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Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 24 Nov 2004 11:26

I've made feeble attempts to find my great grandfather - the grandly named: George Charles Rudolph Christopher MEYER who I know from his Liverpool marriage cert was born in Berlin in 1848 and his father was a hotel keeper....but because i've no idea which county (?) Berlin was in in 1848 I can't seem to get past first base. Nice to know that others are searching too - I'll try the links and see what turns up.

Sfk lady

Sfk lady Report 23 Nov 2004 23:57

My german ancesters are the Klapproth family from Brenswick/Hamburg gots lots of info from Ancestry Plus.

Nantwich

Nantwich Report 22 Nov 2004 22:58

Hi Daniel Its worth looking at any uk records first then working back, what name are you looking at?? Sarah

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 22 Nov 2004 22:51

Hello After a bit of juggling, I gather you had missed out a letter or two (as I usually manage to do!) and this link seems to work: http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/germany/ (I've bookmarked it) In fact it's just the specific bit of: http://www.genealogylinks.net/ (I'll bookmark this too) Thanks for the info - I have German friends who are doing tree research and may find it useful. (Herbert speaks extremely good English, having taught here in the past). good hunting Christine

Bob

Bob Report 22 Nov 2004 11:24

Hi Daniel, search for the "german searches" thread on "general topics" Lots of tips there, too. Good luck, frohes Jagd !

Marilyn

Marilyn Report 22 Nov 2004 10:49

If you know which town they came from, you could try writing to "Das Rathaus" (town hall) and enquiring if they have records of the family.I found my great-grandmother's family on www.familysearch.org and then was able to consolidate what I knew by writing to the town hall. I also sent a donation to cover the cost of the search and the postage. It's better if you can write in German but not essential, as long as you apologise for not being able to! Hope you strike lucky!

Sue

Sue Report 10 Jul 2003 18:39

Hi Daniel You could try feefhs(.)org to start with. I've used it searching for mine. Google comes up with plenty of suggestions if you type in "German genealogy" Sue

Brian

Brian Report 10 Jul 2003 16:17

I was very lucky i found a town in germany which transcribed its entire parish records on line so i traced back to 1630's. I found it on wwwDOTgeneoloylinksDOTnet/europe/germany hope it helps

robin1957

robin1957 Report 30 Jun 2003 17:43

I would also like to know as i have German ancestors in my tree. Thier name is Stromeyer.

Daniel

Daniel Report 30 Jun 2003 17:22

Can anyone give me any advise as to how I would go about researching my German ancestors? Are there any online resources to do this as I am not in a good position to get to the PRO in London very often. Thanks, Daniel