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Comment by Marianne Szabo on February 6, 2012 at 10:11am

Amy - what time period are you seeking German records from Poland?  If you are talking the 1800s, and know the village, you can look up what microfilms are available at familysearch.org.  I'm in the process of viewing films for what was Marienau, Germany in the 1800s, but is Gdansk, Poland now.

Comment by Amy on February 6, 2012 at 10:04am

Has anyone here ever requested German records from Poland?  I'm having issues and would love to "talk" to someone who has successfully gone through the process for advice.

Comment by Carole Mary Hughes-Beeler on February 6, 2012 at 5:05am

I am working on the Jacob Maas Line of Spencer County, IN, PA, and Germany, this is my sons line.

Comment by Catherine Davis on February 1, 2012 at 1:55pm

Nellie, what time period are we talking about?  Do you know any other names than just Andres?  Also, is there any possibility that the name was originally spelled Eisenmenger and changed?  I looked on ancestry.com and the only Andres/Andrew Eisimingers (Eisimongers) seemed to be born in the US.  I also checked familysearch.org and searching for Eisiminger brought up only Eisenmengers, and they seemed to be from several different places in Germany.  Have you checked a US death record or citizenship record for Andres?  They sometimes will give a town name as well as just the country.

Comment by Nellie Daniel on February 1, 2012 at 1:25pm

looking to see if  any one can tell me about my Eisiminger (Eisimonger)Andres Eisimonger would be the one that came from Germany and his parents

 

Comment by Nellie Daniel on February 1, 2012 at 11:31am

hello  My name is Nellie Reed  (Daniel) my maiden last name,  but the german surnames  I have been looking for  are Eisiminger(Eisimonger)  and Drucker 

I am not to sure of  the towns  my family came from  all I can tell us is the my Andres Eisimonger(Eisiminger) was from there,  the surname Drucker was a off branch of the Mooney/Eisiminger family.

 

Comment by Catherine Davis on January 29, 2012 at 11:18am

Audrey, if your aunts and uncles corresponded with people in Germany, don't you know the town so you can get films at a Family History Center?

Comment by Audrey Leonard on January 29, 2012 at 10:20am

Hi Catherine, yes, I have the family Cords in the US, it was my mother's maiden name. My grandfather, William Cords, came here in1898, also two uncles were emigrants to the US.  It's entirely possible that as I (hopefully) get further back in the family, the spelling will change, but I have found Cords in German history going back to the 1500s.  Several of my aunts and uncles corresponded with Grandpa's siblings in Germany but no-one ever thought to ask about the family. I found his parents named on his social security application. We had neighbors named Cordes and I remember asking him if they were relatives. That's when he told me Cordes' are not Cords!  I'll keep searching through records - it took me about 10 years to finally find something on the Oberdorfs (another  branch of my family tree), so I have hopes of finding the Cords!  Audrey

Comment by Christine M. Worthington on January 29, 2012 at 7:28am

I have a difficult topic to discuss.  I'm sure most of you know about the family trees the Nazi party did.   I have one from my step-grandmother.   I know these trees were used for terrible reasons.  However, are they accurate?

Comment by Catherine Davis on January 13, 2012 at 5:45pm

Go to your nearest Family History Center and rent the films for the churches in Niewied.  You do not have to be a Mormon to use their libraries. They welcome all researchers.  See the catalog of FHC films at https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/library_catalog#searchTy...

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