I have ancestors >from Furth named STUTTGARTER and STETTEN. Thanks to the help of various people, I have received /found a lot of information on those two lines of ancestors.
On the STUTTGARTER side, my ancestor Isaac STUTTGARTER was born in Stuttgart in 1800. His father was Samuel Seligman (STUTTGARTER) born in Stuttgart in 1771. His father was named Isaac. They moved to Furth where they were jewelers and as far as I understand Isaac became the head of the community of Furth.
Mr Hoffman was someone to help me and believes that around 1795 Samuel Seligmann was accepted as Court Jew in Stuttgart by the Duke of W=FCrttemberg.
I have ordered the document appointing him as a court Jew >from the archives. The 1804 directory shows him as "Hofjud (Court Jew) Seligmann.
If I am writing today it is because I cannot read the document which is written in Old German and comprises various documents/letters. If someone would have some time to read it and tell me if there is anything of interest on my family I would be happy to forward the document. I have learned that only a few jews were authorized to live in Stuttgart in the 18 the century and there was a very prominent family there : thecSELIGMANN and the KAULA. I was wondering whether my ancestor Samuel Seligman would be related to the SELIGMANN family I can provide more information if anyone is interested.
Best regards, Joelle Meyer in France Joelle.meyer24@...
