Questions tagged [germany]
For questions about ancestors and records in the country of Germany. This includes previous political entities within the geographical boundaries of the present-day or historic Germany.
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How do I find the service record of my grandfather in the German army in WW1? [duplicate]
My grandfather was from Hamburg and was around 24 or 25 years old when he was inducted in the German army.how do I find his military records of service?
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Was this family in 1660-1684 Hoheneiche "Schweitzer" or "Schnitzer"
I have 4 records from Hoheneiche, from 1667, 1668, 1680, and 1684, that give the basics for 3 generations of a family. I've not found any other records for this family. However, I'm also unable to ...
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Looking for information on Grandfather's WW1 Service record [duplicate]
I am hoping someone can help me find my grandfather's World War 1 records from Germany. A family photo we have of him with his regiment shows: I. Korporalschaft IV Ers. Batterie Fuss.Art.R3" Any ...
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Transcribing marriage record from 1627 Winnenden
This record comes from the marriage register of Winnenden, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Württemberg.
I can read most of it:
Herr Conradt Rieger, Bürgermeister allhie, und Maria, weyland Herrn
Johann Christoff ...
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Connection a "Leves" in PA, USA in 1850 potentially to Levi routes in Alsace-Lorraine
My daughter's GGG grandfather, Thomas Levis, is 26 and located in Penn Forest, Carbon County PA in the 1850 census, but I haven't been able to get back any further. My daughter has half a clotting ...
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Birth Record of Christian Paap born 1835 Mecklenburg
I am looking for the birth of Christian Paap, born 15 Sep 1835 according to USA records. He married Dorothea Schröder/Shrader in the USA.
His future wife's family records are in Kessin, Blankenhagen, ...
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Reading German Church Records
These are fairly easy to read, but there are a few words that I can't read.
The godparents/witnesses usually aren't that useful, I am less concerned about them.
The mother's surname is spelled two ...
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Marriage record for J Heinrich Salsow
I am looking for the marriage record of J Heinrich Salsow and Maria Sophia Dorathea Schröder, she was known as Sophia Shrader in the USA. J Heinrich's birth record is in Volkenshagen parish. Sophia's ...
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Deciphering 1808 Alsatian German birth record
Having some trouble getting through this civil birth registration record from Issenhausen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace. I've left blanks for words I can't make out.
Maire von Issenhausene Gemeinde ____ von ...
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Where would Talne, Vine, Germany or Talue, Germany be today?
I am attempting to find my stepsisters 2nd Great Grandfathers birth town. He immigrated to the US in 1885, but documents show he was born in Talne, Vine, Germany in 1865. His last name is Ulatowski. ...
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Where was Grebenrodt in Hesse, Germany, in the late 1500s?
In Sippenbuch der Stadt Sontra in Hessen (etwa 1700 - 1825) 4. Teil, Wilm Sippel gives the following entry on page 205:
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SIPPEL,Marx in 6445 Heinebach, siehe Urkunden in Sippel 5, S.219-220 ...
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Belgium Antwerp Police Immigration Index help [closed]
I am trying to find more information about an ancestor whose name is listed in the Belgian Antwerp police immigration index, but only a name. I have a file number and a page number and an FHL film ...
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Searching for "Unknown father" of a child born to an unmarried mother in Poland
I've been helping a friend to research his Polish ancestors and we have a lingering mystery to solve.
Friend's grandmother, Lillian, was born in 1902 in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region of Poland (German ...
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Reading old German script about Henry Reimer
I found a DNA match to someone who has an ancestor Henry Reimer born about 1839, probably my 2G Grandparent Diderich Reimer's brother. They both immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio (separately).
These ...
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Are there Bessarabia resettler individual numbers lists?
I know that every individual leaving Besserabia and returning to Germany in 1940 was assigned a number such as: (Resettler #61546 - Gottfried Schneider.) My wife's family fled Tarutino in 1940. ...
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