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                                           last updated: August 15, 2000
Internet Pages on Genealogy

HERE ARE SOME OTHER INFO ON FAMILY TREES IN GENERAL:

WEB SITE made by Gerry LITTLE, USA about Luxembourg,
   a very good starting point to get to Luxbg from the USA.
   http://www.luxcentral.com/
HE POINTS TO: About GeneLux
   http://www.eskimo.com/%7Elisanne/

FAMILY TREE MAKER programs...
   http://www.familytreemaker.com/
   Broderbunds Family Tree Maker
   What Versions? How to order?
   Internet FamilyFinder - Browse Select Data by Location

   http://www.GenoPro.com/ - Free of charge

  LOGICIELS DE GENEALOGIE
   http://www.es-conseil.fr/pramona/outils/outils1.htm

CALENDAR CONVERSION ON-LINE
   http://www.genealogy.org/~scottlee/calconvert.cgi
   http://scriptmani.univ-lemans.fr/calenrep2.html

TIME ZONES
   http://www.timeanddate.com/

SEARCH ENGINES...
   http://www.freefind.com
   http://www.atomz.com
   http://www.picosearch.com
   http://www.whatuseek.com
   http://www.google.com

Jean Pierre PLETSCHETTE  &  Marie ASSELBOIX per: Jean F. Languy
   http//:perso.infonie.fr
   http://loupiac.inria.fr/languy?lang=en&m=D&i=484&v=7&t=L

Pierre Pletschet migrated to the USA with the ship: "Silvanus Jenkins" 
   Arrival date in NewYork July 3, 1845. 
   From NewYork he went to Chicago in an area called: "Ridge".

Ahnentafel reports. On the Advanced setup page 
   you can select two through six generations for this genealogy-
   style report. For more information about Ahnentafels see:
   https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson3.htm#Ahnentafel
   The default is six generations on the Standard setup page or for
   GEDCOMs already on file at WorldConnect.

Nic Kransz who left Buschrodt arrived July 7, 1845 in Chicago.
   Maybe both had been on the same ship.
   On the same ship was also Nicholas Faber from Bauschelt.
   In 1849 Nic Kransz married Marguerite Faber.
   Maybe they got to know each other on the same ship?

"Silvanus Jenkins" -- References to the ship:
   On the same ship was a family Hummer from  Niederkuer
   http://www.lauricellas.com/nichhlb.htm
   Also a family Weyker from Oberpallen was on the ship.  A total
   of 203 more passengers mostly Luxembourgers, oftentimes whole 
   family groups.
   http://www.eskimo.com/~lisanne/ney/auswand.htm
   http://istg.rootsweb.org/v2/1800v2/silvanusjenkins18280724.html
   http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Nautica.html

   We would be interested in finding a list with all the emigrants
   on this ship?  A photo of the ship would be very interesting!
   ! Around 1855 Steamers replaced Sailing vessels on the 
   ! North Atlantic Route 

Reference to an article on "Luxembourgers in the New World"
   page 140 of VOILA Luxembourg No. 4 of April 1992

BORMANN FAMILY TREE
   http://www.uslink.net/~bormann - New Version - Done with FTM "Outline Descendant"
   http://www.visi.com/~bormann//bormann_genealogy.htm - old version
 
HIRTZ FAMILY TREE --> Page 7 refers to Pletschette
   http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/v/i/Val-G-Hvidston/ODT2-0007.html

REFERS to Pierre PLETSCHETTE
   http://www.familytreemaker.com/354facd.html

ARTICLE on Jean-Pierre Petschette under:
   Jean Pierre Pletschette & Marie Asselboix
   and their daughter Theresa Pletscher.  
   This was under Pletschette in the "find.net". I sent the
   webmaster an e-mail for additional info - Carol Arnold Pletschett

OTHER WEB SITE REFERING To the Pletschette Family Members:
   I ran across another interesting web page from someone in LUX, 
   Ren� Daubenfeld, who is doing research on immigrants from his area:
   http://members.aol.com/Haffren/MainPage.html
     or 
   http://genforum.genealogy.com/luxembourg/messages/1211.html
   He lists the Pletschettes from Bavigne (Marie & Peter), Doncols,
   and Kaundorf.  (I've never heard of Doncols)He also lists the Palens
   from Harlange.  Sounds like he might be another source of information.
   Carol Arnold Pletschett

WHY THE LUXEMBOURGERS MIGRATED TO THE USA and WHEN?
   http://www.eskimo.com/~lisanne/ney/auswand.htm

THE LUXEMBOURGERS IN ROLLINGSTONE - Winona's Cultural History
   http://wms.luminet.net/demographics/luxembourg/Information.html
   Richard Klatt - Chicago

   The Luxemburg/American Geneology in America web site.

A Booklet got published on this

   D'L�tzebuerger Bauerenhaus III - Luxembourg Houses in America

   The book is about Luxembourgers in North America.  
   The booklet is very well done, and I though I should let you know.

   In the booklet are 2 CDs with Luxembourgers in the USA telling 
   the story to move to the USA, and a number of Luxembourg songs.  
   In the booklet Grosbous is also mentioned, because in 1997
   an open air theater took place in 1997 explaining how people 
   migrated to the USA, and in this theater they made reference 
   to people that had to come back, due to the lack of money.

   An interesting book which one can order at the URL below:
      ISBN:   9199781441       Titre:  LETZEBUERGER BAUERENHAUS 03
      Author: CALTEUX GEORGES  Langue: English & Letzebuergesch 
      Prix:   2300.-   Reference: 
   http://www.mdl.lu

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Recently I visited the Marnach House in Minnesota, and I'm in process
of making a presentation of the photos we made.
   http://wms.luminet.net/demographics/luxembourg/

I was a little searching for Luxbg Heritage in the USA, and 
was surprised that the Flag Day in the USA got established by a person
who's father came from Luxembourg.

Here some details:

Bernard J. Zigrand & the Flag Day
   1777 Jun 14 Congress defined the layout of the US flag
   1831 Nicholas Cigrand his father born in Luxembourg
   1852 Nicholas Cigrand from Bourglinster arrived in New York 
        on May 5, 1852, 21 years old on the ship: "Koophandel".
        He worked as blacksmithing and wagonmaker
   1856 on April 15 Nicolas maried Susanne Schmidt 
        in Waubeka, Ozaukee-County, Wisconsin
        Suzanne came from Mensdorf on July 19, 1852.
   1866 Oct 1 - Bernard J. Zigrand born in Waubeka
   1885 Jun 14 - recognized together with his students 
        the first recognized observance of the flag birthday   
        "Observance of the Flag Day" 
   1916 Jun 14 - President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed  the national
        observance of Flag Day 
   1932 Bernard J. Zigrand died May 16, 1932 with 65 years
   Little Luxembourg - Bishop Mgr. Fernand Franck at the B.J.Cigrand Monument etc. - July 2000

Flag Day
   http://www.heritage-flag.com/flagday.htm
   http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/history/stoneyhill.html
   http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/history/flagday.html
   http://www.ubalt.edu/flagday/press.htm
   http://userpages.aug.com/haywire/fday.html
   http://www.unicover.com/EA1CAFWT.HTM
   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/9460/day_flag.html

Bernard J. Zigrand
   Message-208
   Message-164
   Message-166
   Message-1161
   
The Star-Spangled Banner
   http://userpages.aug.com/haywire/
   http://www.flagday.org/
   PatrioticSongs
   http://www.usflag.org/
     With: My fellow Americans, ask not what
           the country can do for you, but
           what can I do for my country?

Jean Ensch in the book: "Luxbg Houses in America" (page: 165) refers to following sites:
   http://www.familysearch.org
   https://sites.rootsweb.com/
      --their Luxbg site--> https://sites.rootsweb.com/~luxwgw/
        Inquiry: Nicolas Kransz migrated from Buschrodt to Chicago!
        Reply..: How about the Pletschette's in Grosbous / Neunhausen?
                 - Carol Ann Pletschett Arnold
   http://www.genforum.com/
      --their Luxbg site--> http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/luxembourg/
        Inquiry: Nicolas Kransz migrated from Buschrodt to Chicago!
   ?? http://www.lib.stthomas.edu/special/LuxDec.htm
   Geographie der Luxembourger Familiennamen
   A list of 1876-1900 emigrants > place of origin
  A good introduction on how to use these records can be found at the following URL:
   https://sites.rootsweb.com/~luxwgw/research.htm

IN AMERICA - written by Michel Lentz - From my village I went,
   http://gallery.uunet.lu/M.Brouwer/america.htm

The Single Best Source For Facts On the Net
   http://www.refdesk.com/

Travel Info!  Information About Luxembourg on ABOUT.COM
   http://www.about.com/
   Trains in Europe

Maps and Travel Guides
   www.ShellGeostar.com
   www.reiseplanung.de

Addresses of all camp-sites in Luxembourg:
   http://www.camping.lu/

Other interesting Site..
   http://members.aol.com/Vailcorp/lux.html

Telephone Directories:
 ! World Directories - www.infobel.com !!!
      With MAPS of the places.  
 ! Belgium - www.infobel.be
      Here you can select Luxembourg and then enter a telephone number
      which will return the address of the person!  The Infobel directory 
      however seems not to be really up-to-date for Luxembourg.  
      A lot of 5 digit numbers for example!
   U.S.A.
   Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
   Belgium 2nd
   France, plus Portal to the World Directories
   Germany
   Europe

LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR on the Internet...
   Language Translator: http://goeurope.about.com/travel....

WORD TRANSLATOR program on the Internet to download...
   Word Translator: http://www.babylon.com/
   
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
   Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
   What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
   Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
   O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
   And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
   Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
   Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
   O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
   http://www.flagday.org/NewFiles/PatrioticSongs.html


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Little bit of history.

   Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56
   men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

   Five signers were captured by the British as
   traitors, and tortured before they died.

   Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

   Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary
   Army; another had two sons captured.

   Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or
   hardships of the Revolutionary War.

   They signed and they pledged their lives, their
   fortunes, and their sacred honor.

   What kind of men were they?

   Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were
   merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation
   owners; men of means, well educated.

   But they signed the Declaration of Independence
   knowing full well that the penalty would be death
   if they were captured.

   Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and
   trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the
   British Navy. He sold his home and properties
   to pay his debts, and died in rags.

   Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that
   he was forced to move his family almost constantly.
   He served in the Congress without pay, and his family
   was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from
   him, and poverty was his reward.

   Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall,
   Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and
   Middleton.

   At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that
   the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson
   home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General
   George Washington to open fire. The home was
   destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

   Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
   The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few
   months.

   John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she
   was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His
   fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more
   than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning
   home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.
   A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a
   broken heart.

   Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

   Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American
   Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing
   ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and
   education. They had security, but they valued liberty
   more.

   Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged:
   "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance
   on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually
   pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our
   sacred honor."

   They gave you and me a free and independent America.
   The history books never told you a lot about what
   happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just
   the British. We were British subjects at that time and
   we fougnt our own government!

   Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we
   shouldn't.

   So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July
   holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to
   ask for the price they paid.

Remember: Freedom is never free!

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POSSIBLE FREE WEBPAGES...

1) Here is an option from: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~luxwgw 
   Carol
   not on Luxembourg site but you can consider something else - free
   100 Mb site at Rootsweb. http://freepages.rootsweb.com for your
   needs. And I can link it.
   David

2) Freepages is designed to be a public area.
   If you're looking for a private type website, check out our sister company:
   http://www.myfamily.com   
   Steve

3) http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Web_Space/
   Serge Moes

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