I'm Looking For Info And Photo's Of The Hofmann,Huffman's,Hoffman's That Lived In Eisern,Germany.
The Names I Have Is Henrich Hofmann,Tillman Hofmann,Heilman Hofmann,Dietrich Hofmann, Tillman Hofmann & Wife Catherine Hermann,Johanns Hoffman/Gertrude Reichman,John Henry Huffman/Maria Sabina Folg(Volk),Fredrich Huffman/Mary Banks,Then My 6th Great Grandmother Mary Huffman(She Married George Kays).
Johannes Hofmann Was Born Abt 1663 In Eisern,Germany And Married Gertrude Reichman,He Died 1737.
Looking For Anything Documents And Photo's.
A Lady Gave Me A Wesite(www.germanna.com) And I Found Johanns Hofmann & Gertrude Reichman Home In Germany.
Its A Very Good Site,But Still Looking For More Info And Photo's.
Please Help.
Contact Me At gogetter54@yahoo.com
Thanks Debbie

the list of names you mention is my family tree .so we must be related along the way......my name is ken huffman....johannes is my great grandfather 5 times removed ....he came from germany to virginia around 1720.....his first wife died giving birth and the baby was stillborn that was 1729....there first child was born in virginia in 1722 so i'm guessing they got to america around 1720......anyway the last name was spelled hofmann in germany but soon as his children were born there last name was spelled like mine huffman although some of the childrens are spelled hofmann by the second american generation they were all spelled huffman.....i met a german history teacher who claims that germans spell my last name huffman and german jews spell it hofmann....so we may have a jewish connection though i have only that one teachers opinion....i also noticed when doing searches on ancestry i find alot of my relatives easier when i change the soundex to jewish instead of german.....dont know if any of this helps but it is interesting......johannes is connected to a tree on ancestry called "the clans of madison county "...if that helps...you have to ask permission for acess i just did i had to give this guy gary from texas my email so he could send me the acess code....he asked my connection to the clans of madison county and when i told him he gave me acess....try contacting him he may be able to help you

Nice To meet You Ken,Cousin
I Agree With You On One Person's Opinion.
It Does Help,I'll Give It A Try,I've Never Checked Madison Co,But I Know Now,I'll look Up That Info You Gave Me And See If I Can Find It.
Ken,Have You Ever Gotten The Hoffman's Books,I Got Two Of Them No 3 & 5 Which My Family Is In There.
I Come Off Of This Line,
Henrich Hofman
Tillman Hofman
Heilman Hofman
Tillman/Anna ? Hofman
Dietrich Hofman
Tillman Hoffman/Catherine Herman
Johanns Hoffman/Gertrude Reichman
John Henry Huffman/Maria Sabina Folg(Volk)
Fredrick Huffman/Mary Banks
Mary Huffman/George Kays(My 5th Great Grandparents)
Ken,I'm Looking For Any Info And Photo's On This Family,That The Books Don't Say Or Have,Getting Info In Germany Is Gonna Be Hard.
If You Want You Can Email Me At gogetter54@yahoo.com
Thanks Debbie

thats my family...positive....because the german immigrants came to america through an agreement with the royalty of england...and remember....england owned america at the time.....because of this the migration of johanne hofmann....who later while in america was referred to as john hoffman and then later john huffman..was well documented....in fact theres a groupm tree on ancestry.com called "the clans of madison county:" and your part of that clan....you have to ask for access to there tree which i have already have done....there are photos ,documents...maps.....its amazing...like i said...because the colony of madison county...earlier called.."germanna"..was commissioned by the royalty of england to make a settlement there and mine for silver,its well documented...more so then most settlements of that time...so were blessed with having access to 230 years of our ancesters records and documents of how they settled america......go to ancestry.com and look up the clans of madison county and ask to be aloud to explore...you will be asked how your related...answer with whatever you know and they will send you an email allowing you access.....good luck and stay in touch

Hi kenny4766,

excuse me that I come into your discussion, but the spelling of the Hofmann's name is rather a qustion of the region, where the person lived, than of the religion. There is no jewish, catholique or protestant spelling. If you go to www.verwandte.de, you will see, that the name Hofmann apears mostly in the southern part of Germany and the name Hoffmann in the northern.

Greetings from Germany

Felix Hofmann

well thank you felix....as i stated...i was told this from a man who was a german history teacher who i admittidley aknowledge was only one source claiming this ....so now we have an opposing viewpoint....would like to hear from anyone else who could clear this up

I too have all these in my family history. I am convinced that they were Jewish converts. My mom told me that her family were practicing Jews who came over under the guise of Quakers or the German Reformed Church. Most accepted Messiah but they never let go of the Jewish ways; which is the way it supposed to be. I too am a Jewish believer in Yeshua HaMaschiach. We do not believe the Torah has been abolished but Magnified:

Isaiah 42:21 "For HIS righteous sake HE CAME TO MAGNIFY THE TORAH".........this means to make it more binding.......

We also have Reichmann and Brues in our trees as well. These are very well know Jewish names.......

Hi Nancy,

Do you have a male HOFFMAN in the Family Tree DNA project? That would be interesting. I don't think we are Jewish, since the records in Germany are in the German Reformed Churches, but it would make an interesting twist in the tree. My brother is in the FTDNA Hoffman project, as well as the Germanna one. His name is Craig.

Donna Hoffman Schultheiss
Victoria, TX

I have a pic of Susanna Hoofman on my tree, Pudder Family tree, it's open.