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Some of the research costs can be expensive when you're dealing in half hour increments, but the cost of flying to Germany, driving all over the country, and trying to hit the right archives with the right files - all without speaking German... it's a bargain.
I still want to go to Germany someday and visit some of the old stomping grounds of my ancestors, including Ruhwinkel, Armstedt, Diedesfeldt, Bahlingen, and Lindhoft. Someday!
In the meantime, these questions still linger:
- What happened to the siblings of Henry Sienknecht?
- Where are the birth records for the eldest children of Nicholas Krambeck, who was married after their birth, but with no mention of them at the marriage. If children were legitimized by a marriage it was always noted in the records.
- What about the biological mother of Henry Sienknecht Jr, born Henry Krambeck? What was her fate?
- Where are the Stakers before 1800? Hans Staker was supposedly from Rade. So far, no records have turned up.
- What happened to Henry Staker's sisters? Records of the children of one of them are on their way from Germany.
That's it for now. I'll keep digging!
