[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zelmer ( Zellmer)

[Jerry Frank]

Unfortunately Brent, these "limited info" marriage records are dead ends for many of us.  Without a place of birth, the names of parents, or the names of siblings, making headway is almost impossible.  For example, our Master Database contains several Wilhelm Zelmers born in the probable correct time frame of the 1840s but there is no way to connect to them without additional info.

There is very little info if any for the mid 1800s in the Rowno Archives so don't feel bad about not stopping there.  One possible source of hope is the EWZ records.  If any member of the family stayed in Volhynia and was relocated during WW II, they may have recorded additional family info there.


Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: BRENT ZELMER <zoomer71 at shaw.ca>
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011 3:21 pm
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zelmer ( Zellmer)
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

> Hello,
> 
> Looking for help and If anyone else has done research on our 
> family name. I have gotten back farther than we had but am now 
> stuck. Here is what I have to date:
> 
> The furthest back i have is a marriage date from the Odessa site 
> 13 Dec 1861 between Wilhelm Zelmer and Caroline Kruger. There is 
> no mention of any Zelmer entries prior in these files although 
> they do go back into the 1830's So I have to assume that the 
> family was not in Volhynia much prior to 1860. Germany? Poland? 
> I'm not sure where to start looking for a birth place for 
> Wilhelm? They would have had to come from Germany at some point. 
> The area of interest is about 25km north of Rivne (Rovno) The 
> villages listed with the aboves children are all within several 
> km's of each other.
> 
> they are:
> Friedrichsdorf ( solomka )
> Oleksandriia   (aleksandria)
> Marzelinhof
> Maraiandorf
> Chotinka
> 
> the first two are of the most interest as they are the birth 
> place of my Grandfather and great grandfather.
> I was over to ukraine in Oct 2010. hoping to find cemetary stuff 
> but to no avail. if anyone needs info about travel in this area 
> i can provide info.
> perhaps i should have went into Rovno and attempted to find 
> records  I did not sadly.
> Has anyone else found a means of tracing the path on how your 
> families ended up in Volhynia??
> if so please share.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help and pointers.
> 
> Brent Zelmer
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