Re: Wilhelm Rommel
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Re: Wilhelm Rommel
Amanda Ebeling 7/15/05
Gen. Erwin Rommel's ancestors came from the village of Schmiden in Wurrtemburg. It is short distance north of Stuttgart and now is a part of Fellbach.. There is a website by Thomas Scharnowski in German (but can be translated) which details the old families of Schmiden. Rommel is one of them.My husbands ancestor is a Schnerring whose mother was Anna Rommel; a sister of the Generals grandfather and a Grand aunt to the Gen, thus making ( I think) him a fifth cousin. I have found all the family information by ordering the Lutheran Kirchenbuch through the LDS Family History Center. You can order them and put them on permanent loan at your nearest family history center for a reasonable fee. They show records back to the 1500s'. I hope you find this information helpful.Regards, Margie Scott