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Gerry | Report | 4 Nov 2004 16:13 |
My birth father was German and died in 1960 aged 39. I have his marriage cert so i know the name of my granfather (he was dead when my father married). Frankly, I have no idea how to get info from Germany. Does anyone know what the set-up is in Germany, what useful sites there are? (anything like GR?) or any other tips for an English man who speaks not a word of German. I have a friend who does speak German so will be able to help with translations but he has no interest in genealogy so cannot help me on that side of things. Gerry |
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Carol | Report | 4 Nov 2004 16:28 |
If you type genealogy germany into google, there is quite a few hits. The first one was http://www(.)genealogy-germany(.)de/ It is in English Dont forget to remove brackets |
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Esta | Report | 4 Nov 2004 16:30 |
1837 online has a good explaination on overseas records which might help Just look at 'Resource and guidance' and then 'overseas records' Esta :) |
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Seasons | Report | 4 Nov 2004 18:39 |
There's sure to be a rootsweb for country Germany and maybe even the surname. Could also try the surname search engine "rad de kajadsen" or something like that - sorry the web address is on other computer. Will update message with proper address when I can unless someone can do so now. |
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Esta | Report | 4 Nov 2004 18:48 |
Julie - is this the one you mean !! http://www(.)rat(.)de/kuijsten/navigator Esta |
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Seasons | Report | 4 Nov 2004 20:28 |
Yes that's the one - thanks. |
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Gerry | Report | 4 Nov 2004 23:13 |
Thanks for your suggestions. I will look into them all and see where they take me. Gerry |