The Genealogy & Family History Social Network

Germany and German Ancestry

Information

This group was created for anyone interested in researching German Ancestry.

Members: 1135
Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2022

0 members like this

Started by Courtney rabideau. Last reply by Courtney rabideau Feb 11, 2016. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Started by Patty Zoe Beckman. Last reply by Patty Zoe Beckman Dec 22, 2015. 10 Replies 0 Likes

Started by Shelly Kay Eitniear-Cherry. Last reply by Joel Hutto Dec 12, 2015. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Comment

Comment by Susan Turner on August 10, 2009 at 9:48am: Judy Brooks, sorry not your family. Richter is a very common name I fear! Would like to have anything though, one never knows when a clue might appear!

Comment by Dawn Ranae (Perry) Best on August 9, 2009 at 10:39pm: Wow Shawn, you weren't kidding when you said you had a tough one! How old was he when he was left at the orphanage? Have you checked NARA for civil war records? Is Steven Frank an Americanized version of his name?

Comment by Shawn Collins on August 9, 2009 at 9:43pm: Got a challenge on my hands. Need help. I've done family history fr quite awhile, but I'm stumped. I have a relative who just sort of "appears" I savannah Ga in the early 1800's. He showed up on the door step of an orphanage there with a horse (later identified as a Prussian War horse) and he had a gilt edged bag With a crest, and his initials on it. According to records, he was well dressed, and well fed. He spoke no english, but they managed to assertain that he was from Prussia, and his family had been "removed"....

Now what do I do?!?!? lol. Stephen Frank eventually became a Confederate soldier, and spent years in Rock Island Ill. as a POW. When he was released, he WALKED back to Augusta Ga to be with his wife, and had 8 children with her before he passed away in 1898. He left a dairy farm, and significant wealth for it's day to his wife (my great great great grandmother). He's buried in Magnlia Cemetary in Augusta, and has a marker in Atlanta Ga, in the confederate veteran memorial there..... But who was he????

Anyone have tips on finding a Prussian???????

Comment by Linda Ann Metzger on August 9, 2009 at 8:03pm: Does anyone have a resource for family research in Griesau, Germany? I am researching a Metzger family from there.

Comment by Susan Turner on August 9, 2009 at 5:27pm: Doris - Schweiger-Mutter would be mother-in-law

Comment by Doris Wheeler on August 9, 2009 at 4:10pm: Marvin, Thank you! How interesting! That certainly clears up a long-standing mystery. Widow of an accountant! Talk about genealogy nightmares. How could you ever guess the person's name???!!! I am very lucky to know the relationships here.

Best,
Doris

Comment by louise duncalf on August 9, 2009 at 4:01pm: thank you so much marvin. with the dates on the stone they arent my dad's grandfather but i think they might be another close relative

Comment by Margaret Laird on August 9, 2009 at 3:45pm: Seek info on George Schrack (Schrag) B:1823 from Wurttemberg arriving New York
1854 with wife Anna Stumph B:C.1831 on way to Buffolo NY and later Easton Pa.
Have most of the records of the family in this country, but nothing in Germany.

Comment by Marvin A. Huggins on August 9, 2009 at 3:13pm: Sandy, a term for an occupation would not be inserted among given names. It is common in German, however, to address or refer to people more formally by including the occupation with the surname. "Herr Aktuar Mueller" would be the equivalent of saying "Mr. Mueller, the actuary." The wife is then referred to as "Frau Aktuar Mueller" - "Mrs. Mueller, the actuary's wife." The announcement card that Doris posted uses this formal way of referring to a person.