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Searching Ell for family

Searching for ancestors records in Luxembourg is easy. It is done in the main city and there are people there to help. You even get an archive library card after doing some searches. However, finding gravestones and other physical proof of ancestry proved to be much harder. It seems almost all the gravestones in the churches are not older than 150 years or less. The old ones left are put leaning against walls indicating some major disruptions at the churches, something I need to investigate further. But renting a car and driving through the countryside proved to be the best part of my visit to Luxembourg. It s very beautiful and organized and clean country though fairly expensive. I started searching Ell where my great great grandfather was born. In the end I found no traces of the either of my great great grandparents, the Strotzs. I highly recommend the village of Larochette. You will enjoy the myriad of cafés, restaurants, walking and hiking areas as well as old castles. I want to stay in this town on my next visit.

Beautiful countryside
Most likely the Strotz church
Insdie the small church
A larger church nearby
Nice pipe organ
This looks like a soft cheese but is actually an interesting favored cream cheese
A school separating girls and boys. The ranching word for young female horse definately comes from the French word for girl
That’s a pretty old Opel
The district office. This is where Japanese got the English translation (prefecture) from the Japanese word for something like a state, a KEN (県)。
The car I rented. My cheap small one was not available so Europecar upgraded me to a Mercedes.
Larochette where my great great grandmother was born
Beautiful windows
Most likely where my family went to church in Larochette
Enjoying the beautiful weather outside the church
The Grand Duchy palace
The road to ELL
Leaving Ell
Very well kept churches
I had nothing to confess except that my search in the hometowns turned up nothing on this trip
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