Good day to you all.
I trust you are well.
Please forgive me should I have approached my request in an incorrect manner,Iam new to the forum,Iam hoping I do not offend any members of the forum.
I write to you from South Africa.
I write to you with a matter which is close to my heart.
I am currently constructing my family tree which has taken me back to my German heritage to around 1833.
Iam trying to find information on my ancestors in the Oldesloe region dating back to the 1800's.
My great great great grandfather Fritz Johannes Stapelfeldt wasa military officer in the British German Legion which set sail to South Africa in 1856. According to his military documents,Fritz was 22 years old at that time.
Fritz did not return to Germany, instead he met and settled down in South Africa with my great great great grandmother Anna Maria Busaak,together they had 2 daughters and 5 sons.
Iam fourth generation grandson.
My request is to seek assistance with tracing records for Fritz or his family. His military documents note Oldelsloe as his place of enlistment in 1856, his next of kin was Fri Stapelfeldt also from Oldelsloe.
I do have copies of military documents for Fritz should you require more information.
Would it be possible for you to guide me to possibly locating church records of around 1830 which may indicate his parents and possible siblings of Fritz Johannes Stapelfeldt in the Oldelsloe region?
With your help I am able to narrow down the church where Fritz Stapelfeldt or his family fellowshipped, possibly finding birth or baptism records or marriage records of his parents.
I thank you for your guidance, I thank you for your kind assistance.
Take care, God Bless.
Many thanks
Noel Stapelfeldt
South Africa
noelstapelfeldt@gmail.com
I trust you are well.
Please forgive me should I have approached my request in an incorrect manner,Iam new to the forum,Iam hoping I do not offend any members of the forum.
I write to you from South Africa.
I write to you with a matter which is close to my heart.
I am currently constructing my family tree which has taken me back to my German heritage to around 1833.
Iam trying to find information on my ancestors in the Oldesloe region dating back to the 1800's.
My great great great grandfather Fritz Johannes Stapelfeldt wasa military officer in the British German Legion which set sail to South Africa in 1856. According to his military documents,Fritz was 22 years old at that time.
Fritz did not return to Germany, instead he met and settled down in South Africa with my great great great grandmother Anna Maria Busaak,together they had 2 daughters and 5 sons.
Iam fourth generation grandson.
My request is to seek assistance with tracing records for Fritz or his family. His military documents note Oldelsloe as his place of enlistment in 1856, his next of kin was Fri Stapelfeldt also from Oldelsloe.
I do have copies of military documents for Fritz should you require more information.
Would it be possible for you to guide me to possibly locating church records of around 1830 which may indicate his parents and possible siblings of Fritz Johannes Stapelfeldt in the Oldelsloe region?
With your help I am able to narrow down the church where Fritz Stapelfeldt or his family fellowshipped, possibly finding birth or baptism records or marriage records of his parents.
I thank you for your guidance, I thank you for your kind assistance.
Take care, God Bless.
Many thanks
Noel Stapelfeldt
South Africa
noelstapelfeldt@gmail.com