The Wolf and Hertmut

A neighbor, Willi Wolflinger, who actually met and remembers my great grandfather on the left, and my guide and local historian Hertmut Schiffler on the right.

Hinterland

November 20th 2007
Niederlinxweiler, outside St. Wendel, Saarland, DE (updated September 2014) Seven years after my travels I still look back at my visit to NLX fondly, particularly one story which I hope I'm not repeating. This story was told to me by Willie Wolflinger, the longtime neighbor of the Jakob Neu farmhouse, nicknamed the Fox House for reasons unknown. When Willie was young, about 8 years or so, h ... read more

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18th January 2012

Jim Shiffler
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Family Genealogy
I would welcome the opportunity to exchange any information regarding the Neu's and contact information for Hertmut Schiffler as both are surnames for my direct relatives that ventured from Neiderlinxweiler to the North American colonies in the mid-1700's.

29th September 2014

Father Neu
Peter Neu

NLX
Hi Jim, sorry not to see this for 2.5 years. I just wrote you. I hope we get in touch.

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