History :

All this began during my adolescence, as Daddy gave me the genealogical records my grandfather made in 1941.
Like many Alsace-Moselle residents during World War II, the occupying forces compelled him to prove his ancestry.
The compulsory documents were birth and marriage certificate, from the wife to each grandparents, and a baptismal certificate if there was no special mention of religion on the above.

I joined the Cercle Genealogique de Moselle-Est in the 1990's, and thanks to the work of Dr. Hein in his records on Keskastel, I could trace my family up to my forefather Johannes, born abt. 1663, who was schoemaker (Schumacher) in Keskastel. Where did he come from ?
What brought him to settle down in this charming village of the "hunch-backed Elsass" (Krumme Elsass) ? I still don't know.

There were a few known elements :

* no Schauber in Keskastel in the records of 1600,
* the family history spoke about Switzerland,
* some Schauber went to Herbitzheim, next to Keskastel,
* in 1989, about 55 Schauber listed on Minitel (French electronic white pages).

I was there in my research, as I came to Internet in july 1996.

Like most of the beginners, one of my first task was to try the search engines. I typed SCHAUBER in the search window.

What a surprise ! The result was amazing for me : 143 hits on my surname ! You'll find now much more in the links (on the left of this page). My research bounced, and my tracking area came up to 2 continents.

My aim : to connect all the Schauber's genealogical trees, and find their geographical origin.

You can imagine what follows : records, email,"cousins", friends.

We are now more than 10 Schauber on the web, and some of them steady in genealogy. Thanks to all for their involvement, and specially to Claude.

We are far away from the final target, but let's hope. Our database counts more than 700 Schauber records, from the 15th century until nowadays. We have some trees, bushes, a lot of branches, and more growth of leaves...

If you need more information, or if you have SCHAUBER in your ancestry, thanks to send me an E-Mail. I would be glad hearing from you...