In 1973, I took a chance and sent a letter to the genealogy agency for what was then East Germany. To my pleasant surprise, they responded to my request and I found someone to translate the letters into English. This letter deals with:


* Baptism record of Frederike "Rika" Knaack , wife of August Heiden from November 14, 1841.
 

 

 

Central Agency for Genealogy
in the German Democratic Republic
DDR -701 LEIPZIG, Geroge Dimitroff Place 1

November, 1973

Mr. Ralph Heiden, Holt, Michigan

Statement from the Christening record book from the Village of Klaber

Elisabeth Sophie Wilhelmine Frederike Adolphine Knaack

Born: November 5, 1841 in Mamerow
Baptized: November 14, 1841 in Klaber

Father: Christoph Johann Joachim Friedrich Knaack,
Workman from Mamerow

Mother: Sophie Dorothea Elisabeth maiden name Dreier

Godparents:
1. Elisabeth Dreier, a maid from Mamerow
2. Sophie Dreier, a maid from Mamerow
3. Wilhelm Lehmann, a blacksmith apprentice from Mamerow

 

In verification:
Herr Moritz