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Zenner's Worldwide GenealogyHow Wolves ended up in my family tree. Well, not directly, but its a good story that may have some information on the surnames that I am researching. And a few misc. Zenner listings from Genealogy Bank's historical newspaper archives and from searching RootsWeb. There is a Zenner mailing list that is available from the Rootsweb mailing lists. It is connected to the Zenner message boards, however, if you post only to the mailing list, it will not also appear on the message board. It works one way not the other! Message board to mailing list and not mailing list to message board. My list of Zenner's in the back forty has generated a few questions. If you have answers, I'd love to hear from you! Here is a link from the RootsWeb Surname List for the Zenner surname. And another list from the RSL of all of the surnames that I am researching that is current as of January 16, 2008. I found a great German genealogy site, Genealogy.Net with links to a map that creates a name distribution. You can view the Zenner surname in Germany here. Most of my Zenner family originates from the area labeled, "Trier - Saarburg". It is North of the darkest color portion of the map on the Eastern most portion, above the darkest areas labeled "Merzig Wadern" and "Saarlouis". The sprinkling of Zenner's on the map is a fair distribution, in my opinion, and gives you many more areas to research within Germany. The earliest physical records that we have, if I remember my initial map comparisons from FEEFS, indicated that in 1925 some information about wives families could not be found as they lived further South of Walen, Prussia/Germany. It is interesting to note too that currently, in Tenino, WA there are Whalen's who may be relatives of Mary Whalen spelled also Walen who married John E. Zenner, Washington State Printer and Tenino News publisher. The Zenner building, newly completed July 3, 1925, in Tenino served also as the telephone office. After the Zenner building was completely built, the telephone office moved from its location into the building. [The Tenino Independent, Tenino, Thurston County, Washington Friday, July 3, 1925] - WA OLD NEWS Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002. Using Soundex Land GrantsThis section includes Zenner Land Grants information. This section is under construction. Text File June 13, 2009. Church RecordsEarly German church records are a wealth of information both in the United States and abroad. There are many Zenner's that were Catholic and there are many still that were not. This page lists a few Zenner's that were found in Baptismal records, and in books. Registrations and RostersFamily Registrations & Rosters - Here is a link to recent searches for family members military service and registrations for military service. Here is the second page of roster information for Colonial era Zenner's. Military rosters and registrations do offer valuable information like birthdates, addresses, physical descriptions, nearest relatives, and a personal signature. To date, Dec. 2009, I have found TWO Confederate Zenner's. The majority of Zenner's were in the UNION or offered substitutes. During the Civil War, you could pay $300.00 and offer a substitute for your service. There are other sources of information such as, Declarations of Intent. This Declaration of Intent of August Zenner who was from the province of SACHSEN-WEIMAR is available to order from SAMPPUBCO. Germans to America |