Germany and German Ancestry

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Comment by Catherine Davis on September 24, 2012 at 12:21pm

Michelle,

     It looks like Konigshutte is now Chorzow, Poland.  I found a list of Catholic churches in Chorzow at http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm

Comment by Michelle McGee on September 24, 2012 at 11:16am

Does anyone know what the parishes were (are) in Konigshutte, Brandenburg, Germany, It is part of Prussia. I am trying to find any family records that may be there from 1906 and earlier.

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 20, 2012 at 2:07pm

I know the book is still on copyright so won't be online but have you checked google books to see if this book is available at a library near you? 

Comment by Heather Mitchell Groves on July 20, 2012 at 1:23pm

Hello, I am looking for someone who has the following book and who would be willing to do a lookup for me in it:

HUNSCHE, FRIEDRICH ERNST. Auswanderungen aus dem Kreis Steinfurt. (Schriftenreihe des Kreises Steinfurt, vol. 3.) Steinfurt: Kreis Steinfurt. 304p.

I am looking for the listing for Joh. Gerhard Reckers who is listed on page 200. 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 13, 2012 at 3:54pm

I'd like to add to what Barbara has said.  Experience comes not only with many attempts and countless failures but also with assistance from other people and a lot of luck.  I've been doing genealogy for 10 years or so now and have had made people introduce me to different kinds of places to search.  And, just to clarify, I don't think that visiting a place is necessarily the best way to do research, but I think it is a part of a thorough search if it is at all possible.  The best research is to use any kind of source you can find, be it on the web, in a book, on microfilm, or whatever.  In fact, I've found it most practical to do all the stuff you can from your home before you ever venture out.  First, because it gives you a background to start from and also because some places will charge you by the hour or by the day to use their facilities.  Even if the only place to find a document is at an archive, if that archive has an online index, copy down all the info you can before getting to the archive so you're not wasting your time there.  Another trick I've used, particularly for church records on microfilm, is to make a spreadsheet of the names and as many approximate dates I'm looking for, then sort the spreadsheet by date so that I can go through the microfilm more or less in order, and not have to wind the film backwards and forwards so much. 

Comment by Barbara Gallagher on July 13, 2012 at 1:35pm

You are welcome. Experience comes with many attempts and countless failures. I have only been at this for a year but do it full time. I would keep looking in the genealogybank records. There were others besides Miles and George Miles's obits. I did find one article where Miles subscribed $50 for something but could not figure out the cause he was contributing to (think it was 1917 in the Sun).  I have found that it is often worth doing a broad search and taking a look at what comes up. I agree with Catherine that the very best (and fastest) is to visit and gather the records but I am in a wheelchair and try to find what I can on the net first. Also, check the historical societies for counties where you have ancestors. Many have archives on line of probate records and more. I also like church records and have had great success in Pennsylvania with them.

Comment by Peggy Ruley on July 13, 2012 at 1:16pm

Thanks again, Barbara---------I found it. I also found the death notice for
Miles' son George Miles in 1914.
In reading that Miles was a reader of the Baltimore Sun for 60yrs., I know that
He had been living in Md. Since 1859, at least.
You and Catherine are obviously more experienced than I.

Comment by Barbara Gallagher on July 13, 2012 at 12:32pm

I entered his name on the general search page as Miles Gearhart and it came up under the historical documents tab. If you have problems with it, I can send it to you. I also located a death notice for another West Friendship Gearhart by limiting the search to Pennsylvania and Maryland and using only the Gearhart last name in the search.

Comment by Peggy Ruley on July 13, 2012 at 11:18am

Hi Barbara--------I am subscribed to GenealogyBank recently. Where on the website did
You find this about the mail delivery?
He is living in West Friendship in the 1910 census, that I know of.

Comment by Barbara Gallagher on July 13, 2012 at 11:01am

I found a great many other obituaries and a marriage notice of Gearhart family members in both Pennsylvania and Maryland newspapers covering at least 1860-1920 on genealogybank.

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