tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post8401928028417696246..comments2024-02-29T14:37:50.726-06:00Comments on 'Village Life in Kreis Saarburg, Germany': Travel Tuesday - Emigrating from the RhinelandKathy, the Single-minded Offshoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07887312817720774699noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post-46243755260294462532014-01-04T18:30:03.513-06:002014-01-04T18:30:03.513-06:00Adam - I'm glad that my blog is helping you un...Adam - I'm glad that my blog is helping you understand the life of your ancestors when they lived in the Rhineland. Your idea that the church they attended might be in a larger village is a good one. If you search the Internet for "Hartlingen" you'll find that they have their own website. It is in German but using a translator like Google translate to copy the German to the translator website (cut and paste) will solve that problem. Try the tab on the left side of the Hartlingen site called "Geschichte" (history). It looks like it will tell you a lot about the larger villages in the area. Hope this helps.Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887312817720774699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post-50814589535003702722014-01-02T20:56:14.307-06:002014-01-02T20:56:14.307-06:00Hi there. My father's side of the family has ...Hi there. My father's side of the family has connections to the Rhineland, with ancestors coming from the villages of Buchel and Hartlingen. When arriving in the USA, these people married into families who were from Saarland, Alsace-Lorraine, and even the Netherlands. Grew up in a German Catholic parish in northern Michigan where these ancestors settled. The parishoners (my family included) were very proud of their roots until WWI, when it all ended. The priest would even deliver a sermon in German up until around this time. I am learning so much from your blog. Would like to find more information on the villages of Buchel and particularly, Hartlingen as the family who came to USA from there were very much Catholic, but there is no parish church in this rural village. I am wondering if maybe they attended Mass at a neighboring village? Hartlingen is very rural. Adam Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108142673195915815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post-86640272284023217382012-01-31T13:33:24.060-06:002012-01-31T13:33:24.060-06:00I want to share the fun of that German comment, Fr...I want to share the fun of that German comment, Friko. As the ancestors in the 19th century quickly learned, America was not the place where pigeons, already roasted, flew into one's mouth. Since reading that, I've wondered if there is any restaurant in Wisconsin that serves roasted pigeon. I suddenly have a craving...Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887312817720774699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post-11085797648439676752012-01-30T10:42:14.513-06:002012-01-30T10:42:14.513-06:00I have taken the url, thanks for that.
Amerika war...I have taken the url, thanks for that.<br />Amerika war das Schlaraffenland, wo die gebratenen Tauben in den Mund flogen!<br /><br />My grandfather was a weaver in the Lower Rhine area at the turn of the previous century.<br /><br />I shall have to explore the time because I'd like to write about him.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post-27032796011444910302012-01-26T17:02:37.705-06:002012-01-26T17:02:37.705-06:00This is an informative post. I did not know why s...This is an informative post. I did not know why so many Germans immigrated to the US at the time. I immigrated to the US to travel and be able to work for a couple of years. I did not intend to stay but here I am. My father left Turkey not because his family was poor, as they were not, but because he was an Armenian and his family was afraid for him to stay in Istanbul, that is why he immigrated to Paris, France. He never went back. When I was a child my mum and I went to Turkey to get my grandma but she only survived a few months with us in Paris as she had been starving in Turkey and was too weak to recover.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928417.post-427688188469801822012-01-24T06:09:25.550-06:002012-01-24T06:09:25.550-06:00I really enjoyed this article and in particular, t...I really enjoyed this article and in particular, the farewell. My 3rd gr grandparents came to America in 1857, fortunately, they were wealthy.Kathryn Smith Lockhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239294110918121401noreply@blogger.com