Germany and German Ancestry

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Comment by Donna Gates-Smeall on August 5, 2010 at 12:49am

I found the three key genealogical trees I needed to fill the gaps in my Mother's father's side. However, the three families are all condensed into a GEDCOM with 100k people in the database.

The problem here is My Family Tree 6 does not seem capable of handling that large a number of people. Is anyone else having that kind of issue with MacFamily Tree 6??? More importantly, how do I get these families incorporated into my tree without having issues?

Comment by marguerite Sykes on August 3, 2010 at 10:32am

Thanks Catherine. Yes, this is the right Karkutt. Haven't been able to locate the naturalization record, so this is wonderful!

Comment by Catherine Davis on August 3, 2010 at 10:06am

Maruguerite, maybe you will benefit after all from Nancy's info on Cook County first papers. I found the following on ancestry.com, Selected US Naturalization Record Indexes:
Karkutt, Christian
452 Otto St., Chicago
Certificate # R31 P514
Circuit Court of Cook County, IL
Country of Birth: Germany
Date of Naturalization: Dec 1, 1891
Witness: H. C. Rouschke, 154 Belmont Ave., Chicago
Date of N

Comment by marguerite Sykes on August 3, 2010 at 9:43am

Wow! You're full of great sources. Thanks so very much, Michael.

Comment by marguerite Sykes on August 3, 2010 at 9:35am

thanks, Michael, for your searches. the last group mentioned are indeed my great grandmother and children. Chr listed in the 2nd entry is my great grandfather. Interesting that Castle Garden is listed--they came through Baltimore from Bremen. Some of the other persons listed COULD give me clues as to location in Europe and possible original name. Thanks for your prompt and helpful searches. Also need to try to find Louise M's maiden name.

Comment by Catherine Davis on August 2, 2010 at 7:21pm

Regarding immigration records and the Cook County Circuit Court--It's truly super that so many first papers have been "discovered" because these papers supposedly contain so much more information than the final papers! However, and I may be wrong, but I think, as it is a county court, the only records that court would have would be for those people who were granted citizenship at that court only so would pertain most directly to people who lived in that county, not all of the midwest. There is a NARA office in Chicago, which is the repository for the records of people who obtained citizenship through federal courts in the midwest, but it does not have any records of local or state courts. Before 1906,it was possible to obtain citizenship through any kind of court, federal, state, county, and local, and most people did so at the court which was most convenient to where they lived. Records of naturalizations obtained at local and state levels are most often still maintained by the officiating court, although in some states, the localities may have also filed copies with the state archives. After 1906, courts forwarded records to the INS, and I presume these are now held at the regional NARA offices, but I'm not positive.

Comment by marguerite Sykes on August 2, 2010 at 6:43pm

thanks, Nancy. Looks like a great site.

Comment by marguerite Sykes on August 2, 2010 at 4:07pm

My great grandfather was Christian Karkutt (1845-1907) born in Prussia and emigrated to US in 1880. I believe he might have been Polish or another area of eastern Prussia. The Karkutt name is relatively new--how can I find where he originated and what his "original" surname was?

Comment by Lisa R on July 31, 2010 at 11:10pm

Thank you Catherine!

Comment by Donna Gates-Smeall on July 31, 2010 at 7:18pm

Thanks, Nancy! This is a great place for me to start.

: ) Donna

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