These records are created by local authorities, and with possible exceptions for events overseas, in the military, or in the District of Columbia. the children of a couple, determine the mothers age and go forward until she is 45. Next, search for the parents' marriage date and place. Images of the records themselves are not included. Some records and collections must be viewed at a FamilySearch center (FSC), affiliate library or may be restricted to members of supporting organizations. If you find a surname in the list that is of interest to you, send a query to: Non-GGG members please note: We are sorry, but we are NOT able to do any research on anyone's ancestors. published by GHGA. December 1880. December 1890. The. A list of villages within each parish is also provided. http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/records-search/births_early_town.php Communions - Records Search . This page was last edited on 29 December 2022, at 14:19. Expect to encounter restrictions on access to records at FamilySearch. The parishes are Altenmarkt (Stari Trg ob Kolpi), Altlag (Stari Log), Banja Loka, Ebental (Polom), Fara, Gttenitz (Gotenica), City of Gottschee (Kocevje), Laibach (Ljubljana), Masern (Grcarice), Mitterdorf (Stara Cerkev), Morobitz (Borovec), Nesseltal (Koprivnik), Obermsel (Mozelj), Oberskrill (Zdihovo), Ossiunitz (Osilnica), Pllandl (Kocevske Poljane), Reifnitz (Ribnica), Rieg (Kocevska Reka), Semitsch (Semic), Stockendorf (Planina), Suchen (Draga), Tschermoschnitz (Crmosnjice), Tschernembl (Crnomelj), Unterdeutschau (Nemska Loka), Unterlag (Spodnji Log), Unterwarmberg (Dolenje Topla Reber). ", meaning "left-side- right side". Moreover, archives sometimes compile indexes of church records. DOCUMENTATION Gottschee: Family Records Research Using the LDS Microfilms. The guidebook contains the microfilm numbers for the Catholic church parish records of marriage, baptisms, death, and family records (census of each village); the names of the villages within each parish, plus the name of the original parish and date when a parish split into two parishes. The Wiki page for each of the historical provinces of Germany, containing more detail about online records, and a map of Regional Churches can be found later in this article. When the authorities filmed the records in 1941, they filmed all the right side pages, then the left side pages, as the parish books were very large. For more information, see Germany Church History and Germany History. replenishing. Next, search for the parents' marriage date and place. For you to locate relevant records, you must know the place and the religious denomination of a person. The information available on these records diminishes the further back in time that you Fueled by Good People with a Passion for Genealogical Research and Lots of Caffeine. . Please note that the Surname (e.g. In 1941 the German National Family Center (Reichs-Sippenamt) microfilmed all the Gottschee Catholic Church Parish Records (baptisms, marriages, deaths, Familienbuch (census), marriage banns). When we have to deal with two languages, we have to learn that Luscher is the Additional information (usually found with the baptismal record) may include the fact GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE COUNTY OF GOTTSCHEE. THE GOTTSCHEER HERITAGE AND GENEALOGY ASSOCIATION is a non-profit association Other helpful church records may include confirmation lists, family registers, lists of pastors, lists of members, account books, receipt books, and communion records. In some of the parishes, these records begin in the late 1600s, although most begin in the 1700s, and all end in 1941. The parish name is given for the village. This list does not include all the surnames found in the Catholic Church records of Gottschee prior to 1890. fathers name if the bride/groom has not been widowed. particular parish and what type of records (birth, marriage, death, family books) are on alphabetical sorting easier. These microfilm records are available through a local Family History Library of the Mormon church. helps you locate the village with the highest percentage of a particular surname. Vollstndiges Ortschaften-Verzeichniss der im Reichsrathe vertretenen Knigreiche und Lnder nach den Ergebnissen der Volkszhlung vom 31. The original Catholic parish records (baptisms, marriages, etc.) If the future spouses were from different parishes, the banns were read in each church. Item #450, ISBN 1-931509-01-8. the birth date of your known ancestor and check the marriage records from the day before Cholera, typhoid and A complete genealogy should include all Genealogy is a science of proving. indicate whether they were single or widowed. You must learn to be wary of Internet information. the church marriage records and surname spelling has been standardized to make established to preserve the history, culture and family records of Gottschee. Side Note: the baptismal and death years between 1691 and 1812 include, Side Note: the baptismal and death years between 1695 and 1789 include, 1U) Taufen 1826 - 1897 - Kirchenbuch 1669 - 1941 Katholische Kirche - Unterwarmberg, 1N) Familienbuch 1820 - Kirchenbuch 1724 - 1941 Katholische Kirche Nesselthal (Gottschee), 2N) Tote 1881-1928 - Kirchenbuch 1724 - 1941 Katholische Kirche Nesselthal (Gottschee), 3N) Tote 1930-1941 - Kirchenbuch 1724 - 1941 Katholische Kirche Nesselthal (Gottschee), 1S) Taufen 1792 - 1803 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 2S) Taufen 1804 - 1812 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 3S) Drfer A-Z Taufen 1813 - 1831 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 4S) Drfer A-Z Tote 1813 - 1831 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 5S) Heiraten 1813 - 1815 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 6S) Taufen 1832-1857 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 7S) Taufen 1857-1884 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 8S) Familienbuch 1810 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 9S) Familienbuch 1830 - Kirchenbuch 1792 -1941 Katholiache Kirchen - Stockendorf, 1T) Taufen 1741-1764 - Tschermoschnitz, Krain, Austria, 2T) Taufen 1766-1783 - Tschermoschnitz, Krain, Austria. eastern part of the county. In that case, it may be helpful to load both films on adjacent readers. Compiled by James Heimann. Latin, German and Slovenian. The LDS Latin Genealogy Word List, may be downloaded at no charge from familysearch.org/ResearchHelps/Wiki/ and type in Latin Word List, then print. Some parishes listed stillbirths in both baptism and burial records. If you havent found it, then you will have to check other This project is intended to contain the profiles of persons who were Gottscheers by birth or marriage, or who by descent carry on a Gottscheer surname. If more than one possible candidate is found, search confirmation, marriage, and burial records to determine the correct individual. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. except in the Slovenian parishes, and the Gottscheer parishes moved to Slovenian after At the end of both World Wars, the boundaries of the states were changed dramatically, as areas of Germany were distributed among the Allied nations. The most important church records for genealogical research are baptism, marriage, and burial registers. In the early 1800s, you will get only one village, maybe just the GHGA has published a booklet Gottschee: Family Records Research Using LDS Microfilm by Kate Pruente, to help the researcher locate the microfilm numbers within each parish. In some areas, the records of people of other faiths were kept by the predominant church. Rural churches often serve several villages and hamlets. For whichever of the above surname search options you would like to use, simply select the appropriate radio button option below the Surname input field on the form. Gottschee. In some areas the records are in government archives so those areas are listed separately in the table. Since 1991, the region is located in Slovenia. Note: To expand the collapsed table, click "show" in the Slovene column header. Allgemeines Verzeichnis der Ortsgemeinden und Ortschaften sterreichs nach den Ergebnissen der Volkszhlung vom 31. "https://secure.trust-provider.com/" : "http://www.trustlogo.com/"); Do not try to equate the cause of death in 1830 with what that word Most families were quite large. Copyright 1999 - 2023 German Genealogy Group. An example is the 764-microfilm Brenner collection described on page 38. r.s. Suffolk County, NY Civil War Draft Records, All members of the German Genealogy Group are invited to submit a form listing of the surnames they are researching to. The revised 2018 edition has been updated to show which films have been digitized (D) and are available on your home computer and which are still only available on Microfilm (M) available at Salt Lake City and t any Family History Center. PDFs to View or Download: Protestant & Catholic Church Archives in Germany by Richard Haberstroh, AG, CG. list of words, but have to depend mostly on a dictionary, which does not include many of Additional parishes are underway and will be published by GHGA By 1650 most Reformed parishes began keeping records. cannot cite sources or proofs, do not make it part of your family tree until you each microfilm. In the 1980s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS, the Mormon church) made copies of these microfilm records. Website Proudly Made in the USA. The earliest records were in Latin, then moved to German, Most have been digitized and, depending on contracts with archives or indexing entities, can be available online. Alphabetisches Verzeichni der Namen aller Ortschaften, Schlsser, Gter und Hfe im Herzogthume Krain, mit Bercksichtigung der Landeseintheilung vom Jahre 1854. That connection needs to be kept and never changed. that a person emigrated to America; some include marriages in the United States and the However, some of them immigrated to the United States in the 1860s, making their homes in Iowa, Minnesota, and Colorado. One of the fastest growing sites is for other, better-off families. Copyright 1999 - 2023 German Genealogy Group. Only a limited vocabulary is used. Military churches in garrison towns and cities often kept their own records separate from other parishes. This list does not include all the surnames found in the Catholic Church records of Gottschee prior to 1890. Look for word matches in books, stories & newspapers, etc. Gottschee Surnames Federal Criminal Records Military Letters 1863-1865 Navy Enlistments 1864-1865 Lusitania . Gottschee received its municipal charter and city seal in 1471. These registers list: Children are usually listed in chronological order with their: In some registers, when a child married and remained in the same parish, the register gives a see page reference and a page number where that particular child appears as the head of a household. list a date and a name. from age 45 to 90. Prior to 1918, the territory was within the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the people were Austrian citizens. Item #490, ISBN 1-931509-04-2. This collection contains an index of names found in parish registers from numerous Protestant communities that are today part of the German state of Thuringia. TrustLogo("https://www.positivessl.com/images/seals/positivessl_trust_seal_md_167x42.png", "POSDV", "none"); The books are compiled from In the records themselves, there are gaps, which, I assume, are due to fire, flood, genealogy. Protestant records were usually written in German. The revised 2018 edition has been updated to show which films have been digitized (D) and are available on your home computer and which are still only available on Microfilm (M) available at Salt Lake City and t any Family History Center. the left side right side problem on the microfilms. The region has been part of the Holy Roman Empire, the Hapsburg Empire, the Illyrian Provinces of the French Empire, the Austrian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (SHS), and, until 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. records for all of the children of this couple. With thanks to the Gottscheer Heritage and Genealogy Association for providing the list of Gottschee names. unfortunate thing about these family books is that the information was collected Childbirth was the main killer of women under 40. For information about records for non-Christian religions in Germany, go to the Religious Records page. 27 Aug 2020: Changes were made to improve the performance of this collection. Included are tips on how to read the microfilm church records. were not large. Auf Grundlage der Volkszhlung vom 31. They identify what records should be available for a specified parish and where to write for information on these records. and later an illegitimate male was denied permission to study for a guild. For example, often Evangelical Registers in West Prussia are also populated with Mennonite data, when Mennonites lived in those regions. FamilySearch has acquired images of many, though not all, church records from various parts of the former German Empire. as soon as they are completed. U.S. and state census records are an excellent source for the many Gottscheers who emigrated from Gottschee in the late 1800s and early 1900s. //]]> For more information regarding restrictions for FamilySearch Historical Record Collections, click on the "Learn more" link found on each collection details page. In your query, please include some brief information regarding the surname you are asking about, such as time period, town or region. Parish employees will usually answer correspondence written in German. What do you do if you do not know what parish/village your ancestor came from? Ljubljana. To preserve history, they should include historical names of places and not change them. the words used in the old records. and go back 25 years. Before the marriage ceremony could take place, the non-local party was required to present the officiating pastor with a paper stating that the proclamations had been read, and there were no objections. of the former Gottschee county are in the Catholic Church Archives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Matricula Online, Vechta Stillbirths or children who died before receiving baptism were not recorded the same way in all churches. * Familienbuch ab 1816 (ca. Marriage banns, family books and other church records may also be found. For that reason, many record sets in this collection end in 1874 because, in addition to records traditionally kept by the Church in Prussian provinces, the State mandated in 1874 that personal and vital statistics be recorded by local registry offices. Gottschee Surnames Federal Criminal Records Military Letters 1863-1865 Navy Enlistments 1864-1865 Lusitania . If they happen to be raising a family in the In 1798 (marriage), resided in Russbach 8. Thus it is very important to note the sheet numbers on the tag and identify the relevant entry with its position on the page. tuberculosis killed many more. website to assist people in joining, purchasing books, and learning more of our history. commented Nov 12, 2015 by Dawn Ellis G2G6 Mach 8 (88.4k points) edited Nov 12, . The Gottscheers arrived in the 1300s, when much of the area was untamed forest. In some areas, stillbirths were recorded in baptism records. Because the Gottscheers numbered each house in the village, it is fairly easy to keep While these Germanic people cultivated the land, and paid taxes to the Count, they also served . 2008, 2013, 2018 39 pages All illegitimate children suffered discrimination before the mandatory school act of 1869 pages of parish registers are filmed in separate sequences. The pastor or priest often determined how to record stillbirths in his parish. Of course, errors were made in listing house numbers and some names. Gemeindelexikon von Krain bearbeitet auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszhlung vom 31. If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in other archives, church registers, or in civil registration offices. The term parish refers to the jurisdiction of a church minister. The information in family registers was compiled from other church books or obtained from the head of the household, and it is subject to error. Requesting Birth and Death Certificate copies can be done by mail. pages and right-side (r.s.) Click on "View Full Listing" from the parish page. Fruit trees and other trees also occupied a portion of the The main religious division in Germany was between Catholics (Katholische) and Protestants, comprised mainly of Lutherans (Evangelisch) and Reformed (Reformierte). Please report any WEBSITE PROBLEMS to the GGG WEBMASTER. Men typically married for the first time in their mid-twenties. This is especially true in the further eastern regions (ie. Fueled by Good People with a Passion for Genealogical Research and Lots of Caffeine. It would have been wonderful if every Gottscheer man married a girl from his home Alphabetisches Verzeichni aller Ortschafts- und Schlsser-Namen des Herzogthums Krain. the Gottscheer Bulletin Board where people searching for their Gottscheer ancestors and Some of the most poignant Gottscheer writings are the poems of the love of the land. A paper copy of Germany's official records of approximately 12,000 ethnic Germans from the new Italian "provinces Lubiana" most of whom were Gottscheers, who were resettled from their homeland in 1941. parishes. Note that Exact Match searches for names containing oe will not also find names with , and other similar common substitutions. of all the same surnames and given names from the same village. There is no LDS Slovenian Word List, but GHGA has a small one compiled by the Slovenian Genealogical Society. Also included are some communities in the modern district of Unstrut-Hainich which were located within the historic boundaries of the Prussian Province of Saxony. 100% coverage cannot be guaranteed. will find the parents of these individuals listed as part of the record. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to a central repository. diseases, abbreviations and church dates. Clickable map of addresses for each Catholic Diocese. Additional online records for the individual provinces of the German Empire are listed on the Church Records page for each province: Large swathes of the former German Empire were lost to other countries following the World Wars. too large and split into two parishes, note is made of this to enable the researcher to who were over 100. The Gottscheers, for the most part, raised a kitchen Family research in the former county of Gottschee has been made easy with the advent of For details see Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet. more recognizable and predictable. The researcher must be aware that two sets of records (odd and even pages) must be searched. Protestants were usually confirmed around age 14, Catholics about age 12. It may be used to contact other members who are interested in the same surnames or geographic regions (directly contacting other members of the GGG is a Members Only feature). house numbers, ages, whether single or widowed and their parents names including the This gave community members a chance to object to the marriage. Church record inventories are available for most areas in Germany. Each jurisdiction had its own record-keeping rules, and each recorder had his own style. This varied by location and time period. Read more about this topic: Gottschee County, My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.Polly Berrien Berends (20th century), All is possible,Who so list believe;Trust therefore first, and after preve,As men wed ladies by license and leave,All is possible.Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?1542), Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.Theodore Roosevelt (18581919), But I go with my friend to the shore of our little river, and with one stroke of the paddle, I leave the village politics and personalities, yes, and the world of villages and personalities behind, and pass into a delicate realm of sunset and moonlight, too bright almost for spotted man to enter without novitiate and probation.Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882), Delei Vrh, Delei Hrib, Dale Vrh, Dale Hrib, Dolnje Loine, Srednje Loine, Spodnje Loine, Tani Vrh, Tancbihel, Tane Gorice, Tancpihelj, Only in the 1574 land registry; probably part of Grarice, Only in the 1574 land registry; probably absorbed into a village near rmonjice, A collective name for Primoi, Koe, and Mlaka pri Koevski Reki, Only in the 1574 land registry; probably part of Mlaka. Most Gottscheer men who served in the Austrian army enlisted in the old 43rd Infantry Regiment (disbanded in 1810) or later in the 17th Infantry Regiment. Gottscheer men and children would leave home by lantern light to be in the fields at first Family registers are more common in southern Germany, especially in Wrttemberg and Baden after 1808. acreage. Last Name) is a required entry field. The table is sortable. Names with an asterisk have been added to this list at the request of individuals who have Gottscheer ancestors and the surname was not included in Hutter's publication. the purposes for our existence given by our charter is: to provide information and periodically, leaving generation gaps. The marriage record will often lead to the parents' birth records. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Records for some parishes in the Pfalz and Rheinland were interrupted for several years when the French controlled those areas of Germany from 1792 to 1815 and introduced civil registration. FamilySearch Historical Records If the person offering the information View this catalog record in WorldCat for other . code starts with SI AS 176/N. This list does not include all the surnames found in the Catholic Church records of Gottschee prior to 1890. The practice of keeping parish registers evolved slowly. step then to check the marriage date of the parents, their parents and grandparents. A large number church records were destroyed in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). For details on finding the address for a parish church, click on the wiki research article for the state where the town is located. In Canada, most Gottscheer immigrants settled in the cities of Kitchener, Toronto, and Vancouver. In addition, church records can contain financial account books, (they record charges for toll bells, fees for masses for the dead, and so on), lists of confirmation, penance register, communion lists, lists of members and the family register. With the marriage dates, it is easy to check the birth name of the church where it took place. Indexes are usually found at the beginning or end of the record. U.S. and state census records are an excellent source for the many Gottscheers who emigrated from Gottschee in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Maps of Germany by Tom Risinger. It follows that for locations the language of the official record should be used. Website Proudly Made in the USA. microfilms, list the film number, the page and the entry on that page and copy everything Non-GGG members may search the Surname List database. Click next to any heading to sort by that heading. Gottschee: Family Records Research Using the LDS Microfilms Compiled by Kate Loschke Pruente. And, I'll keep on them until they do it right to preserve history. century), Gottscheer Umsiedlervereichnis - Datenbank, Wolsegger, Peter, "Das Urbarium der Herrschaft Gottschee vom Jahre 1574,". They recorded details of baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. Dezember 1869. If earlier generations are not in the record you are using, search neighboring parishes and other denominations. Religious denomination is indicated in Census records. Parish boundaries often changed, which affected where church records were kept. 1 has been completed. village, but often he married a girl from the neighboring parish and the marriage took Wood was used for fires, tools, structures, furniture and needed constant Jul 1931 in Schalkendorf 17, Gottschee Parish, Gottschee, Austria. This area was populated by about 30,000 people. 1996, 41 pages You might obtain information by writing to the parish. Couples were often married in the bride's home parish. Some early death records only Names with an asterisk have been added to this list at the request of individuals who have Gottscheer ancestors and the surname was not included in Hutter's publication. Baptisms, marriages, burials, and sometimes confirmations for each year are. was not always listed is why you need to consult other parish records and why all of the Deciphering German Handwriting by Amelia M. Schiller. The booklet contains the surnames of Gottschee foundin various published sources between 1890-1941. In the case of the Parish registers of baptisms, marriages, proclamations, deaths, indexes, and family registers for Gottschee, Krain, Austria; now Koevje (Koevje), Slovenija, Yugoslavia. Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. This table includes villages in the 19th-century Gottschee District plus adjacent villages with a Gottschee German population. Ellis Island processed about 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954. If there is a family book for this time period, the priest may have This index is at the FamilySearch Library on 152 reels of microfilm (FS Library films 450,475-626). You can search by Surname OR by Germany Area (NOT BOTH), //