I recently returned from a trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City with the Genealogical Society of Kendall County. My goal was to find some of my German ancestors. The Schütz family has been on my mind because I have been filling out the application for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Not being able to read German or German script I didn’t have high hopes of really finding anything. I did have a German script chart and practiced writing Schütz until I was able to recognize it. So armed with the name of the town, the German script chart, dates and names, I began my search. After looking at several microfilm reels that I thought were the correct ones and weren’t, I was ready to give up. I changed my mind and searched the catalog again and that’s when I found reel 2003138. Not only was I able to recognize the name Schütz but the recorder had wonderful handwriting and didn’t write totally in German script! Bless him! The first person I found was Friedrich Wilhelm Schütz.. He was the child the family said died before they came to Texas. He was born 19 January 1841 to Friedrich Ludwig Schütz and Maria Margaretha the daughter of Johannes Peter Held! (Woo hoo! another generation!) The birth was recorded in the church book from Kirburg, village of Langenbach, Amt. Hachenburg. The birth, marriage, and death records were on the same reel and I was able to find Friedrich Wilhelm death record. He died 7 October 1842. Love it when I can find records to match what the family has been saying all along!!
Birth Record for Friedrich Wilhelm Schütz
Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, Evangelische Dirche Kirburg (Oberwesterwaldkreis) Book II:62, 1830-1841; FHL microfilm 2,003,138.
Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, Evangelische Dirche Kirburg (Oberwesterwaldkreis) Book III:136, 1842-1851; FHL microfilm 2,003,138.
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