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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within Bavaria Who Chose To Be Featured
166. Mariannaadkins : My father was born 4/15/1965 to a woman named Elisabeth Schumacher. Her birthday is 7/9/1934. He was given up for adoption‚ and brought to the US. My father has stated "Catholic faith. Min book number 2856. Dr. Georg Bubb was the notary for the adoption. I was born out of wedlock and was turned over to the City Youth Welfare Office‚ as my public guardian‚ on 7-28-1965 and consent was given for adoption at that time." Lat Adkins Sr. and Loretta Adkins of Kentucky‚ USA‚ adopted him.
167. MikeRosiere1969 : My birth name is Peter Marco Busch born feb 10 1969 was adopted in 1972 from orphanage in germany. Mothers name in records is sylvia baum nee busch. looking for any information about my birth family.
168. ManuelaMSpranger1963 : My name at birth is Manuela Spranger. My birth mother’s name is Berta Spranger nee Wass. I have another sister adopted in 1961 named Claudia. A Katherine posted her mother Claudia was looking for Berta Spranger and I am that other adopted sister. I have been in close contact with Berta and the Wass family have visited several times. I have photos and videos of our brothers and other sister Margit. I live in Texas. While talking with my nephew he confirmed the information on Claudia. Contact me.
Your search is finally over! I am here and you can now talk with other family members. Thank you Katherine for helping your mother.
169. April03 : im helping my stepmother find birth parents or sibling‚ she was born 7/1959 whindham orphanage her name at birth was Christina a schmid. was born in Germany with mother named anna schmid we do believe her mother now has a new last name the place has shut down and all information is in german.
170. Sweetanglbab : 1. Birth Record
Name: Burkhard Siegfried Fritzsche
Born: 31 December 1957
Place: Söcking‚ Landkreis Starnberg‚ Bavaria‚ Germany
Mother: Marianne Christa Fritzsche‚ born 12 November 1926 in Freital (Kreis Dresden)
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran
Father: Not listed — likely not declared at birth.
Registrar’s entry: Standesamt Söcking‚ Birth Register Nr. 1/1958
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2. Baptism Record (Taufschein)
Church: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Gilching (Oberbayern)
Date of baptism: 15 June 1958
Godparents:
Rudolf Sieber‚ worker‚ Starnberg
Marianne Pusch‚ housewife‚ Gilching
Confirms residence of mother in Baierbrunn near Munich.
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3. Adoption Documents
Date: 4 January 1960
Notary: Dr. Hanns-Georg Bühler‚ Munich
Mother: Marianne Christa Fritzsche‚ cook helper‚ residing Schwanthalerstraße 85/1‚ Munich
Child: Burkhard Siegfried Fritzsche (same as birth record)
Adoptive couple: An American couple listed under City Juvenile Office Munich‚ record number 196/59.
Consent: Mother gave irrevocable permission for adoption and emigration with the couple.
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4. U.S. Records
Adoptive father: Charles Sidney De Shong‚ born 30 Aug 1925‚ Braddock‚ Pennsylvania‚ U.S. Army.
Adoptive mother: Likely Jean Bartley De Shong.
Adopted son: Listed as “Burkhard S. De Shong (Socking‚ Germany)” on U.S. Army personal history forms.
Address: Ft Huachuca‚ Arizona.
Indicates adoption completed under U.S. supervision via Munich juvenile office and U.S. Army channels.
Robert Martell Sr. → your biological grandfather
Your father → his son (born 1957 in Germany‚ adopted by the DeShongs)
Robert Martell Jr. → your biological uncle (another son of Robert Sr.)
Sharyon Diaz → your half-aunt (Robert Sr.’s daughter by another mother)
Travis Martell → Robert Jr.’s son → your first cousin once removed
171. AmandaLeigh85 : My name is Amanda. My adopted mother was Tina Dorraine Taylor (maiden name) and was named Manuela Rueckel at birth and was born to Theresia Rueckel at birth. She was adopted by a military family stationed in Germany in 1967.
172. Dmcmunn99 : I was born to Rosalia Schuhmertl in Munich Germany in 1968. My birth name was Gerhardt. I live in the US now. Looking for info on my mom. She was from Salzburg.
173. Kathy84 : We were born in wurzburg Germany at the military base hospital. My sister's name is/was Mary. She was adopted by an officer in the the military/army and his wife was a school teacher.
174. Chanondorf : I am searching on behalf of my wonderful mother-in-law who has been searching for her birth mother for many years.
Her birth name was Birgit Gerth in 1959. Adopted name Sabina Kakerbeck.
Birth mother's name was Ute Gerth and was young mother.
Father's name is Volker.
She was born and adopted in Germany.
Adopted to Frances and Ursula Kakerbeck within same year.
175. Ninabug04 : Hello
My father Dennis Lowell Schiebe or Schiebe was adopted from Germany somewhere between 1963 to 1968. His adopted parents were Meta Frohlich Schiebe and Lowell Eugene Schiebe
Also. Last name Schiebe was once possibly changed from Scheibe to Schiebe
I would love to help him find his biological family
176. ClaudiaMichaela : Dirk Michael Peter ...... ‚ Nachname vor Adoption : Melcher‚ geboren in Lindau Bodensee‚ jetzt wohnhaft im Raum Wien (Österreich) wird von seiner Schwester gesucht.
177. LeilanieLee : I have mothers name as born to Mrs. Karin Anna Albertine Schlingloff bee Sotje at the time unmarried residing in Sachsenbande‚ County Steinburg gave birth to Christina Sotje (my name today is (Leilanie Lee Parrish) on March 23‚1970 at 5:07am recorded upon Municipal Hospitals Nurnberg.
Birth of mother is: February 23. 1947.
Father of the child is Herbert Josef Frey residing in Burnberg Kilianstr born March 14‚ 1942. He conceded to be the father. I was name changed and possibly adopted near then 8520 Erlangen‚ Johann-Kaleb-Strase February 24‚ 1972 and February 29‚1972
Birth Certificate Nuremberg city clerk ( I am reading translations)
Addition information: I was represented by Children’s Services of the City of Nurnberg and March 26‚ 1971 given their express consent to adoption agreement.
District Court in Nurnberg
I found out I was adopted after my mother who raised me passed away. I have been looking for quite some time and hope to gather any advice or leads to any family members.
178. RaineyAllTheTime : My son did a 23 and me and discovered that I have a sister born from my mother Gloria Yvonne Hammer (Hagenlock at the time and presumably not Lester Hagenlock) and given up for adoption in Germany. If she wishes to talk I’m certainly available.
180. ZoranGligic : Hallo‚
ich bin Zoran Gligic. Ich wurde als Baby mit einem Jahr von der Familie Bauer in FÜRTH adoptiert.
Aus Erzählung weiss ich das es wohl so war das Mein Vater wollte das ich zur Adoption freigegeben wurde. Wie alles genau vorsich ging weiss ich nicht.
Ich lebte bis zu meinem 14.Lebensjahr bei Fam.Bauer ( Sie hatten mit mir noch 2 Pflegekinder (Mädchen ‚ Junge).
Mit 14 wurde ich gesetzlich wieder von meinem Vater und seiner damaligen Frau (nicht meine Mutter) zurückgeholt und lebte von da an mit 5 halbgeschwistern (4 jungs /1 Mädchen) in Ludwigsburg (Baden Würrttemberg).
Leiblicher Vater hiess NENAD GLIGIC (inzwischen gestorben)
Leibliche Mutter SLOBODANKA MIRKOV (hat evtl.neu geheiratet und anderen Namen/Tod oder lebendig weiss ich nicht).
Mein Wunsch wäre es einfach meine Mutter einmal zu sehen‚ ohne Erwartungen um Fragen zu klären die lange in meinem Kopf sind.
Hello, I am Zoran Gligic. I was adopted as a baby—at the age of one—by the Bauer family in Fürth. From what I have been told, it seems that my father was the one who wanted me to be given up for adoption. I do not know exactly how the whole process unfolded. I lived with the Bauer family until I was 14 years old (they were also fostering two other children—a girl and a boy—alongside me). At 14, I was legally reclaimed by my father and his wife at the time (who is not my biological mother); from then on, I lived with five half-siblings (four boys and one girl) in Ludwigsburg (Baden-Württemberg). My biological father’s name was Nenad Gligic (he has since passed away); my biological mother’s name is Slobodanka Mirkov (she may have remarried and taken a different name; I do not know whether she is alive or deceased). My simple wish is to see my mother just once—without any expectations—in order to resolve questions that have been on my mind for a long time.
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