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The following excerpt is from an article by my friend, James M. Beidler, published in his August 14, 2011 column at the Lebanon Daily News website. After a decade of work, genealogy researcher Ken McCrea has produced a volume that Continue reading New German Surname Distribution Book Available
We just took delivery of Volume 39 of the German Map Guide series, soft cover editions. The hard cover volumes will ship next week after receipt from the bindery. The title is Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom Continue reading German Map Guide – Westphalia I and the Principalities of Lippe & Schaumburg-Lippe is Now Shipping
For the first time since the inception of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers project in 2004, Family Roots Publishing is offering the completed German State multiple-volume sets of the soft-cover books at 20% off retail. This is a Continue reading German Map Guide Multiple-Volume German State Sets on Sale for 20% Off & FREE USA Shipping
While reading my Deseret News newspaper this evening, I was saddened to read that my friend and colleague of many years, Horst Reschke, has passed away. Horst was an expert in Germanic genealogy research and wrote a column for Heritage Continue reading Germanic Genealogist Horst Reschke – 1930-2011 – RIP – We Will Miss You
The following news release, dated July 11, 2011, is from the National Archives Press Room. Washington, DC – From July 11-31, 2011, the National Archives will display newly declassified documents from 1918 detailing German secret ink formulas. The oldest newly Continue reading National Archives Displays Newly Declassified Secret Ink Documents from 1918
The following excerpt is from an article by Elaine Alexander, published in the St. Louis Jewish Light. Earlier this month, 94-year-old Elsie Hirsch Levy received an astonishing phone call from Buettelborn, Germany, the town her family had fled during the Continue reading Survivor Receives Family Artifacts – 70 Years Later
Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine VI (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Lothringen II – French Department of Lorraine – Kreise (Arrondissements) Saarburg and Salzburg with full index of included towns, by Kevan Hansen is now Continue reading German Map Guide – Alsace-Lorraine VI – District of Lothringen II Now Shipping
Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine V (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Lothringen I – French Department of Lorraine – Kreise (Arrondissements) Bolchen, Diedenhofen, Forbach, Metz and Saargemünd with full index of included towns, by Kevan Continue reading German Map Guide – Alsace-Lorraine V – District of Lothringen I – Now Available
The following was received from Debbie Parker Wayne: This year the National Conference of the Palatines to America (PAL-AM) will be held at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Co-sponsor and local host of the conference will be the Continue reading PAL-AM National Conference, 2-4 June 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The following was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: New Free Records Online for Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain Keep updating your wish list as FamilySearch continues to expand its online historical records. New collection additions Continue reading New Free Records Online for Czech Republic, France, Germany, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain & USA at FamilySearch.org
Volume 36 of the German Map Guide series was shipped to standing order customers last week. This volume includes a total of 904 places – mostly towns, found in the Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Oberelsass II Continue reading German Map Guide Vol 36 Covering Alsace-Lorraine III (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Oberelsass II French Department of Haut-Rhin – Kreise (Arrondissements) Altkirch and Thann, & the Territory of Belfort Now Available
German Map Guide volume 35 was published in early January. This volume includes a total of 772 places – mostly towns, found in the Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Oberelsass I French Department of Haut-Rhin – Kreise Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 35 – Alsace-Lorraine III (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Oberelsass I French Department of Haut-Rhin – Kreise (Arrondissements) Gebweiler, Kolmar, Mülhausen & Rappoltweiler Now in Print
The German Interest Group of the Iowa Genealogy Society is sponsoring Lois Edwards as their featured speaker at their German Genealogical Conference, to be held Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 8:45 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Mercy Park Activity Continue reading German Genealogical Conference in Des Moines, Iowa – June 18
My friend, Jim Beidler, writes of the lack of extant Saxony parish records – and the alternate sources that are helpful for genealogists in his January 2, 2011 Roots & Branches column published in the Lebanon Daily News. Following is Continue reading Replacement Records for Missing Saxony Parish Registers
Noting that additional data had been added to the the Germany Vital Records databases at FamilySearch.org in the last two days, I spent a few minutes checking them out, thinking that there wasn’t much possibility that I’d find MY ancestors Continue reading The German Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org Continue to Grow