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Welcome to the SAUBER section of the Kyle Family History Page. The contents of the pages on this part of the web site represent branches of just the SAUBER side of our family. There has been research done on the other branches as well. For the KYLE ancestry, click here, on the links on the first pedigree chart, or contact me directly. For the HARRIS side of the family click here, on the links on the first pedigree chart, or contact me directly. There has also been extensive research done on branches of the Nay family with many branches traced into the 1600's or earlier. For the Nay family, click here, or go to the first pedigree chart. Anyone wishing to correspond with me on these family lines or any of the others should contact me directly.
These pages are a "work in progress" and there will be continual corrections, additions and updates. I would welcome any suggestions, additions or corrections you would care to make. The data here represents 35 years of my personal research. Because of time and space constraints the data on this site will be just a small portion of the data and history about these familes that I have. I will be adding documents in the future that I feel give credence or substance to my research and the family's history. If you have any questions about any other data I may have on particular families please contact me.
National Arms of Luxembourg
Gobels-Sauber House 1840's
(This is a photo of the painting that hangs inside the Gobels-Sauber house in Steinheim
today. The house was built in the 1750's with a thatched roof as shown. It is the ancestral
home of our Sauber family)
Gobels-Sauber House 2004
(This is a current photo of how the Gobels-Sauber house looks today in Steinheim,
Luxembourg. In the 1840's a law was passed in Luxembourg outlawing thatched roofs
because of the fire hazard. The new roof line shown in this photo was probably added
in the 1850's.)
Standing: Cheryl Ann Kyle Smith, Nancy Kay Appley Kyle Stickler
Seated: Virginia Marian Nay Kyle Jones, Richard Norman Kyle
I would warn the researcher to understand that the data on these pages is not perfect. They are full of errors and ommisions that hopefully we will be able to correct in the future with better data. It is my belief that a genealogy is never completed or ever 100% correct in what it presents. I am constantly finding new data and new relatives that change what we previously thought was right about a family. The data shown here is just a "snapshot in time" of where I am at right now in my research and should be treated as such.
The indexes and titles under photos are by the woman's maiden name. The numbering system on family pages is the Henry method. To determine the next generation back, simply take the last digit off of the person's assigned number and then look for the resulting number to find the parents. The researcher looking at these web pages needs to understand some peculiarities of Luxembourg naming patterns. Prior to the start of civil registration in Luxembourg, births and baptisms may have been recorded under several different last names. Children may have had their records recorded with their father's last name, their mother's last name, one of their grandmother's last names, the house name where they lived or the name of the town they came from. You will find families where the children's records show up to four last names. To add to the confusion, the first and last names changed from French to German presentation depending on who the scribe was. This means a last name like Dominici in French presentation becomes Sondagh (Sontag) in the German. First names changed from Jean to Johann, Theodorus to Deitrich, etc. The records on this site use the name as recorded for each individual as shown on their birth or christening record.
I have many old photos of the family and these will be on the site as I have time to get them scanned. I would welcome any photos of the older members of the family that you are willing to send me.
I hope you enjoy what I have here and it will prove to be of value to you in finding out more about your own family ancestry.
Best Regards, Richard Kyle
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