Finger Family Genealogical DatabaseLast Update 02/11/2020

Lutheran parish records via Ulrich Stöhr:
"If I haven't done it before - I don't think so - here is the name of Jost Finger's (very) probable father: Samuel Finger, mentioned in 1609 and 1630 among the inhabitants of Bottendorf (There is nearly no doubt that he is the 'oldest' forefather, born abt. 1570/80)." from a letter dated Feb. 17, 1987 from Ulrich Stöhr.

"...Samuel Finger entered on the task of a trout- and bird-catcher under land-grave Ludwig IV of Hessia-Marburg in 1599. Whereas in the official certificate of appointment he is called 'Samuell Finger vonn Mindenn' in the summary his more precisely describe as 'Samuell Finger von Minden under den von Dhalwig' (that means: S. Finger from M. under those of D.). The original certificate is kept in the Hessian State archive in Marburg still showing the hand-writing of Samuel Finger himself. Although in 1599 it's not explicitly said that Samuel Finger lived in Bottendorf there's hardly any doubt that he is identical with the first Finger in Bottendorf of the same christian name. There's just the small problem to integrate his son Thomas into the pedigree. Thomas is mentioned in 1599 as an assistant of his father. So he must have been at least confirmated and thus not younger than about 12 years. That means further that Samuel should be born not later than 1567. Thomas might have been his oldest child, maybe out of a first wedlock. Jost Finger thence could have been a child by a second wife, born years later. At last in old accounts of Bottendorf's ecclesiastical money-chest preserved also in the State Archive mentioned above and become known to me some years ago there's a further member of the Finger family named about the year 1630. Christoph Finger then payed a trifling tribute to the 'chest'- as successor of Samuel and predecessor of Jost Finger. Is this Christoph Finger member of a generation to be inserted between Samuel and Jost - or is he just a brother of Jost - maybe a brother who died in younger years? You see: it has come movement into the elder Finger genealogy - and perhaps we'll get to some new results in the future." letter 27 Jan 1997

"I guess I have told You about the origin of this kindred from the village Muenden in the former dominion Lichtenfels north of Frankenberg. And there is something new about your ancestress Anna Maria wife resp. widow of Jost Finger, who was buried in Bottendorf October 6th 1685." in a letter 26 Sept 1999

In a letter from Frederick J. Finger of Menifee, CA, received Mar 2, 2007, "Samuel Finger, around 1600 because of his faith, was 'cast out from' the area of Trier, (possibly nearer to Cochem) and with a group of Evangelists wandered North along the Mosel River. It is in Bottendorf that a record of him was found. (Occupation: Teichmeister) * c. 1580 + c. 1640 married - date and to whom, not known at this time
Children: Jost * c. 1610" - John Vanko

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