General Chat

"Christine in Edinburgh" posted this site in "Brilliant web site - 100's of links!" www(.)compter(.)org included in the site is a forum, for genealogical questions. http://www.whocarez(.)co.uk/forum/ One of the boards is called "Europe" and covers all sorts of look-up queries, "trying to find..." etc.

Look-Up Volunteers - International Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness This site, for England is already on Deb's List: http://www.raogk.org/england.htm They also list volunteers for International searches: http://www.raogk.org/listing.htm#international Look-up time is free, you pay copying and postage costs !

Just noticed, one of the links was incomplete. Here is the full link (remove brackets): http://members(.)core(.)com/%7Emikerose/genealog.html A list of links to Jewish, Polish, German and general Gen. sites. I don't know where I found it, some of the links look good, others are "broken" ...

nudge, 'cause it "fell off" the 15th. page !

This is a good "how-to-do-it" page for german searches... full of hints and tips: http://www.genealogienetz.de/faqs/sgg.html

Just bumping this up Need more ink for printer will print out when I get home this afternoon. I am also researching Germany and also France. Sandra

Trying to keep useful information in one place: Margaret Drummond posted under "German Records" I have a family friend who was married in England and divorced in Germany around 1991. Can anyone advise me on how/where he can access copies of these papers? Any help or advice on this would be much appreciated. Regards Margaret I replied: Marriages (EHESCHLIESSUNG) and, presumably, divorces (EHESCHEIDUNG) are usually registerd at the Registry Office (STANDESAMT). Get in touch with the Standesamt in the town/city where the divorce took place, they should be able to help. Write in german if possible, as officials will/may react more favourably then ! There is a web site: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/, with lots of general info. and in particular, http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/places.html, for finding people and places.

A thought I posted on the "Jewish Ancestry Searches" but also relevant here: QUOTE: Just been reading the eclipse/susser site article on the Jones Dental Dynasty. I found the idea of ".. Abraham ben Isaiah, otherwise known as Moses Abraham Groomsfelt, or Jones, a silversmith .." changing his name to JONES amusing !! I could understand GREENFIELD or something similar, but Jones --- the mind boggles. There has to be a story there ! My G-Grandfather purportedly changed his name from KALLNUNG to COLEMAN when he came to England, and all of us with "foreign" ancestors have to think twice about our names, what they might have been originally, how they may have been anglicized, etc, but Jones (without the reasons) does seem extreme UNQUOTE

Hi Chloe, Family research in german is "Ahnenforschung" lit. Ancester research. A google search with "sobernheim ahnenforschung" turned up 5 pages of results. Most in german but also, through RootsWeb, the address of the Civil Archives in Bad Sobernheim http://archiver.rootsweb(.)com/th/read/GEN-DE/2001-11/1006829697 Suggestion: do the google search aswell, and let me know if any known names turn up, and we'll continue from there ... Regards, Bob

Bob, don't suppose you know of any good sites for Sobernheim, Rheinland-Pfalz? Chloe

LDS DO MOST COUNTRIES. WAS LOOKING MYSELF YESTERDAY. GOOD LUCK.

For Gerry's benefit - mainly... Have you tried simply putting the name into (e.g.) Google and seeing what links come up? That can be quite fruitful for any name - if it isn't too common, of course! We did the same with our sons' names occasionally and discovered one had done very well in a Uni fencing match (he hadn't thought to mention it to us); we might have preferred not to know he had also experienced a streaming failure on only his second parachute jump! (But he followed his training instructions and survived.)

This is getting a bit muddled, so I have started a new thread for "Jewish Ancestry Searches"

Just found another site with lots and lots of JEWISH surnames and associated links: http://www(.)cousinsplus(.)com/guestbook/Harry.html

Hallo, Everybody, There seems to be Special Interest Group (SIG) "German searches" building up here ! I have recently found an interesting website: http://www.mawer.clara.net/history.html It's is about the german sugar workers, who came to Britain, from the 17th. century onwards. On this site there is a database with over 14,000 Names, !! Also, a link on the home-page (http://www.mawer.clara.net) to a GIANT list of Gen. websites, including several german sites. Try it and see !

Thank heavens for this thread. My birth father was German and I have avoided researching his (and my) family coz didn't really know where to start, so thanks for all those who have contributed so far. As a shot in the dark, if any of you come across Gerhard Perschke, or any Perschkes for that matter, I would love to know. Thanks Gerry

Hi Bob I too am having problems researching my family tree in Germany. I believe they came here in the late 1890s, but apparently immigration records here in the UK have been destroyed.... great!! I find that most of the stuff on the internet is related to Jews and fleeing from the holocaust etc. That's not the info I need at all! And I found out that in order to trace them back you need to know the parish in which they lived... I haven't the foggiest idea! LOL Thanks for the sites. Chloe

Hallo Barbara, Thanks for replying. At the moment I think we are all trying to find out more specificaly, where to look, and how and who to ask. I am not very far on myself, at the moment, so I can only suggest you browse around the above named sites and collect info. . "GermanRoots" for instance, seems to have a lot "how to .." links. Here are some more sites, which may be interesting: http://www.genealogus.net/ <= For Hamburg http://www.geocities(.)com/heartland/estates/2755/country_germany.htm Please, let us know, which sites you find good. Good Hunting, Bob

Barbara Grant Bob I have been having the same problems as a lot of other people with German records. I have been trying to trace a relative born in Germany before the war and do not know how to go about it keep coming up against a brick wall. I know the name and address but then come to a full stop

yes am listening am a member jewishgen found a rellie but cant get past the barrier so to speak sandra