Germany and German Ancestry

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  • German ancestry help

    I need some help in finding information about an illusive German ancestor of mine. His name was Henry Luthso and was born in Mecklenburg,Germany between 1826 and 1828. I know that he immigrated to the united states before 1858 and married Genevieva Geschwinder sometime before then because their son…

    By Courtney rabideau

    Feb 11, 2016

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  • Friedrich Wilhelm Beckman

    I'm trying to find out who this ancestor's parents were.  He was born in Germany in 1841 but have no idea where. He arrived in the U.S. in 1848. I have a lot of data/documentation regarding his life in this country but none of this indicates who his parents were or where he was born.  

    By Patty Zoe Beckman

    Dec 19, 2015

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  • German Ancestry

    I have German Ancestry in my family on several lines. I am intersted in Tombstone photos from German Cemeteries if anyone has any idea or connections with miliatry members or German friends that would love to take tombstone photos. Silly me I lived in Germany for eight years but wasn't doing…

    By Shelly Kay Eitniear-Cherry

    Jul 8, 2009

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  • Germany - SEEBAUM

    Not a common name but my Grandfather was Heinrich (Henry) Fredrick Ernst Ludwick Seebaum born Fischbeek Germany April 23, 1862.  He married Mahalah Maude Bolter and came to Canada.  The family oral history says he had or worked a riding stable in Berlin and taught royalty riding skills.  Mahalah…

    By Perileen Smith

    Oct 15, 2015

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  • What Germanic surnames are you researching (Please list Surname - area and time frame)

    Hi,My German family surname is Bonstein The oldest Bonstein Ancestor of mine recorded in my file is Cuntz Bonnstein and his wife Gela. They were married before 1630 and lived in the town of Ropperhousen, in the Principality of Hesse-Kassel (a principality in northern Hesse) in what was know as the…

    By Nelda L. Percival

    Jul 16, 2009

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  • My German Ancestors

    I have gone back as far as my 6th great grandfather Johann Michael Geiselman (August 15, 1719 in Beihingen (OA. Ludwigsburg), Württemberg, Germany - 1785 in  York, Pennsylvania). I know there is more to…

    By Christopher Keener

    Jan 30, 2015

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  • Germans to America 1893

    Hei!Hope some one could help me find out where in Germany my Greatgrandfather came from. Gerhart Henry William Sactheleben, born April 13, 1877, Germany, ( from WW1 reg. card) arrived (USA) 1895. Found "Germans to America" vol. 67 passenger list of Germans who came to America. He was not listed…

    By Richard Monroe Olsen

    Aug 17, 2014

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  • Can anyone read the name of this town?

    I'm having trouble reading the name of the town in Germany that my great-great-grandmother Christina Nagel was born in. She married Carl Joseph Schneider in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen. He was born in Erpel, Rheinland-Pfalz, and his mother was born there too, but his father was born in Remagen,…

    By Beth Gatlin

    Oct 18, 2009

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  • GUENTHER/Gunter/Ginter

    I'm looking for Guenthers who migrated from Germany to the US in the late 1800's, early 1900's. Not sure where they actually arrived, but they quickly made their home in Massachusetts.  Have found a city directory with a Franz and George Guenther living there in 1900 and after.  Anyone have any…

    By KP Kris

    Aug 11, 2014

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  • Lawbaugh (Laubaugh, Labach)

    I am trying to find documentation that William Lawbaugh, b. Oct. 10, 1823 in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio is the son of John J. Laubach (Lawbaugh), b. July 8, 1799 in Columbia PA.  This John J. was the son of Lewis Laubach and Mary Ann Clinger. They are both buried in the family plot in Geneseo, IL.  So…

    By Linda Gray

    Jul 28, 2014

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