"Hi Larry- I also have ties to the name Gerhard living in Desingerode, Neidersachsen. Is you family from that area at all?"
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"Well, after over a year of going through Swiss records for the towns of Koppigen and Batterkinden, as well as a German town south of Stuttgart, I am definitely getting better at this. Rick, I did take your advice and ended up finding Ernest…"
PF replied to Larry Kenyon's discussion Deciphering Swiss German church books in the group Swiss Genealogy"I have been studying a lot of the church records from Ticino and have been able to link many to members of my family tree. I am good at dates and the church ID, then the father and his parents, them the mother and her parents, then the name imposed…"
Kathleen Melendez left a comment for Larry Kenyon"Thank You I will check out his site. My Knaus's came from hannover Germany and were naturalized in 1850...."
Kathleen Melendez left a comment for Larry Kenyon"Hi, My 3rd great grandfather Andrew Knaus was from Hannover Germany and died in New Brunswick, N.J in 1896. Any relation?"
Viktor Wabel replied to Larry Kenyon's discussion Deciphering Swiss German church books in the group Swiss Genealogy"Hi,
as a German familyresearcher I am aware of the translation mistakes that can happen between the language German and English. It can be very frustrating when you discover after years that a word or a occupation are misstranslated. Or you know…"
"I almost bought that last year but was scared off by a review by a native German speaking reviewer which claimed it had many key inaccurate translations and hadn't been proofed by a native language speaker, but I might reconsider. Right now…"
Fredric Z. "Rick" Saunders replied to Larry Kenyon's discussion Deciphering Swiss German church books in the group Swiss Genealogy"I would recommend getting Ernest Thode, German-English Genealogical Dictionary (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992). It will have lots of terms you will find in the church books that you won't find in a standard…"
"KNAUS, GERHARD, BAKER, JUSTEN, and GAETZ
My Knaus ancestors migrated in the 1850s from Harthausen auf der Scher (about 30 mi south of Stuttgart); Gerhard ancestors migrated about the same time from the area around Limburg (20-25 NW of Frankfurt),…"
Deciphering Swiss German church books
HiI have scans of church books from a couple small towns in Bern with entries dating back several centuries. I have some knowledge of German, and have been learning how to decipher the script. I'd be interested in collaborating with any in similar situations to trade techniques, vocabulary, etc.See More
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- What surnames are you interested in researching?
- Kenyon, Knaus, Gerhard, Greub, Wederquist, Affolter, Brewer, Baker, Justen
- What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
- United States, Switzerland, England, Germany, Sweden, Poland
- What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
- Intermediate Family History Researcher
- For what reason did you start genealogy research?
- artifact documentation and preservation, especially photos
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 4:53pm on August 21, 2010, PF said…
- Hi Larry- I also have ties to the name Gerhard living in Desingerode, Neidersachsen. Is you family from that area at all?
- At 9:59am on November 25, 2009, Kathleen Melendez said…
- Thank You I will check out his site. My Knaus's came from hannover Germany and were naturalized in 1850....
- At 9:35pm on November 24, 2009, Kathleen Melendez said…
- Hi, My 3rd great grandfather Andrew Knaus was from Hannover Germany and died in New Brunswick, N.J in 1896. Any relation?
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