Germany and German Ancestry

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Comment by Lisa on May 13, 2012 at 5:45am

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I have stumbled upon a German directory.  I blew up the portion of my ancesters.  Radue.

 

Carl, Schloffer, Lichtenbg., Maximillianftr, 23.  

Above is Ferdinand, Schloffer, N 20 Bechliner Str, 6 II.

 

I believe Ferdinand is Carl's father.   Does anyone know what Schloffer means??

Comment by H Girdley on May 12, 2012 at 7:49pm

Have ancestors from Elsoff (Seigen-Wittgenstein)? Let me know by responding to this post - I'm trying to compile a roster of those who emigrated from Elsoff to America.  I've also set-up an Elsoff cemetery in FindAGrave. 

Comment by Catherine Davis on May 12, 2012 at 7:40pm

A good starting point for any German research is https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany#Getting_started_... .

Then you might try using the people search on familysearch.org for specific names in which you are interested.  You probably will not see any actual records but the transcription will tell you a film number where an actual record is located and you  can then rent the film from your local Family History Center, usually connected to a church of the Latter Day Saints but open to all.

If your family is not listed there, it may just mean that the film has not been transcribed yet, so try clicking on "catalog" at the top of the familysearch homepage, then look for Berlin, Germany.  You should get a listing of records available on microfilm which you can rent at the FHC.

You can also check out http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deuberst/

geneanet.org is a European site where persons may post their family trees.  It has both a free and subscription service.  The free service is a bit cumbersome since you can only search by surname and then have to go through each record looking to see if anyone has posted information on your family, but it's doable.

Comment by Lisa on May 12, 2012 at 6:59pm

need help with Berlin, Germany ancestory help!

 

Where to start??

 

Lisa

Comment by H Girdley on March 20, 2012 at 10:51am

Also enjoy using BABBLEFISH http://babblefish.com/ to help with translations - you copy/paste paragraphs of text and it is translated immediately (free).

Comment by Marianne Szabo on March 20, 2012 at 10:16am

Check out these handwriting helps from Family Search:

https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/german-script-tu...

https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-german-h...

https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-german-h...

https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/reading-german-h...

I've found them to be very helpful in reading these records myself.  Marianne

Comment by Kim Kevin Callahan on March 20, 2012 at 10:06am

Requesting some assistance on translation.  I have five German Passports from what appears to be 1887 all in the "Hoschler" family.  Each one has three hand written pages for entries.  Then there are the usual printed passages; "Reise-Pass" etc...  I don't speak German, but if it were possible for anyone that does, I could scan these documents and send them to the interested party for translation.  I have an German-English Dictionary, but I'm still not certain about some words.  I want it to be accurate.  Would appreciate any response.  Thanks.

Kim Callahan

Comment by Laressa Northrup on March 16, 2012 at 7:29am

Attn:  Tina Delaney Hogan

I have a Rhoads family as well, however mine came much earlier.  You might want to check the last name Roth  in Germany as that is how mine was spelled in Germany. Roth is pronounced Rodt and can be very well spelled by English speakers as the variations you gave.

Comment by Ellen Healy on March 12, 2012 at 6:22pm

Bob, is that the book on sale today from Genealogical Publishing? I was looking at that.

Comment by Liz Richardson on March 12, 2012 at 5:11pm

Hi Shelley, do you know the time period for when your ancestors were in Frederick, and anything else about the family? I live in Frederick; people here say the original settlers were German Lutherans, but they included other faiths, too. If you have specific look-up requests, I can help with that.

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