Re: Luigard/Luigarde family, Wuerttemberg
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Luigard/Luigarde family, Wurtenberg
Todd Hummel 1/03/09
Todd, a couple of things:First, the only spelling of the family name found in Germany today is Luigart, with a "t" at the end.A spelling "Luigard" or "Luigarde" does not exist in Germany today.
You refer to a "Charles H."In Germany, the second given name is very important, so you should have written that out, rather than having abbreviated it with "H.".In Germany, this person's first given name would have been Carl or Karl.He obviously americanized it to Charles after coming to America.
Second, there is no such place anywhere in Germany as a "Wurtenberg".Just like the U.S., Germany, too, has always been made up of states.What you are actually referring to is the southwestern German state of Württemberg, or if written without the "Umlaut" (two dots) over the "u", Wuerttemberg, its capital the city of Stuttgart.When talking about Württemberg (Wuerttemberg), you're talking about a state covering an area about the same as that covered by the U.S. states of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.(Somebody else here has given you another incorrect spelling of the state, as there is no "Wurttemberg" in Germany either.)
The people of Württemberg (Wuerttemberg), by the way, are called Swabians (in German: Schwaben).
Before you can proceed, you are going to have to do additional research and find out exactly which city, town, or village in the state of Württemberg (Wuerttemberg) the Luigart family was from.The name Luigart is a rather localized surname, being concentrated in the eastern part of the state.
German churches in the United States tended to keep rather detailed records, so the best possibility for finding the name of the town the Luigart family was from would be church records, particularly marriage records of any family members born in Germany.German churches in the U.S. also often included exact birthplaces of parents in the baptismal records of children.What was the Luigart family's religious denomination?That is, were they Protestant or Catholic?
Robert
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Re: Luigard/Luigarde family, Wuerttemberg
Todd Hummel 1/06/09