Schreib Genealogyand why I am trying to collect all the Schreib information I can...The family name Schreib is not very common. It has also been known to be written as Schreip (Schreib and Schreip are pronounced almost identically in German).I am descended from a line of Schreib folk who came from the town of Wilsnack, in an area known as Prignitz in the state of Brandenburg, Germany formely Prussia. Since 1928 Wilsnack has been an official spa town and so its name became Bad Wilsnack (pronounced 'But Vilsnuck'). Four generations are accociated with the town of Wilsnack and surrounding towns of Perleberg and Blandikow and then in the late 1800's, some of the family dispersed, some went to other places within Germany and four siblings (August Schreib, Otto Schreib, Anna Schreib and Karl Schreib, went to the USA, and Karl (my great grandfather) later went on to South Africa. Their tree is documented at http://tree.mixmox.com I know that parts of the family were still in Bad Wilsnack in 1934 because Karl went back for a golden wedding anniversary and visited family in Bad Wilsnack. I am descended from Karl Schreib who went to South Africa and most of my family still lives there but I now live in the USA and I have managed to trace the decendents of Otto Schreib. Anna Schreib settled in Hoboken, NJ, and is believed to have married a Paul Schwarz producing four sons, and she is believed to have later married a Mr. Wunderlich. Karl and his wife and daughter visited them in 1901. According to the Ellis Island records, another SCHREIB couple - Karl and Augusta - visited Anna + Paul Schwartz at 96 Adams Street, Hoboken 13 February 1905. I would like to know who this Karl Schreib was... What happened to August Schreib is unknown. He is said to have gone to Chicago. When looking at Schreib records in the USA I find that there are two large clusters centered around Rochester, NY. One of these lines is from Liepen, Mecklenburg, Germany. Mecklenburg is adjacent to Brandenburg and it is not yet known if this line is related to my line. There is another set of Schreib people in Illinios. Some of this group are linked back to Perleberg and Gross Linden (Groß Linden) which is only about 8 miles from Bad Wilsnack. I wonder if August went to Chicago because he already had relatives there? There is also another small tree fragment of Schreib people in Billerica, MA with links back to New York. I am now in contact with a few people from that tree! Because the name is so uncommon and because so many seem to come from the same small area in Germany, I suspect that many are closely related and so I have decided to try and collect all the information I can in order to try and piece all the information together. If you are a Schreib or are related in any way, I would be very keen to hear from you. You can email me at schreib@mixmox.com Please be assured that my interest is purely for private genealogical research only and has no commercial aspect. I am also sensitive to privacy issues and I do not place details of people who may still be living on the web. If you have an interest in your own ancestry you may find that I can provide information on your tree going back to 1763! An interesting referenceI have a copy of a publication called: "Der Familienname Schreib-Schreip und sein Vorkommen in der Prignitz in älterer Zeit" von W. Schreip in "Unsere Prignitz 5", 1929, 38. Seite 149-151.The title means: The surname Schreib-Schreip and its origins in the Prignitz in olden times. A quote from this publication: In der Zeit von 1540 bis 1686 etwa finden den Familiennamen hauptsächlich in den Dörfern um Perleberg herum: Rohlsdorf, Lübzow, Groß Linde, Kreuzburg; in neuerer Zeit auch in anderen Dörfern Which means: From 1540 through 1686 the surname was found mainly in the towns around Perleberg: Rohlsdorf, Lübzow, Groß Linde, Kreuzburg, recently also in other towns... What do we know at present?Major breakthough!In December 2006 I was contacted by Aimee who said that her mother Michelle was a Schreib and had a big Schreib tree. I begged for a copy and Michelle very kindly sent me a copy of the tree. What a treasure! It is huge and goes back to the 1600s and included not only my family but also numerous other Schreib tree fragments that I had collected over the years. As of January 2007 I still have not worked through all the data that is on the chart. The chart was constructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by a Siegfried Schreib in Germany. I found his telephone number in the German telephone directory and called his house, but unfortunatly he is in hospital and will be for some time. Schreib people known to be related to me can be browsed at http://tree.mixmox.comAll my other Schreib data for people who are no longer alive can be browsed at http://www.gencircles.com/users/daleschultz/6 Details of people why may still be living are not visible. The data set contains multiple tree fragments which have not been connected with each other or my line. The Rochester ine starts with Carl Schreib (later known as Charles) and Christine (later known as Crystal). The Illinois line descends from Charles Schreib and Caroline Wendt (originally from Perleberg and Gross Linde). The Billerica line starts with Harry Schreib and Pearl Thorp Werner Schreib (1925-1969) was a well recognized German artist. Through this page I have been contacted by his daughter and now have information on his line that originates from Berlin. other sites with Schreib information There is a Schreib forum at Ancestry.com Berlin address booksSince many of the Schreib families drifted to Berlin I have been extracting all the Schreib entries from the Berlin address books. Please see the Schreibs in Berlin page I have dedicated to that effort.Telephone book entriesThe following Schreib names are listed for Perleberg as of 2004-11-16 (http://www.telefonbuch.de)If you are one of these people, please make contact - I am sure you can fill in some of the Schreib puzzle: 19348 Perleberg, Tannenhof 2 19348 Groß Linde, Landstr. 5 19348 Perleberg, Friedrichstr. 33A 19348 Perleberg, Reetzer Str. 15 19348 Perleberg, Friedrichstr. 33 19348 Groß Linde, Landstr. 5 19348 Perleberg, Heinrich-Heine-Str. 43D 19348 Perleberg, Norderstedter Str. 2 19348 Perleberg, Norderstedter Str. 2 19348 Perleberg, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 5 19348 Perleberg, Tannenhof 2 California Death Index
US world War I registration entriesName, date of birth (m/d/y), place of birthAcknowledgementsI would like to thank all those who have shared data with me in any way.Wilsnack history and GenealogyAs a result of the Schreib research I also started collecting genealogical data for Wilsnack and the surrounding area and you can see a snapshot at Wilsnack history and GenealogySchreib mapI have started making a map showing how the various Schreib lines moved from place to place. The green line is my line, the blue line is the Rochster set.View Schreib Map Updated 26 April 2010 Dale Schultz This page can be found at http://schreib.mixmox.com |