OBERKALBACH  HESSEN  GERMANY Village of My Berthold and Ullrich Ancestors INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT SURROUNDING VILLAGES

Oberkalbach is a village 10 miles south of Fulda in a beautiful area known as the Rhoen in Kurhessen.  The lovely rolling hills, little forests, brooks, meadows and farmers' fields interspersed with small villages create a picturesque setting.  Because Oberkalbach was the birthplace of my mother, I often visited my grandparents and extended family there as a child before I left my homeland to live in the United States. Over many years, I have collected information about this village and the surrounding area.  This web site is my way of sharing this information with others whose ancestors came from this part of Germany.

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

1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

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.

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