Fotos aus dem Kreis Filehne.
Verfasst: 05.04.2007, 11:35
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Laura Kaatz [Mailto: lkaatz(at)sprintmail.com] wrote:
My husband's family (many of them anyway) were from the towns surrounding Eichberg, Kreis Filehne -
Hansfelde, Selchow, Selchowhammer, Gross Drensen, etc. Eichberg was the home church of the
Reverend Kempf who did most of the preaching in the area during the early to mid 1800's - I've seen
his name many times in the LDS film records from the area, I've got baptism certificates with his signature
and stamp, and a signed note from Reverend Kempf noting that my husband's great grandfather, his wife
and their son were leaving the area and emigrating to America in 1857. We visited these towns,
including Eichberg, in summer 2004 and I have pictures of the towns and the churches ... including the
inside of the Eichberg Church. I'm happy to share them with you if you want. One thing to note, when
some of these families came to the US, they indicated they were from the Czarnikau or sometimes
Bromberg District - even though they also said they were from Selchow in Kreis Filehne (I realize not
quite "accurate" but it may have come from the fact that this Kreis originally came from Kreis Czarnikau).
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Laura Kaatz [Mailto: lkaatz(at)sprintmail.com] wrote:
My husband's family (many of them anyway) were from the towns surrounding Eichberg, Kreis Filehne -
Hansfelde, Selchow, Selchowhammer, Gross Drensen, etc. Eichberg was the home church of the
Reverend Kempf who did most of the preaching in the area during the early to mid 1800's - I've seen
his name many times in the LDS film records from the area, I've got baptism certificates with his signature
and stamp, and a signed note from Reverend Kempf noting that my husband's great grandfather, his wife
and their son were leaving the area and emigrating to America in 1857. We visited these towns,
including Eichberg, in summer 2004 and I have pictures of the towns and the churches ... including the
inside of the Eichberg Church. I'm happy to share them with you if you want. One thing to note, when
some of these families came to the US, they indicated they were from the Czarnikau or sometimes
Bromberg District - even though they also said they were from Selchow in Kreis Filehne (I realize not
quite "accurate" but it may have come from the fact that this Kreis originally came from Kreis Czarnikau).
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