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Early Genealogy Efforts on the Dutsch and Schech Families of St Tammany Parish, Louisiana

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Introduction

In the early 20th century in the area of St Tammany Parish, Louisiana northeast of Covington in the little community of Waldheim, there were two large families composed of a Dutsch parent and a Schech parent and their children. Richard Herman Dutsch married Marie Anna Schech. Richard's sister Kate Dutsch married Marie's brother Joseph I Schech. The kids of the two families were as close as brothers and sisters. This free space page is dedicated to preserving the early genealogy efforts on their ancestors and relations. And they are related to a lot of the old families of St. Tammany Parish.

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Early Efforts: 1960's and 1970's

Charles Thomas Schech was the youngest of the double first cousins. When he gave his wife a family Bible in 1966, he didn't know his grandmother's given or maiden name. He decided to spend some time researching each of his grandparents' families: Dutsch, Montgomery, Schech (which quickly became the Metz family), and Weeser. All but the Montgomery's had their roots in Germany. And Charles Schech just happened to have a sister, Gerry, who was a school librarian in Germany. Charles started on the United States side of the Atlantic, collecting names and addresses, and talking or writing to everyone he could find who might have information. He fed the information he found to Gerry who spent her time off when she couldn't come back to the United States doing research in historical records in Germany.


The Era of Paper and Microfilm Research: 1980's and 1990's

In 1981 while in law school, Mary Brandt Jensen got her first personal computer and started typing up the updates and corrections to the work originally created by Charles and Gerry Schech. What follows in this section are the narrative parts of that work as it stood in about 1995.

Dutsch Family Narrative

According to the Sanson Institute of Heraldry, the name Dutsch dates back to around 1490. It may be a corruption of the spelling of Deutsch which is pronounced the same as the spoken word for the German language. As late as 1905, the German spelling of Dutsch had an um lout over the u in written form. In printing, this takes the form of two dots over the u. This could account for the dropping of the e. Today, the um lout has generally been dropped.

The earliest member of our branch of the Dutsch family that we have been able to trace is Hans Henrich Dutsch. He apparently lived in the small community of Deutschland in Lauenburg in Hinterpommenn Germany. His son, Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch, was born there. His surname may have some connection with the name of the community where he lived and where his son was born.

According to the Lutheran church records, the Copulations Register der Stadtoemeinde Glückstadt, Hans Henrich Dutsch of Lauenburg in Hinterpommenn Germany was the father of Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch. Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch was probably born in Hinterpommenn Germany around 1795.

There are numerous stories concerning the ancestry of Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch. Most of them are discredited by the church records which indicate that Hans Henrich Dutsch was his father. Part of the problem may be caused by confusion between several men with the initials H. H. Dutsch. Among the various names attributed to the person called Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch in this history are Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch, Herrman Hinrich Dutsch, Henry H. Dutsch, Heinrich Herman Dutsch and Herman Henry Dutsch. It appears that at least Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch and Henry H. Dutsch are the same person since both of them were born about 1795 and both married a Cecilia Miller (or Cöcilia Möller) who died in 1833. Given the variations in spelling throughout the records, it is likely that all of these H. H. Dutsch's are the same person. However, given the propensity of this family to reuse names and in particular to add some form of the names Herman and Henrich to the names of many of the males in the family, it is possible that some of the information assigned to Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch in this history should actually be associated with another H. H. Dutsch who could be Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch's brother. It was generally known among the older members of the family that Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch had a brother, but very little is known about him. We do not even know his name.

According to one account, when Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch was a very small boy, his father was killed in a local battle, and his mother fled to Hamburg for safety. When his mother fled, she took Harrmann Hinrich and his brother with her. When she asked for shelter, the officials demanded information regarding her family and residence, but she was so weak that she asked for time to rest before she answered their questions. She died before she could answer their questions. This account is partially discredited by the fact that Harrmann Hinrich did know who his father was. If he had not known his father's name, it would not have appeared in his marriage records in 1821. There may be some validity to the claim that Harrmann Hinrich's father was at least involved in a battle when Harrmann Hinrich was a small child. Lauenburg, where Harrmann Hinrich's father was from, is now part of Poland. This part of Poland was a kingdom in 1794 about the time of Harrmann Hinrich's birth. After some civil unrest and fighting, this part of Poland was divided by Germany. [Note: Some of this paragraph has has become less likely since the discovery of more information about historical geography in and around Hamburg.]

Another account claims that the parents of Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch and his brother were local rulers. According to this account, the parents anticipating some trouble, sent their children and the family fortune with a governess to Holland. The parents were later killed and the governess and children returned to their homeland under the name of Dutsch to hide their identity. This account is unlikely considering the information about Harrmann Hinrich's father in the church records.

According to a third account, which may be a part of the second account, the two Dutsch boys were reared by the government of Glöckstat, Hamburg. They were so young that they could not tell the officials what their names were so they were called the Dutsch children. When they grew up and failed to find their real names, they kept the name of Dutsch. There are two problems with this account. The first problem is that Harrmann Hinrich's father was obviously known since his name appears in the church records at Glückstadt. The second problem is that there is a contradiction in the name of the government. In 1900, Glückstadt was a city in the province of Holstein while Hamburg was a city in the province of Hanover. The two cities were 20 to 25 miles apart. There doesn't appear to have been any Glöckstat-Hamburg government.

One possible explanation for the apparent contradiction between the stories and the church records is that the stories may be referring to Harrmann Hinrich's father Hans Hinrich rather than to Harrmann Hinrich himself. Both men were H. Hinrich Dutsch so the confusion could easily have occurred. We have no evidence indicating that Hans Hinrich Dutsch knew what his father's name was.

Although we know little about Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch's early childhood and his parents, we have collected much more information about his wife's ancestors and relations. On February 11, 1821, Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch married Cöcilia Sophia Möller in Glückstadt in Holstein Prussia (Germany). The marriage is recorded in the Lutheran church records in the Copulations Register der Stadtoemeinde Glückstadt. The marriage record names Harrmann Hinrich's father as Hans Henrich Dütsch of Lauenburg in Hinterpommenn.

Cöcilia Sophia Möller's father was Johann Möller, a sailor and höcker born in (can't read) Germany in 1749. As a young single man, Johann Möller had some connection with the King's service in Kopenhagen, Denmark. He probably served in the Danish Navy. There is some hint also that he was divorced when he married Cöcilia's mother. He died in Glückstadt on June 24, 1823. We don't have any information about Johann Möller's parents or possible siblings.

Cöcilia Sophia Möller's mother was Anna Steffens Möller. Anna's maiden name, Steffens, is spelled Stephens in some of the information we have. Anna was born January 23, 1762 in Horst, Holstein Germany. She died on January 30, 1830 in Glückstadt. Anna's father was Tonnis (sometimes spelled Tonnies) Stephens, born in 1727 in Greenland. He must have moved to Germany sometime before 1762 when Anna was born in Horst. Anna's father died on May 4, 1790 in Horst. Anna's paternal grandfather was named Otto Stephens. We don't know anything about Otto except his name.

Anna Steffens Möller's mother was Catrina Fraun Stephens. She was born in 1739 in Lüningshof in Greenland. She died on April 5, 1775 in Horst Holstein Germany. Catrina's father was Martin Fraun. Catrina's mother was Margaret Hassen Fraun from Elsop, Greenland.

After Anna Steffens Möller's mother Catrina died, her father, Tonnis Stephens, married Melta Springe. Tonnis and Melta had three more children, half-brothers to Anna named Otto Stephens, Hans Stephens, and Tonnies Stephens.

Cöcilia Sophia Möller had a brother, Dieterick Wilhelm Marx Möller, born November 3, 1803 in Glückstadt. He was a commissioner, [?]ate R.R. official. He died October 7, 1869 in Hamburg, Germany. We have been able to trace some of Dieterick's descendants up to 1931. Dieterick married Johanna [C or K]atherine Elizabeth Kander [or Kanderand or Käcker], who was born May 17, 1804 in Hamburg. Dieterick and Johanna had at least eight children. Diedrich Gottlieb Marx Möller was born either on May 3, 1824 or on March 3, 1829 in Hamburg. Sophia Agnese Wilhelmine Möller was born on January 24, 1827 in Hamburg. Diedrich Johan Wilhelm Möller was born on March 2, 1829 or March 3, 1830 in Hamburg. (Considering the number of times that the name Diedrich appears in the names of Dieterich and Johanna's sons, there may have been a son with Diedrich as part of his name born on each of the given dates, especially if one or more of them died as an infant. Only two sons were still alive in 1830; one was called Diedrich and the other was called Wilhelm.) Christian Jargen Gustav Möller was born on March 2, 1830. Ernest Heinrich Diedrich Möller was born in July of 1831. Heinrich Ludwig Adolph Möller was born April 29, 1834. Dorothea Freidrich Mathilde Möller was born December 6, 1837. Theresa Gottheibe Amalie Möller was born May 10, 1838. Diedrich Johan Wilhelm Möller is the only Möller child for whom we know more than his name and birthdate.

Diedrich Johan Wilhelm Möller married a girl whose maiden name was Fernan. They had at least one child. Gottlieb Max Wilhelm Möller was born in 1864. Gottlieb married Anna Amalia Duhring who was born in 1870 in Hamburg. Gottlieb and Anna had four children. Max Fritz Möller was born November 30, 1893. He moved to No[??]eg on August 1, 1914. Kathe Henreitte Möller was born on March 15, 189?. She moved to Neidero[?]schowerferr in Hanover on April 9, 1919. Justus Wilhelm Möller was born January 1, 1901. He moved to A[??]terdom on July 30, 1921. Ilsa Anna Möller was born March 3, 1903. She was last registered in Hamburg in 1931.

Our knowledge of what happened to Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch after his marriage to Cöcilia is pretty good. As a young man, Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch was a sailor. According to one account, he eventually acquired an entire line of vessels. By the time of his death on August 22 or 24, 1856 or 1857 (probably Aug. 24, 1857), he was a merchant in Glückstadt.

By the end of 1823, Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch and Cöcilia Sophia Möller Dutsch had two children. Anna Margaretha Dutsch an Maria Dorothea Dutsch. The two girls were either twins or Anna Margaretha was born in 1822 and Maria Dorothea was born in 1823. Maria Dorothea probably died by 1830. {Maria Dorothea is confused with "Herman" in the [1898 article]. [I think the 1898 article is actually part of the 1892 Louisiana History.]} Catharina Luouise Cöcilia (or Luise Katherine Cöcilia) Dutsch, Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Dutsch, and Anna Sophia Dutsch were born between 1823 and 1830. Catharina Luouise Cöcilia Dutsch was probably born July 10, 1825. Johann Heinrich Dutsch was probably born April 25, 1827 although one reference indicates that he was born in 1825. Anna Sophia Dutsch was probably born between 1828 and 1830. Carl "Charles" L. Dutsch was born September 5, 1832. These six children of Harrmann Hinrich and Cöcilia Sophia Möller Dutsch were probably born in Glückstadt where Harrmann and Cöcilia were married and where Cöcilia died in 1833.

After Cöcilia Sophia Möller Dutsch died, Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch married Christina Margaretha Louise Linau (spelled Lienau in one reference). Christina and Harrmann had at least seven more children and probably eight. {There is a child listed directly under the marriage whose name I can't read. i think it is Herman. There ar a couple of references to a son of Harrmann Hinrich named Herman among the 13 children who lived to adulthood an I don't think it is Peter Herman August Dutsch because there are also references to an August Dutsch in the lists.} Claus Ernest Dutsch was born in 1836. Margaretha Cöcilia Nanny "Nancy" "Nana" Dutsch and Johanna Catherina Hermine Dutsch was probably born between 1836 and 1842. Another child, Herman Dutsch may also have been born between 1836 and 1842. Hans Friedrich William Dutsch was born March 3 or 8, 1843. Jacob Simon Johannes Dutsch was born in 1844. Bertha Christina Dutsch was born February 17, 1848 in Glückstadt. Peter Hermann August Dutsch was born in 1853.

Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch died on August 22, 1857 in Glückstadt. It appears as if Christina Margaretha Louise Linau Dutsch and at least her youngest children moved to Hamburg after her husband died in 1857. Christina was not living in Glückstadt at the time of her death.

Anna Sophia Dutsch married a man whose last name was Stille and died sometime between 1857 and 1905. On May 31, 1863 Claus Ernest "Ernest" Dutsch married Johanna Margaretha Cöcelia Bargmann who was born in 1834. He died in Glückstadt on November 16, 1913. Margaretha Cöcilia Nanny "Nancy" Dutsch appears to have been a spinster. She was living with he younger brother Peter Herman August "August" Dutsch in 1905. Johanna Catharina Hermine "Hermine" Dutsch died sometime before 1905. Hans Friedrick William "William" Dutsch married on May 22, 1878 in Hamburg to Wilhelmine Maria Mathilda Doecks who was born in Hamburg on June 11, 1854. William and Wilhelmine had no children. William was a merchant in Hamburg. He died in Hamburg on May 29, 1878. Wilhelmine died sometime after 1825.

Jacob Simon Johannes "Johannes" Dutsch became a gilder in Glückstadt. He died April 26, 1902 in Glückstadt. We do not know his wife's name, but he had two daughters, Mathilda Nanny Dutsch and Christine Friederike Catharina Dutsch. Mathilda Nanny Dutsch was born ? 26, 1883. Mathilda married Carl Johann August Beckmann on July 3, 190? Mathilda and Carl had one son, August Carl Johannes Beckmann, born Oct. 8, 1903. Mathilda died March 17, 1962. Christine Friederike Catharina Dutsch was born in Glückstadt on June 17, 1880. In 1905 Christine married Adolf Ledtje who was born in June of 1877. Christine and Adolf had three children. Osker Rudolf Johannes Ledtje was born March 28, 1906. Mathilda Anne Ledtje was born December 8, 1909. Dorothea Wilhelmine "Wilma" Ledtje was born March 3, 1916. Christine Dutsch Ledtje died Feb. 16, 1944 in Glückstadt. Adolf Ledtje died in 1950. Wilma corresponded with Charlie Schech and Elmer Dutsch around 1970. Her address then was 2208 Glückstadt, Am Markt 1, West Germany.

Bertha Christine Dutsch moved to Altona (now part of Hamburg) in 1876. Later she moved back to Glückstadt. By 1905 she was back in Altona again.

Peter Hermann August Dutsch became a medical doctor in Flensburg, Germany. In 1878 he married Catharina Lassen who was born in Flensburg on December 28, 1855. Dr. August and Catharina had five children. Margaret Dutsch as born in 1876. Ernest Wilhelm Dutsch was born on October 14, 1882. Johann Laura Dutsch was born on April 10, 1886. Herrman Dutsch was born in Flensburg on August 24, 1887. Hans Dutsch as born October 19, 1893. On April 17, 1908, Dr. Peter Hermann August Dutsch died in a hospital in Italy. Ernest Wilhelm Dutsch died in Berlin in 1920; he had no children. Johann Laura Dutsch died on April 24, 1939; she had no children. Herrman Dutsch died in Flensburg on April 7, 1943; he had no children. In the middle 1960's Nanette Dutsch Kirby corresponded with Margaret Dutsch in Martinsleft Becken. Margaret Dutsch died sometime after 1965. Nanette Dutsch Kirby also corresponded with Hans Dutsch in the mid 1960's. Hans Dutsch died in Hamburg on November 14, 1967.

Johann Hinrich Dutsch was educated in Holstein and when he was eleven years old, he went to sea. He was a sailor for about 14 years. During this time he became a mate and made the trip from Hamburg to New York three times, and once to Boston. Carl "Charles" L. Dutsch also became a seaman. In 1848, Johann Hinrich Dutsch and his brother Charles left Germany to avoid the seven years military service required of all young men at the time. They immigrated to the United States in 1848. Johann originally settled in New Orleans and later moved to Talisheek. Charles settled near Madisonville across Lake Ponchatrain from New Orleans.

Johann Hinrich Dutsch applied for citizenship in the United States on January 25, 1851. He was granted citizenship on November 2, 1853. Johann engaged in various phases of the shipping industry after immigrating to New Orleans. He had a part in building the United States Custom House which is located on Canal Street not far from the Mississippi River. It is still in use. (Papers were signed by government representatives April 28, 1807 to begin work on the building. A picture taken in 1884 shows a completed Custom House.)

According to general family knowledge, Johann Hinrich Dutsch was engaged to a girl in Germany when he left. However, either on the boat from Germany to New Orleans or shortly after he arrived in New Orleans, Johann Hinrich Dutsch met Mary Christina Becker, a native of Ostheim Schsen Weimer, Germany. (This area of Germany is difficult to locate. She may have been from Brent or Saxony. There were two Saxony sections in 1900 Germany. There is a Wismar near the Baltic Sea and a Weimar in Saxony, Germany.) On June 26, 1852, Johann Hinrich Dutsch and Mary Christina Becker were married. (The records are not at the New Orleans Bureau of Vital Records; they may be available at the Cabildo.)

Johann built a house in New Orleans on land that was bounded by Music, Girod, Arts and Urgelhart Streets. His first six children, Herman, John Christian, Maria Louise, Charles Frederick, George Henry and William August, were born in New Orleans.

In 1861, Johann Hinrich Dutsch sold his New Orleans property and bought a farm in Waldheim (Talisheek) near Covington in St. Tammany Parish. He also homesteaded 160 acres in Talisheek under the Homestead Act of 1862. The land was between the Bogalusa Highway, the Ben Williams Road and the Bogue Chitta River. It is uncertain how much land Johann Hinrich Dutsch owned, but according to general family knowledge, part of his land was confiscated during or shortly after the Civil War. During that war, he hid in the Madisonville swamp to avoid conscription into the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he had 880 acres. In 1892, Johann Hinrich Dutsch had 400 acres left; he gave 480 acres to his children.

Although he sold his New Orleans land in 1861, Johann did not cut all ties with New Orleans. For eleven years after leaving New Orleans, he continued to work there during the summer months in various phases of the shipping industry. He traveled to and from New Orleans during the three years of Union occupation.

After moving to Waldheim in 1861, Johann Hinrich Dutsch and Mary Christina Becker Dutsch had five more children, Jean Emma "Jennie", Herman Albert Dutsch, Frank Ludwig Dutsch, Maria Anna "Molly" Dutsch, and Louise "Lou" Sophia Dutsch.

Johann Hinrich Dutsch engaged in general farming and raised livestock. Johann was the first man to raise cane (sugar) in St. Tammany parish. He grew a lot of cane and made a great deal of syrup and sugar every year. Johann and his family were very active in all aspects of community life. Johann Hinrich Dutsch rendered his greatest service to the community of Talisheek by building a steam saw mill and planer which supplied the growing demand for lumber. Later he added a grist mill and a cotton gin. He and his family were members of the Methodist Church South (the Waldheim Church). So many members of this church were members of the Dutsch family or related to the Dutsch family that family members have occasionally been asked whether the church cemetery was a private cemetery. It is not, but the Dutsch family was probably the largest family that belonged to the church. Frank founded the Waldheim Store. (The original Waldheim Store was destroyed by fire in the 1930's.) The store and post office became the community meeting place. Charles W. and Harry Dutsch leased the land that the Waldheim school was built on.

Johann Hinrich Dutsch encouraged his sons and daughters to homestead when they became of age. George homesteaded acreage roughly east of the Ben Williams Road and South of the Bogalusa Road. He built his house on property bought from the Wheatman's. (Mr. Wheatman was a godfather of Joseph John Schech.) Herman homesteaded a portion above or next to George, behind the old Manning place. Herman later traded the land he homesteaded with Jean Emma (Jenny)> Jean Emma (Jenny) and her husband, Rudolph Schultz, homestead the land where the Accordo's lived in the late 1960's. Mamie and Bob Snider lived on this land for a while. Charles F. homesteaded east of the Ben Williams Road from the Voss place to Jack Dutsch's present (late 1960's) home. William "Willie" homesteaded the Senac's place. Louise "Lou" and her husband, Archie Cook, bought land from Willie. Marie "Molly" and her husband, Adolph Lenel, probably homesteaded where Raymond Lenel now (late 1960's) lives. Frank homesteaded what is now known as the old Lloyd place.

The Stone Timber Act was also utilized by the Dutsch family to obtain more land. Through the saw mills, more property was bought for timber nd after the timber was cut, some was sold for 25 cents an acre. The Waldheim School was built on land that was leased by Charles W. and Harry Dutsch. They probably acquired this land through the Stone Timber Act.

Johann Hinrich and Carl L. Dutsch's sister Catharine Louise Cöcilia "Louise" Dutsch Grimm probably immigrated to the United States either with them in 1848 or after her father died in 1857 or after hr husband died in 1861. When her husband died, at least four of her five children were still at home, and she must have turned to her brothers for help. She probably established her citizenship here. In 1871, however, she returned to Hamburg, Germany and reestablished her citizenship there. According to general family knowledge, she returned to Germany to settle the family estates.

Family ties were very important to the Dutsch's. They obviously kept some contact with their family in Germany. Louise (Catharine Louise Sophia Dutsch Grimm) probably followed her brothers to the United States several years after they originally immigrated. A letter also exists which was written by Dr. August Dutsch (Johann's youngest half brother) from Sanitatsrat, Flensburg in Holstein Germany on July 18, 1905 to his nephews and nieces in Waldheim. In this letter, August mentioned that the only children of Harrmann Hinrich Dutsch still living were Ernest in Glückstadt, William in Hamburg, Bertha in Altona and himself and Nancy (Nana) in Flensburg. August mentioned that he had photographs of Johann Hinrich Dutsch, Mary Becker Dutsch, Mary Montgomery Dutsch, Jean Emma Dutsch Schultz, Christian Rudolph Dutsch and Herman Albert Dutsch. He also mentions photographs of Maria Sophia and Anna Louise. There are no Dutsch's by those names, but I think the photographs were of Maria Anna "Molly" Dutsch Lenel and Louisa Sophia "Lou" Dutsch Cook.

Montgomery and Goodman Family Narrative

F. C. Goodman is as far back as Charlie Schech could trace the Montgomery - Goodman union. He was a grandparent of this union. His homeland is given as London, England. Either he or his son Thomas Arthur Goodman moved to Ireland.

Thomas Arthur Goodman had a daughter, Kate Goodman, born in Kilkenny, Quary of Waterford, Ireland. Kate apparently immigrated to the U.S. sometime prior to 1862. She married Richard William Montgomery in St. Louis, Missouri. Her daughter Mary was born in St. Louis in 1862.

Thomas Arthur Goodman had another daughter, Lucy. She may have married twice. One account has her married to a man named Morris and living in Morris, Illinois. A second account has her married to a Miller and living in California with two children, a son Gus and a daughter, Fanny.

Roger Dutsch has Masonic papers handed down from Thomas Goodman. (Note: When Roger died, his son Thomas W. Dutsch inherited the papers. As of 2019, Tom's widow Levie had the papers in a filing cabinet at her home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.)

Richard William Montgomery was probably born in Scotland. (Note: Later census research casts doubt on this supposition.) He had two brothers, Edward and Washington, and a sister Mary. Edward married Kate Bridget. Washington, "Wash", died a bachelor. Audrey Dutsch often told her nieces about the time Uncle Wash was a cook on an ocean going vessel who got so upset at the men who left his galley in a messy condition that he jumped ship several miles out and swam back to New Orleans, LA.. Mary was last known of in Baltimore, Maryland. She had no children.

Weeser Family Narrative

There was no written narrative at the head of this section of the family history.

Metz Family Narrative

The Metz family came to the United States from Hayna, Rheinish Bavaria Germany before 1852. They probably settled in New Orleans, LA. Three sisters, Maria Christine Metz, Clara Pauline Metz, and Josephine Metz came over together. There probably was a brother Francis (Frank) Metz, but no information has been located on him. The 1855 New Orleans Directory lists one Metz. Following years list more with this family name.

According to the obituary of Clara Pauline Metz, she was a resident of Covington for forty years at her death in 1892. She did not marry until 1854 which indicated that the family may have settled in Covington.

The Digital Explosion of the 21st Century

The advent of the Internet and the growing plethora of genealogical information available first led to the confirmation (with occasional corrections) of most of the information previously obtain. As more and more records became available, particular in regard to Catholic Church records in Bavaria, great strides were made in researching the ancestry of the Metz and Weeser lines.

Gradually, most of the profiles were added to the Family Search Global Tree with many sources being linked there. Even more gradually, profiles are being created on WikiTree with sources and biographies are being written to preserve all that has been found.

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