We have compiled most of our research results in book format. The sources on which
our results are based are found in pages 343-650 of the book. From these sources,
we have compiled (1) three lists of Vornkahls centered in Nettlingen, Berel, and
the United States, (2) charts showing genealogical relationships in each the three
lists, and (3) a number of accounts of Vornkahls in Germany and the United States.
Additional information on the organization of the book is found in pages 1-4 (see
below for a link to this and other sections of the book).
“Vornkahl. A Record of the Family Name, 1406-1906,” by Roy A. Johnson and Ulrich
H. Schröder,
© 2010 - 2017.
Sections of the book can be opened from this page by clicking on the desired pages
listed below.
Pages 272-290. Vornkahl Stories and Photographs of Germany
tory (Incomplete)
Pages 5-82. List of Vornkahls (Nettlingen, Hoheneggelsen, Dingelbe, Hackenstedt,
Nordassel, etc. etc.)
Pages 83-110. Charts of Vornkahls, Nettlingen, Hoheneggelsen, Dingelbe, Hackenstedt,
etc.
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Pages 111-134. List and Charts of Vornkahls (Berel, Grasdorf, Muden an der Aller,
and others)
The following describes how one might reference the sources given in the book, “Vornkahl.”
If you wish to give a citation for the date of marriage of Johanne Marie Elisabeth
Vornkahl and Johann Hennig Brandes, the first step is to look up the name Johanne
Marie Elisabeth Vornkahl in the list of Vornkahls in Nettlingen. Under her name
in the list, find the date of marriage and the source for the marriage - the source
reference is found on the right-hand side of the page in square brackets and, in
this example, is [1513]. Step two is to look up [1513] in the “Sources” section
of the book (it is on page 483). Step three is to find the the parish book from
which the source is derived. This is done by slowly paging backward until the title
of the parish book is found (also on page 483 in this example). The source is: “Verzeichniss
der Copulirten und Aufgebotenen bei der lutherischen Kirche und Gemeinde zu Nettlingen
und Helmersen vom 1sten Januar 1803 bis __.” (English translation: “Record of Marriages
and Marriage Banns in the Lutheran Church and Parish of Nettlingen and Helmersen
from 1 Jan 1803 to __.”) Choose the language you wish for the citation and add the
page number given in the source; in this case p. 10(11).
Notes: (a) There is an underlined space __ in the title of the source book because
the closing date for the book was never entered into the book. (b) The page has
two numbers, 10(11); p. 10 is the original hand written page number and p. 11 is
a stamped page number. Not all of the original record books have both hand written
and stamped page numbers.
The citation to this source (in English) then will be: Record of Marriages and Marriage
Banns in the Lutheran Church and Parish of Nettlingen and Helmersen from 1 Jan 1803
to __, p. 10(11).
Pages 214-215. Ernst Adolph Friedrich Wilhelm Vornkahl, New York and Connecticut
Page 184. Carl Vornkahl, Illinois and California
Pages 236-260. Johann Heinrich Christian and Ernst Vornkahl’s Family in Germany
