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Hallo, ich bin auf der Suche nach einer Familie Reisel oder Reissel aus Hirschberg, Schlesien. Mein Vorfahr Balthasar Reisel wird ca. 1625 erstmals in der Schweiz (Grüningen, Kanton Zürich) erwähnt. Da wir keinerlei andere Angaben über Eltern, Geschwister oder Geburts- und Taufdaten haben, ist eine Suche in den Kirchbüchern von Hirschberg sehr schwierig. Ich bin zwar auf verschiedene Einträge von Personen mit dem Namen Reisel/Reissel gestossen, konnte bisher aber keine sichere Verbindung zu Balthasar Reisel herstellen.

Hello,
Using FamilySearch.org, > Search > Catalog > input Hirschberg,
I think you want to select Germany, Preussen, Schlesian, Hirschberg. It yields 7 church records, digitized. But, a person has to go to their local Family History Center to view the microfilm using their computers.

Also, be advised that Hirschberg also gives the KREIS of Hirschberg, with many villages being listed.

Family History Centers locations:
https://www.familysearch.org/help/fhcenters/locations/

Wishing you much success, Walt

Thanks for the tip, Walt.I've already looked through the Hirschberg church records (they are available online). The problem is I don't have my ancestor's date of birth. I did find one Balthasar Reisel in Hirschberg that might fit the age. But I have no proof that it is actually "my" Balthasar. I have not yet found any documents about emigrants from that time either.
Greetings from Switzerland, Monika

Hello Monika,
After the 30 year war, 1618-1648, a few of my ancestors emigrated into Germany. Here is the URL to a report on one of them.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~bruetsch/bq ... nStein.pdf

About all you can do is document the various Reisel family groups in various places. A Y-DNA project (males only: DNA and surname track together) would give some information. BUT, it is expensive, takes a long time, frustrating due to lack of participation, and still needs a paper/records/data to confirm results. And new security rules have added to the difficulties.

Wishing you all the best, Walt