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The Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Hannover I, RB Hannover and Hildesheim, by Kevan Hansen, is now in print! Volume 30 of the German Map Guide series is made up of 231 Continue reading Hannover I – German Map Guide Now Shipping
Good news. The “Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein” is again in print in the soft cover edition. If you have ancestors from the area, this book is sure to be or help in your genealogy Continue reading “Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein” is back in print
I’m really excited to announce that Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen III, RB Magdeburg, by Kevan Hansen, is now at press! We expect to ship the soft cover cooks on December Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 29 – Province of Sachsen III – RB Magdeburg – is at Press
All standing order copies of the latest Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Volume 27 – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen I (Erfurt) & Duchies of Anhalt & Brunswick – have now been shipped. Published by Family Continue reading German Map Guide Vol. 27 – Province of Sachsen I – now shipping
The following announcement is from Anastasia Tyler, PR and Events Manager at Ancestry.com: The Ancestry World Archives Project is a collaborative effort that has allowed thousands of people around the world help to preserve history that might otherwise be lost. Continue reading Ancestry World Archives Project Update
28 September 2009: Volunteers with Rhode Island roots will be excited about the new indexing projects this week. The Rhode Island 1905 and 1935 State Censuses were added. New international projects for Argentina, Germany, Philippines, Spain, and the U.K. were Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Updates
Having a name like Meitzler immediately brands me as having a Germanic ancestry. It just happens that my great-grandfather was from Kriegsfeld, Rhinepfalz, Germany, and he married great-grandmother Elizabeth Damm, who was born nearby in Albishiem, Rhinefalz, Germany. So I’m Continue reading Germanic Surnames
Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony II, Volume 26 of the series was just published. Soft cover books on standing order were shipped on Wednesday, September 16. This volume includes a total of 2,894 places – mostly Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Saxony II, Covering Chemnitz, Dresden, and Bautzen, Now Available
Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony I, is now shipping in both soft and hard-bound editions. This volume includes a total of 2,375 places – mostly towns, found in the Kreishauptmannschäfter of Leigpzig and Zwickau. The entire Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony I, is Now Shipping
Volume 25 of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series is now at press. This volume includes a total of 2,375 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Saxony regions of Leigpzig and Zwickau. The entire area Continue reading Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Saxony I – at the Press
The following news release was written by dynastree.com staff. See my comments and direct links to the Foreign language sites at the end of the news release. Hamburg, August 11, 2009 – The family network dynastree.com features maps for showing Continue reading Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria & Switzerland on dynastree.com
I’ve blogged several times about the collapse of the Archives in Cologne, Germany. I can finally give my readers another update. It seems that the collapse of the Cologne city archives three months ago could have been worse. Not all Continue reading Large Portions of the Cologne City Archives Documents Are Saved
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication: Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Continue reading Recently Completed and Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects
The following news release was written by TGN staff. I will do a full review of the new database later in the week. 20th Century German Phone Books feature over 35 million names including Albert Einstein, Actress Marlene Dietrich and Continue reading Ancestry Posts Digitized German Phone Directories 1915-1981
UPDATE: The Thurginia – soft bound – volumes are now shipping. Hard bound books are expected to ship on May 19. See the index posted below to see if your town is included. Following five months of constant writing and Continue reading German Map Guide Volume 24 – Thuringia – is at Press!