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Volume 41 of the German Map Guide series in now in print! This volume includes a total of 3,921 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Brandenburg, Regierungsbezirk Potsdam. This book also includes a master Continue reading German Map Guide – Brandenburg I – RB Potsdam – Now Shipping
Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Rhineland III and Kingdom of Bavaria, Palatinate (Pfalz) is the third volume covering Rhineland. See the list below for all areas covered. This map guide provides an historical background Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Rhineland III and Palatinate (Pfalz)
The following exceprt is from an article posted in the March 11, 2012 edition of indystar.com: NEW YORK – The United States, first populated by Native Americans, rediscovered by Europeans and colonized under the flags of the Spanish, English and Continue reading 49.8 Million Germans in the USA
German parish records are critical to researching one’s German ancestors. William Dollarhide explained it well: “Unlike American genealogical research, where the place to search for basic vital records is usually a civil registration (city, county, state), European research is usually Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Thuringia — Taking Another Look
Reviewing the German Name-Change Gazetteer is not without difficulty, as the book is written in German. Despite two years of German in high school, which needless to say was some years ago, I don’t profess to speaking German. Despite my Continue reading German Name-Change Gazetteer
Since 1845 about a third of central and eastern Europe’s emigrants to other continents took passage from Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg is a key city in the densely populated and industrialized Nordrhein-Westfalen area of Germany. The Atlantic Bridge to Germany, Volume Continue reading The Atlantic Bridge to Germany: Nordrehin-Westfalen
Early German immigrants came to the U.S. for the same typical reasons most people emigrated from the “Old World” to the new, economic, social disputes, politics, and religion. Genealogy At A Glance: German Genealogy Research, written by Ernest Thode, provides Continue reading Genealogy At A Glance: German Genealogy Research
By now, most of our readers are familiar with Family Roots Publishing’s Map Guide to German Parish Registers Series. The series has received praise and great reviews throughout the genealogy community. We have reviewed many of the volumes here on Continue reading German Map Guide Volume 1 – Hessen
Deciphering Gothic Records is a great little flip book designed to help those with German ancestry read and understand older German documents and handwriting. The books contents include information and words common to traditional vital records; including; birth, christenings, marriages, Continue reading Flip Books Help Researchers Decipher Gothic Records
For many genealogists researching their immigrant ancestors, one of the most difficult tasks may be in identifying in what city their ancestor lived in or was born in before coming to America. While many filed proper birth, marriage, and death Continue reading German Churches in New York Help Descendents Find Links to the Old Country
Few countries have as confusing a past as Germany. Over the centuries literally hundreds of small kingdoms and territories existed, swelling and falling through war and domination. Beginning as early as 843, larger territories were broken up into hundreds of Continue reading The Making of Germany, Maps and History
Baden is Germany’s tie to the Atlantic Ocean. Its people, religion, language, and even its borders have shifted over the centuries, but it has always played a vital role in Germany’s growth, development, and position in Europe. The overall shape Continue reading The Grand Duchy of Baden
A broad range of records were added to FamilySearch.org this week from 20 countries, notably Australia, Austria, Canada (Saskatchewan), Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Germany, England, Dominican Republic, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Venezuela, and Continue reading New Records From 20 Countries at FamilySearch.org
Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Westphalia II, covering the RB of Arnsberg has just been published by Family Roots Publishing Company. This is volume 40 of the German Map Guide series. This volume Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 40 – Westphalia II – Arnsberg – is Now Shipping
Abstracts of Obituaries in the Western Christian Advocate 1834–1850 and Lands of the German Empire and Before have nothing in common; except, each is pure in its own simplicity. Each book was compiled to fill a very specific research need. Continue reading Two Books Reviewed: Both Simple and Direct but Completely Different