GENEALOGY
NEWS
(by
Lucille M. Francis - April, 1996)
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a group of
people headed by Mrs. Irene Bay and Mrs. Mary Wint, working for the New Bremen
Historic Association, took it upon themselves to try to create a genealogy department
by translating old church records and recording the information from the
tombstones in area cemeteries. Mrs. Bay
and her crew spent many hours translating the births/baptisms, marriages, and
death records at St. Paul's, St. Peter's, and Zion's Churches. These statistics had been recorded in German
script through 1922. After they were
translated, a group of people typed the information on index cards and Mrs. Bay
donated a file to hold these cards.
This file is located in the New Bremen Public Library. Mary Wint and her crew, along with Mrs. Bay,
also spent many hours recording tombstone information from the cemeteries of
New Bremen, St. Marys, and New Knoxville.
These records were also put into the card file.
Over the years, these ladies, along with several
others, have attempted to answer your genealogy questions. Mary Wint had been the genealogist for the
Historic Association for the past 15+ years.
When she recently (1995) announced her desire to resign from this job,
Martha Plattner and I both accepted the offer to take her place.
Recently, after many years of frustration at not
being able to follow up on the female members of a family because I couldn't
find whom they had married, I decided to create a listing of New Bremen
marriages with a maiden name index from the statistics recorded in the
genealogy card files (1835-1922). After
completing it, I found it so helpful that I presented to the Historic
Association the possibility of having this book printed and offering it for
sale to other genealogists. They have agreed to do this and the books should be
available soon. If you would like to
have a copy, please send orders to:
New Bremen Historic Association - P.O. Box 73 - New Bremen, Ohio 45869
(Note:
These are not just names of brides and grooms, but also, in many cases,
the names of parents, birth dates, birthplaces, and
witnesses are included.)
UPDATE – JUNE 2005
In July 1998, Tom Braun became a
member of the N.B. Historic
Assoc. board
and took over the position of
Genealogist.
If you have genealogy questions, contact
Tom Braun ~ 419-629-8902.
The marriage books as shown here
are still available for $8.50
(Please add $2 for s/h)