The Koberstein Surname Family Center

Your Koberstein Surname Resource Center

Certainly a critical area for research is the area of former Prussia ( now in Poland) are key to the research on the Koberstein Surname.  Therefore I give here links to the Poland GenWeb site.  Here is the Web site for the Posen (now in Poland), Prussia mailing list.  Also the Brandenburg , Prussia Home page.  Also a Web site for Neumark, which is the area east of the Oder river that became part of Poland after WWII.

Here is a great place to find towns, incouding maps, Jewish Shtetlseeker.

In the United States

For the Ludwig Koberstein line, areas of the USGenWeb; WIGenWeb of interest are Adams, Dane, Marquette, Milwaukee, Sauk, and Columbia Wisconsin counties; MNGenWeb; Goodhue, Rice, Lincoln ,and Lyon Minnesota counties ; ORGenWeb; Washington, Oregon counties.

For the H Karl Koberstein line areas of the USGenWeb; NEGenWeb of interest are Adams, Clay, and Madison, Nebraska counties

For the August Gustav Koberstein line areas of USGenWeb; NDGenWeb of interest are Morton, and Burleigh North Dakota counties.

Here is a great place to find original land grand records, BLM.

A great general source of information is Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Here are some specific sites with Koberstein information on them:

Eric Davison information on Ed, George, Marie, and Pearl Koberstien

The Rubey Family Tree in Minnesota Site with information on Bernette and Lyle Koberstein.

Harlan Koberstein born 26 APR 1946 (not a good link now)

Index to Homesteads in Clatsop County, Oregon, 1883-1894:  Koberstein, Kaspar

Arthur county, Nebraska surname page had great cencus information on various Koberstein families.

Greg Peterman's Ship "Osgood" Passenger List, Hans Georg Koberstein 1750 immigration.

H. W. Clark Home Page.

Adam Koberstein, Volkersleier, Germany

Opa Koberstein in Germany:

Here is a site with Koberstine from Hershfeld, Bayern, Germany with subsequent generations in the U.S. changing the name to Kober:

http://members.aol.com/ToddBolen/index.htm#TOC

Link to the Koberstine name in DuPage county Illinois: http://www.dcgs.org/surname/locale6.htm

Link to Joseph C. Kobby aka Koberstine who earned purple heart: http://www.dvrbs.com/GloucesterWW2-JosephCKobby.htm

Private First Class

U.S. Marine Corps

Entered the Service from: New Jersey

Died: January 6, 1944

Buried at: Plot F1864K

Beverly National Cemetery

Beverly NJ

Awards: Purple Heart

PRIVATE JOSEPH C. KOBBY was born Joseph C. Koberstine, on June 10, 1920.  He was survived by his parents, Charles and Ava Kobersteine, of 204 Nicholson Road, in the Gloucester heights section of Gloucester City NJ.