Germany and German Ancestry

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Comment by H Girdley on June 28, 2012 at 9:32am

I work with a genealogist/historian in Germany and he provided me with this link that allows you to see where, in Germany, names occur ~ and additional name-related data appears; hover over the map to get locale information: http://www.verwandt.de/karten/

Enjoy!

Comment by Marianne Szabo on June 28, 2012 at 8:52am

To Susan Teresa Holmes: a check of FamilySearch.org revealed over 2000 entries that could be "Matthew Nesensohn."  Without further dates, etc., it's difficult to pare them down.  If you know Wilhemina was born in 1855 in Germany, you can narrow down this list.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&quer...

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 28, 2012 at 8:11am

Prussian Martin, it looks like Magdeburg is a large town with several parishes, the church records for many of which are available on microfilm via Family History Centers.  Check out familysearch.org, click on catalog, and enter Magdeburg, Germany for details. 

Comment by Prussian MARTIN on June 28, 2012 at 7:37am

My earliest known ancestor is Charles William MARTIN born about 1784 in Magdeburg, Prussia now Germany. Charles, believed to be of black African descent, came to England via France in 1800 and joined the British navy. He served on HMS ACHILLE at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Married Priscilla SHERKEY in 1813. Following his discharge fron the navy in 1815, he settled in Priscilla's birthplace of Frome, Somersetshire, England. Looking to trace earlier ancestry by conventional genealogy and Y-DNA testing. 

Comment by Randall Stackhouse on June 12, 2012 at 3:39pm

I am finding this interesting! Re German Script - check this out! http://www.google.ca/search?q=german+script&hl=en&prmd=imvn...

Comment by Catherine Davis on June 12, 2012 at 12:47pm

Kevin,

From the 1930 census for Lincoln, Illinois, Dorothy Louise's parents were Christian E. and Leta Franz.  Info from that census below.  If you have access to ancestry.com, there are several census records and WWI and WWII registrations for Christian.

1930:

Christian E. Franz, 43 age at marriage 22, b. MO, father b. Germany,mother b. Illinois, laborer in building/construction

Leta Franz, 38, age at marriage 18, she and parents all b. Ill

William A., 18, laborer in dairy

Catherine 13

Myrna C. 11

Elmer E. 8

Betty J. 6

Dorothy L. 7

Edward C. 8/12

Children all are indicated as born in Illinois and both of their parents are indicated as born in IL which contradicts the MO bp of Christian's listing, but his other records also indicate he was born in MO.

Comment by Susan Teresa Holmes on June 12, 2012 at 8:27am

sorry, she was born in Germany in 1855

Comment by Susan Teresa Holmes on June 12, 2012 at 8:26am

I am still searching for GG Grandfather, Mathew Nesensohn.  He is the only parent named on my G Grandmother Wilhelmina's Death Cir. cant find her either until 1900 US Fed. Census married to my G. Grandfather Samuel Oliver Holmes, in Oakland, California. any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Comment by kevin lee vannoy on June 11, 2012 at 8:29pm

my dads mom is Dorothy Louise Franz. Her info is1926 to 1991, born in illinois, died in springfield, illinois, was married to Merton Upton Vannoy

Comment by Catherine Davis on May 13, 2012 at 8:33am

Lisa, if the directory is pre-1930s, the word is probably schlosser meaning locksmith.  In old German handwriting, the lower case s looks like a modern English f.  Germany did not adopt the Roman alphabet that we use until Hitler decided to do so.

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