Paul encouraged me to post some information about my upcoming trip in February. I'm going to Germany again. I'll be traveling in a car instead of a bus this time! I'll be visiting Sindolsheim, where the Zeisset family lived from 1851-1864. This was a stop on the August tour that we had to cut because we ran out of time. I'll visit Darstadt and the church at Winterhausen where the Isaak Zeisset family lived from 1888 to around 1900. Lizzie Zeisset Weller, George Weller and Jake Zeisset also lived there with Isaak Zeisset and his family. I'll also go to Waldenburg. Johanna Epp Zeisset (grandmother of our 6 immigrant Zeissets) died at Fasanenmühle which is at the base of the hill atop which the town of Waldenburg sits. This is just a little north of Schwäbisch Hall. While the church records there were destroyed in the last days of WWII in 1945, I may be able to find some information at the City hall.
Believe it or not, I'm not tired of researching yet! I've discovered lots of things since our trip. One of the most interesting things I've learned concerns Lydia Zeisset. She was the granddaughter of Johannes Zeisset (married to Elisabetha Baer of Niedersteinach where the whole town came out to meet us...). Lydia was in some way handicapped, perhaps mentally ill, and was among the first of the "behinderte" (handicapped) people killed by the Nazis. I'll be visiting Grafeneck where Lydia died. Lydia was a cousin of our 6 immigrant Zeissets.
Naturally I'll have photos and hopefully more stories to tell...