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How can I find birth of Fredrick A. Hoffman, Darmstadt, Ger.?

Answer 1

Some records for Hessen are on Ancestry.com, but coverage is only partial.

All records are online here:. https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=,

Under Hessiches Staatsarchiv Marburg, then H Personenstandarchiv. Then a list of places will appear. Darmstadt (stadt) is near the top. However if you click through you'll see there were several suburbs.If you don't know the precise suburb, then you'll need to search all of them, though I recommend starting with the central city (Standesambt Darmstadt) first.  For a given suburb, go then to "geburtsregisters", then you'll see a list of the years available. The titles with "Namensverzeichnis" are alphabetical indexes for each year. This will list the name and certificate number for each child born. Then you can view the film for the year in which your ancestor's birth occured (note that usually there is a part I and a part II). With the certificate number you can find the record easily enough.

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And look for Friedrich Hoffmann, not Fredrick.

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I am having trouble following the directions.  My screens do not show this progression:   https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=,

Under Hessiches Staatsarchiv Marburg, then H Personenstandarchiv. Then a list of places will appear. Darmstadt (stadt) is near the top. However if you click through you'll see there were several suburbs.If you don't know the precise suburb, then you'll need to search all of them, though I recommend starting with the central city (Standesambt Darmstadt) first.  For a given suburb, go then to "geburtsregisters", then you'll see a list of the years available. The titles with "Namensverzeichnis" are alphabetical indexes for each year. This will list the name and certificate number for each child born. Then you can view the film for the year in which your ancestor's birth occured (note that usually there is a part I and a part II). With the certificate number you can find the record easily enough.

I am trying to find a birth record for Eva Weber said to be born Hesse-Darmstadt most likely 1834 calculating backward from her death record and from what shows on US Census records.  

She married in the USA in 1854 on April 1.  So she had left Germany by then.  

I would appreciate any help in trying to determine her actual birth date, the names of her parents, and any siblings.  

 

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Consider that Hessen-Darmstadt was a country, not the city of Darmstadt alone. There is a listing of church books for the country Kirchenbücher und Standesregister für alle Wohnplätze im Land Hessen (1939) on GenWiki. That web page also states that microfilms are available through LDS. I don't know to what extent that translates into transcripts on FamilySearch.

Answer 2

Donna ~

The dates on Frederick A., William A. and Mary (Mallard) Hoffman's profiles appear to be off by quite a bit.  If you use the dates on the FAG memorial below, you should be able to find records @ FamilySearch.org.  Fred and Mary married in 1873, Peoria, Illinois.

I will post a couple from Ancestry also.

* FAG: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37717759

* Fred's death record w/parents listed:

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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Name:	Frederick Hoffman
Birth Date:	22 Jun 1849
Birth Place:	Bingen, Hessa Dornstadt, Germany
Death Date:	12 Jul 1936
Death Place:	Texas Township, De Witt, Illinois
Burial Date:	14 Jul 1936
Burial Place:	Marva, Macon, Illinois
Cemetery Name:	Marva
Death Age:	87
Occupation:	Farmer-retired
Race:	White
Marital Status:	M
Gender:	Male
Street address:	R. F. D. #L
Residence:	Marva, DeWitt, Illinois
Father Name:	Nickolas Hoffman
Father Birth Place:	Bingen, Germany
Mother Name:	Anna Margraett Heinz
Mother Birth Place:	Bingen, Germany
Spouse Name:	Mary A. Hoffman
FHL Film Number:	1766166

 

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1900 census:

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Texas, Dewitt, Illinois; Roll: 297; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1240297 @ Ancestry

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Name:	Frederick Hoffman
Age:	50
Birth Date:	Jun 1849
Birthplace:	Germany
Home in 1900:	Texas, Dewitt, Illinois
Sheet Number:	7A
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:	130
Family Number:	137
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
Immigration Year:	1853
Relation to Head of House:	Head
Marital Status:	Married
Spouse's Name:	Mary Hoffman
Marriage Year:	1873
Years Married:	27
Father's Birthplace:	Germany
Mother's Birthplace:	Germany
Years in US:	47
Naturalization:	Yes
Occupation:	Farmer
Months not employed:	0
Can Read:	Yes
Can Write:	Yes
Can Speak English:	Yes
House Owned or Rented:	O
Home Free or Mortgaged:	F
Farm or House:	F

Neighbors:	View others on page
Household Members:	Name Age Frederick Hoffman 50 Mary Hoffman 44 Mary Hoffman 28 Minnie Hoffman 19 Bertha Hoffman 14 Carl Hoffman 12 William Hoffman 8 Elfrieda Hoffman 1

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Note that the record Mary found on Frederick lists Bingen as the birthplace--it's not in Darmstadt city (stadt). Go west of Darmstadt until you find Bad Kreuznach (home of the US 1st Armored Division last I checked). Go north until you hit the Rhein river and there you'll find Bingen (also called Bingen am Rhein, or "Bingen on the Rhein/Rhine").

Answer 3

Hi Donna

If you ancestor was protestant you find the scanned church books on www.archion.de/en (you have to subscribe to the Website to actually see the scans). They scanned the majority of German Protestant chruch books (and are still scanning). This side helped me a lot in finding my ancestors. However you should be able to read some old German (or have somebody who helps translating)

 

... I just saw, that he's from Bingen and not the city of Darmstadt. Than he's probably catholic and the indicated website won't help you. Sorry...