Germany and German Ancestry

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Comment by Sylvia Irwin on July 17, 2009 at 3:33pm

My Grandfather Allen Morley Hodgkinson was born in Hamburg Germany Dec. 1, 1892. His parents were Frederick Field Hodgkinson and Alice Morley. Frederick Field was a diplomat from England. Their were other children that I am trying to trace. I understand that their was as sister Alice? that married a German citizen.
Anyone that know of this family, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Sylvia Irwin

Comment by Estella K Johnson on July 17, 2009 at 6:12am

Interested particularly in locating German ancestory of the KLING surname, emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA about 1732, and resided in Lancaster county. Lutheran. Other German surnames are BARNHART/BERMHARDT in Berks county area of Pennsylvania 1700s and STOECKEL and BIEBER from Alsace to Pennsylvania 1850s.

Comment by Gail Ann Meyer Kilgore on July 17, 2009 at 2:13am

if you can scan it you may get it translated.

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Comment by Carol Byers on July 16, 2009 at 9:39pm

The first step in researching your German ancestor is to gather as much information about her or him from American records and determine the place of origin. You need to know there village or town and province/state; their religion; variations of name spelling; names of siblings; and approximate birth year(s). Then you need to find the church they attended, as it is possible that their village/town did not have a church. I use Meyer's Orts to help determine basic information of their village/town, where the county records are located, the courts, and military district. If your ancestor was in Germany after 1871, there would be civil records, and before they probably didn't exist. Then your next step is to determine if any of these records have been micro-filmed by the LDS. If so, you can order them from you local Family History Center. Then the fun begins! Until Hitler came along, Germany did not use the same alphabet as we had. You will need to get help deciphering it or learn to read the script. I've been learning to decipher it, and after a few year of learning can usually transcribe most of the records. However, it can be a real challenge, as most of the 17th through 19th century are had written and some time worse that a doctor's prescription.

If you plan to do the research your self, it not be easy and may take considerable time to learn. If you don't have the time to do this, there are excellent German Genealogists at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

I am a member of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society (SGGS), we have 1100 members and our quarterly publication, Der Blummenbaum, is full of useful information on Germany and articles to help with your research. See our website: http://www.SacGerSoc.org for details.

For those who might be interested, Roger P. Minert, Ph.D., A.G. will be our guest speaker on 28 July.

If you are in the Sacramento on Thursdays, the SGGS provides German Genealogy research help at the local Family center.

Carol

Comment by Sandy on July 16, 2009 at 9:29pm

I am looking for information concerning the surname Furcht from Hannover Germany. My gggrandfather imigrated to the United States in 1846. The first reference I found is he was a Coal Miner in Luzerne Co PA, further checking I found where the mines brought in Jewish Immigrates to work the mines. I do not know if he was Jewish nor exactly where he was born other than Hannover. I have contacted the Archives in Niedersachsen who checked immigration records but did not find him. They did provide me with a name and address of a professional researcher there that I could hire. If anyone is in need of this information let me know

Comment by Carolyn Mader on July 16, 2009 at 7:21pm

Can anyone translate this word for me? IGAZOLVANY Thanks

Comment by Debbe Hagner, AG on July 16, 2009 at 5:02pm

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp

Use this to see if the LDS has films for your ancestor's town.. You can order these films from the local Family History Center. You do need to learn to read German handwriting...

There adding new German records at this web site -

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=-1;p=allCollections

Good Luck...

Do all your HOMEWORK in USA first.... I had one client who ancestor came from Heidelberg.. I ordered several films from that big city of Heidelberg. I found NOTHING on the films... Come to FIND out that there are 5 Heidelberg in GERMANY!!!! I was barking the wrong tree... So be careful...

There are several books that can help you improve your reading German handwriting....

1. If I can - you can - Decipher Germanic records by Edna Bentz
2. German - English Genealogical dictionary by E. Thode
3. Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents by Roger Minert

I hope this all HELPS....

Comment by Patrice Houck Schadt on July 16, 2009 at 4:42pm

I have a line that came from CREFELD. It is Christian Allebach who immigrated to Philadelphia. Supposedly he is the progenitor of the Allebach's in Pennsylvania. I am trying to determine the parentage for certain of John Allebach b. 20 Sept 1756 d. 1822 in Monroe County, PA. He is supposedly the son of Peter 1730 - 26 March 1783 and his wife, Elizabeth Landes, who d. 2 May 1765. Peter is the son of Christian Allebach.

Comment by Patrice Houck Schadt on July 16, 2009 at 4:31pm

I have used the Archives of the Diocese in Wurzburg for information and they are very helpful. BUT, you have to do your homework in the states, first. If you give them good information, they can identify your family. Then they will send whatever copies they have. It is not cheap, but reasonable for what they sent. I was glad to do it.

Comment by Kathleen Allen Parkman Lamb on July 16, 2009 at 2:09pm

Please cancel my membership as this is just too difficult for me to fool with and too slow.

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