Muglers in Weislingen

by Adam Muckler
(Edina, Minnesota, USA)

Hello,

I have recently been researching my genealogy and learned that my great-great-great-grandfather Frederick Mugler (later changed to Muckler) was born in Weislingen in 1833 and immigrated to the United States in (I believe) 1848 eventually settling in Iowa 1867.

His first wife, Elizabeth Wiltamuth, was born in the United States to parents Nicholas and Christina Wiltamuth who also immigrated from Weislingen to the United States in 1839.

Frederick Mugler's father, Adam Mugler was born in Weislingen in 1803 and died there in 1837. Adam Mugler's father was Mathias Mugler who died in Weislingen in 1809.

I was just wondering if there were any graves left in Weislingen for Adam or Mathias Mugler or their spouses?

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Weislingen Alsace France
by: Suzele

Hi Adam,

Maybe. I can't say without going and looking ;-)

Small villages like Weislingen (and I'm referring to the Weislingen in Alsace, France - not other Weislingens in Germany or Switzerland) might have left older graves in place.

Those graves might have been turned into larger graves for the whole family line (if anyone chose to not leave the area).

On my Alsace Ancestry Adventure tours, I've definitely seen older graves from the 1800s - especially in smaller villages.

I've done plenty of tours in that area of Alsace - so you have a decent chance of finding something.

But no guarantees.

But there is so much more to find besides gravestones.

The church where your family married and christened or baptized the children.

Actual houses they might have lived in - and sometimes I've found actual houses that belonged to the family in the past.

What their village life was like.

If you're looking for older records, sometimes you can find them (and you can sometimes find them online too - which means you can look at them now).

Sometimes we find descendants or relatives from the same family line still living in the village or nearby.

You never know what you'll find ;-)

At least that's been my experience over the past 20+ years here doing this.

Good luck with your research,
Suzele

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