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Chris

Chris Report 20 Jan 2007 18:28

how or what do i have to do find family tree for german ancesters ?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 20 Jan 2007 18:33

I don't really know, but you could have a look at this page:- http://genealogy.about(.)com/od/germany/a/basics.htm remoe brackets from above address. Kath. x

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 20 Jan 2007 18:50

I have Polish and possibly German ancestry but have got nowhere so far. I have even made contact on the Internet with possible 'cousins' but as soon as you mention family history a huge barrier goes up. It is as though they want to forget what happened in the past altogether. What exactly is it that you are trying to find? There is little to search on the internet and you really need to have some good base information to start from.

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. Report 20 Jan 2007 18:59

Chris, Peter, Have you tried www.familysearch(.)org Remove brackets dreekie

agingrocker

agingrocker Report 20 Jan 2007 23:04

All these are listed in a book about genealogy on the web:- www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman (Germany GenWeb Project) http://home.bauwe.de/~hanacek/info/edatbase.htm (Internet Sources of German Genealogy) www.genealogienetz.de (German Genealogy) www.shoal.net.au/7%eberry/genealogy/german.html (Niall's German Genealogy Resources) www.germanroots.com (German Roots) The only one I have looked at was the third one, as it also covers Austria. I somehow found my way on to an English message board much like this one, so I would imagine you could get good advice from there. I hope so because my wife is half Austrian so I will be giving it a go myself. Good luck Duncan