Re: birth record for Jacob Möll
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Re: birth record for Jacob Mu00f6ll
J. Schulze 3/26/07
Well, now I know exactly what the problem is!An "Oberamt" in Württemberg was roughly equivalent to a county in a U.S. state.The city of Schorndorf was the seat of an "Oberamt" of the same name.Jacob Möll was not from the city of Schorndorf itself, but rather, he was from a town somewhere in the "Oberamt" of Schorndorf.The word that you haven't yet been able to decipher that appears on the gravestone just before "Oberamt Schorndorf" is the name of the town Jacob Möll was born in.There were 28 towns and villages in the "Oberamt" of Schorndorf.So the only thing I can suggest is that you go back to the cemetery and study that gravestone very, very closely and see if you can eventually decipher the name of the town.
Robert
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Re: birth record for Jacob Mu00f6ll
J. Schulze 3/28/07