 in Pulin.
>
>The St. Pete Archives lists the marriage of Emil's parents (1869) the
>birth of his siblings in 1871, 1872 and 1875, and then NOTHING.
>
>The 7 year span between 1875 and 1882 seems a long time delay in that time
>for a family to have children.  Family planning was not generally
>practiced.
>
>I understand that Pulin was the name of an administrative district as well
>as the name of a town in the Zhitomir area.  Might there have been another
>church in this Pulin district not affiliated with the Lutheran church
>where this family would have registered their birth?  Baptist, Mennonites?
>Or did we miss something in the St. Pete's archives? (Note:  there are 2
>Emil Boeses listed in the birth records in the St. Pete's Archives in
>1882, but these are not the one we are looking for.  Wrong parents!)
>
>For the record, my research in the area is on the RAUH, FOCHT and SELTMANN
>families (Berdichev, Amelin.  All were Ev. Luth.)
>
>Evert Moes
>Sidney, B.C.
>Canada
>ya895 at victoria.tc.ca
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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