Help finding a needle in a haystack

Question

I need some guidance on a big project from my grandmother. She has forgotten her grandmothers first name and has asked me to help her find it. Here's what she knows: Her father is Ludwig Schneider and his fathers name was Jakob Schneider. His family is from a tiny town of Schrollbach, Niedermohr Germany and all but Ludwig was buried in this small town; Ludwig was buried in Stuttgart, Germany. Ludwig has 2 brothers who were in WWII and both died during; neither of which were married or had children.  Here's what I know: Ludwig was born 1907 ish and died 1983 ish. There is a maiden name of Rubler in my grandmothers side and I think it is her grandmothers maiden name if not it is Voss. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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Since the profile is set to yellow privacy the help will also need to look for the needle in the haystack with a blindfold!  :D

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I just found this on a list of free genealogy sites this morning, maybe it will help:  

German Genealogy Server: German ancestry research (many sections in German)

I hope this helps.

Debi

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I have updated the profile I thought it was already changed. Thanks for letting me know!!

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Would there be a list, already made, for the translation of the individual line-categories?

Answer 1

I have some Dußler / Duesler / Duessler / Dussler. . . 

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dussler-6 ,

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duesler-19 .

Further, my Grand Father: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vickery-356 . 

If you read his Obituary = "owner of Scheider Optometry in Syracuse." Onondaga County, New York. JPV IV :)

Answer 2

For the time after 1872/1875 you should be able to get official vital records from the responsible Standesamt. Schrollbach is now part of Niedermohr and that is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Ramstein-Miesenbach. The email address for the Standesamt is hildegard.baldauf@ramstein.de and for the city info@ramstein.de

Answer 3

I checked the Stuttgart Standesamt and they only keep the death records for 30 years.  After that they are at the Archive.  Here is the contact page:

http://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/55548/1/dept/146137

 

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Thanks for letting us know.!

Is that a consistent rule, keeping death records for only 30 years? I wonder

I have ancestors who died in Karlsruhe at much later dates, but not modern ones. I need to know where to look!

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No, there is nothing consistent as far as how long a Standesamt keeps the records.  You should check the local Standesamt first and see if they still have the records.

I am currently researching records in a Standesamt that go back over 200 years.  However according to a change in German law in 2007, death records over 30 years become public data.