Letters from East German Agency for Genealogy - Heiden Family of Monroe County, Michigan- Includes Rambow, Milhan, Roggerman, Getty, Knaack and Laas Families

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 Johann Knaack who was the father of Frederike "Rika" Knaack , wife of August Heiden.

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 Serrahn

Johann Jochim Jakob

Born: March 1, 1805 in Dersentin
Baptized: March 4, 1805 in Serrahn

Father: Johann Jochim Knaak from Dersentin

Mother: Katharina Dorothea Knaak

Godparents:
1. Farm worker Johann Jochim Freytag from Wilsen
2. Farm worker Fritz Knaak from Wilsen
3. Lodger Jakob Irming from Lübsee
4. Lodger Johann Jochim Knaak from Serrahn
5. Housemaid Maria Krüger from Hinzenhagen

In verification:
Herr Moritz

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