OBERKALBACH

 HESSEN

 GERMANY

Village of My Berthold and Ullrich Ancestors

INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT SURROUNDING VILLAGES






Sketch of Oberkalbach from the cover of the 800-Year Celebration booklet.




Other villages in this area, mostly south and west of Oberkalbach, are:  Ahlersbach, Altengronau, Bellings, Breitenbach, Breunings, Eichenried, Elm, Gundhelm, Herolz, Heubach, Hintersteinau, Hohenzell,  Hutten, Jossa, Klosterhoefe, Kressenbach, Marjoss, Mittelkalbach, Mottgers, Niederkalbach, Niederzell, Neuengronau, Oberzell, Ramholz, Schluechtern, Schwarzenfels, Seidenroth, Steinau, Sterbfritz, Uttrichshausen, Veitsteinbach, Vollmerz, Wallroth, Weichersbach, Weiperz, and Zuentersbach.  These villages share much of the same history and customs, and many of their residents intermarried, resulting in a similarity of surnames throughout the area.







OBERKALBACH







ORIGIN & DESCRIPTION

HISTORY

LUTHERAN CHURCH

WOODEN SHOES

DIALECT

HOUSE NAMES

FOLK TALES

CASTLES

FOLK SONGS

MAP OF OBERKALBACH

TRADITIONAL DRESS New

THIRTY-YEAR WAR 1618-1648

ATTACK ON OBERKALBACH 1945

OBERKALBACH WEB SITE (Translation) New

OBERKALBACH CLUB WEB SITE (Translation) New

MY OBERKALBACH FAMILY TREE

 




BIOGRAPHIES




URSULA KAISER (Me)

KATHARINA BERTHOLD (My Mother)

JOHANNES BERTHOLD & EVA ULLRICH (My Grandparents)




GENEALOGICAL RECORDS




Land Holders in 1596 - Male Inhabitants in 1654

PARISH RECORDS 1654-1900

SURNAMES IN THE PARISH RECORDS

CIVIL MARRIAGE CONTRACTS 1770-1832

**New**

Index to Civil Marriage Protocols 1718-1873

GETTING INFORMATION FROM CHURCH RECORDS




EMIGRATION FROM OBERKALBACH AREA




WHY DID THEY LEAVE?

OBERKALBACH

AHLERSBACH thru GUNDHELM

HEROLZ thru MOTTEN

MOTTGERS thru SCHWARZENFELS

SEIDENROTH thru VOLLMERZ

WALLROTH thru ZUENTERSBACH

To: Middlesex County New Jersey

To: Hardin County Ohio

To: Butler County Pennsylvania

To: Russia

To: Hungary




OBERKALBACH AREA EMIGRANTS ON PASSENGER LISTS













































U.S. Passports of Oberkalbach Area Immigrants

Shipwreck of the New Era 1854

Oberkalbach Area Hessian Soldiers

Oberkalbach Area Descendants in the USA

Commentary on This Web Site by a Native Oberkalbacher

The Day the U.S. Soldiers Came to Markoebel

Germany's Reaction to the Terrorist Attack 11 September 2001

Frequently Asked Questions about German Genealogy







Copyright 2000-2010 by Sue Foster.  Please contact me for permission to copy.  I would love to know why this information interests you  :-)  This web site was originally started in November 2000.  Additions and corrections are being made as more information becomes available.