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Comment by Sherril Edward Bilky Jr on June 23, 2011 at 7:57pm: I am researching my German ancestors, I believe that they came from northern Germany possibly the Prussia area no Poland. As i understand the area people did not have surmanes before 1800 so could anyone help point me in the right direction of how to research family in that time frame. It is also my understanding that the government supplied surnames to the people unless they were royalty. any help would be appreciated.

Comment by Susan Teresa Holmes on June 23, 2011 at 10:48am: Wilhelmina Nesensoh
my great grandmother
Birth 21 May 1855 in Germany, Baden, Karlsruhe area
Death 30 Jul 1940 in Oakland, Alameda, California

any sites where I can search the name Nesensoh, all I can find are Male,Nesensoh, No Wilhelmina, or Father's name Matthew

Comment by Rod Blaker on June 23, 2011 at 6:55am: Hi - I am doing a One Name Study of the name Blaker, found everwhere the old German language was used - Scandanavia, Germany, Netherlands, UK, eastern Europe and so on. If you come across this odd beast, I would be very pleased to know about it and thank you.

rod.blaker@gmail.com

Comment by Robin Borchers on June 5, 2011 at 3:44pm: Hello,

I am interested in the Borchers family from Hanover, Niedersachen, Germany. Johann Heinrich Borchers, b.14Jul.1797; emigrated to the US and settled in Ohio in the 1820's. He married Catherine Lehmkuhl b.6Jun.1806. They were both born in Germany. Any info on the family anyone has would be appreciated. Thank you.

Comment by Ellen Healy on May 27, 2011 at 11:22am: HI, Bob, Thanks for posting that link. I checked a few as I was scrolling through it- no luck yet, but it will take a while to check it all out. Have a good weekend.

Ellen

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on May 27, 2011 at 10:10am: My 2 German names are Wipfler and Stohner. If anyone has these I'd love to know.

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on May 27, 2011 at 10:10am: http://www.genealoger.com/german/ger_emigration_records.htm

I don't know anyone here has ever seen this site.

Some of the links are in German and may need to be translated.

I used babelfish you may want to use something else.

Comment by Jim Biehn on April 26, 2011 at 2:29pm: Are there any connections available to the Palitine region of Germany for researching the "Biehn and Merten" Surnames?

Comment by marguerite Sykes on April 7, 2011 at 9:50am: again, thanks. you are a treasure trove of info!

Comment by Catherine Davis on April 6, 2011 at 1:20pm: Marguerite,

Yes, you can check the catalog online. On the homepage, just above the spot where you enter the name for which you are searching, there is line in smaller font that starts "Historical Records." The third item on that line, in blue, is "Library Catalog." Click on it. On the new page, in the first box, use the drop-down arrow to find "film numbers." Then in the box next to that, put the film number you found for the record in which you are interested. You'll get the title of the film in purple. Click on it to get to the details of the film. If there is more than one title, that means that there is more than one church or whatever on the same film; just click on the name of the one in which you are interested.