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

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Comment by Sheryl Lindbeck-Whisenhunt on July 31, 2009 at 11:58am: Looking for info on the family, with spelling variations, Lindbeck/Lindbaek/Lindbak/ Lindbek, living in the Tempelburg area during 1935.

Comment by Kathleen Mae Ketterer Sterner on July 31, 2009 at 6:00am: Looking for information on George Zavitz, b. 1695 in Strasbourg Ger. married to Babara. Was in USA Bucks Co PA in 1750

Comment by Melanie Henry on July 30, 2009 at 8:39pm: My great grandmother was a Box. The immigrant was Henry Box, who supposedly came from "Little English" in Prussia. The name and town have obviously been Anglicanized. I wonder if anyone has an idea where to start in my quest for the Box family in Prussia.

Comment by louise duncalf on July 29, 2009 at 3:58pm: the name of the center is german american heritage center and their website says they have something on facebook

Comment by louise duncalf on July 29, 2009 at 3:52pm: thanks for name of book. i used to live near a town that has a german-american center that i might look into.

Comment by Cheryl W. Terry on July 29, 2009 at 2:30pm: Carol,

Thank you for that information. I wish I lived near Sacramento, but live across the country. I will definitely look for that book.

Cheryl

Comment by Carol Byers on July 29, 2009 at 10:19am: I would like to suggest a very useful book on beginning German genealogy. "Be4ginner's Guide to Germanic Genealogy," by Lois Hemmeter Edwards. It is published by the German Genealogy Society. Their webpage is
www.rootsweb.com/~mnggs/GGS.html

It gives ou a step-by-step process to find your german ancestors. The essential steps are:
1. the Name
2. religion
3. birthdate
4. place of origin

The biggest problem is locating the "Place of Origin". To do this, in most cases, you need to use American records.

For those who live near Sacramento, CA, there is help through the Sacramento German Genealogy Society. They have volunteers at the Sacramento Family History Society, every Thursday afternoon from 1-5 pm. The society has over 1000 German, research related books that the FHC.

Comment by Judy Brooks Truchon on July 29, 2009 at 9:50am: Thank you, Michael. Very interesting site.

Comment by Sandy Cowan on July 29, 2009 at 6:54am: My great grandmother was Mary Darr born 1843 in Pennsylvania probably in Cumberland Co, dau of Richard Darr and Mary Peters. I am looking for information about Richard Darr and family.

I would appreciate anu help or research suggestions

Thank you

Sandy Cowan

Comment by Judy Brooks Truchon on July 28, 2009 at 6:09pm: Trying to find any information on Matheas WEYMERT (also WEIMERT) from Langensaltzbach. Came to the US in 1750 on the ship Anderson from Rotterdam. The family was in Maryland. It seems that much of the Weimer heritage comes from Langensaltzbach, ALSACE, France. Apparently quite a few Germans settled there. His son Adam Weimert born c1737 in Weimer, Germany.