There were certainly small rural Jewish communities in neighboring Baden in the 18th century, so I believe there would have been Jewish communities in Wurttemberg as well. My own HOFMANN ancestors, go

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My GGGM Maria Schnurmann (maiden name) lived 1800 to 1881, in Schmieheim, Baden, and is buried in the Schmieheim Jewish cemetery. She is not listed in the town records as having a husband. If she had

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My maternal family roots are in Schmieheim, near Karlsruhe. My great-great-grandmother Karolina Hofmann (born Schnurmann) had two brothers Joseph (born 1821) and Joshua (born 1821) who emigrated and s

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