I guess that translates to "David Muller - History of the German people"

Thanks for the info Michael!

Thanks Catherine
I did contact Iron Range some years ago and rec'd my uncle's naturaliztion papers but nothing else. Now I know about William Brose (which I just found last fall) I will contact them again. I just haven't reviewed all my notes that far back lately. This is great!!!!!!

@michael boscarato
thanks for thw copy of Geschichte des deutschen Volkes: in kurzgefasster Darstellung By David Müller, Friedrich Junge all 705 pages of it. Must of taken a long time to copy it!!!!

Makes me wish I could understand German, whats it all about?

@michael boscarato
I never heard of google books before, I went there, typed in my last name and found 7 books that my uncle wrote onn my genealogy, To me this is a gold mine.
Thanks again
@debby Mil
email after I get a chance to look it over, and i'll tell you if it;s worth it.. It's writen in the old german script so it can't be texted out. Luckily my wifes an old german LOL

That's just great. What a find! I've used Google Books a lot and found some really good stuff on my own family I saved out.

Thanks Marvin much appreciated - I hope your wife doesnt read this - LOL

@debby mil
OK, If you managed to follow your tree to Karl der Grosse (Charles the Great, Charlemagne)(It is thought all europeans are descended from him) then this book would help you but together a genealogy. Most of the info is general info back to yr 3. has lots of info on German kings etc. If you don't understand German it would be a waste of time, you can find the same info in the Wikipedia on line in English.

Looks like ti probably wont be relevant I haven't managed to get mine any further back than one generation out of Germany in the 1830s and the only surnames are Pietsch, Walter and Hull (Hell or Hall). Thanks anyway

Looking for any connection to the Colpitts family in Germany!

Researching your ancestors can lead you to amazing stories. What I found about my german ancestors, how they lived, what they did and how they came to America was astonishing. I had so much information through letters, book, memoirs and diaries I was able to write a book published on June 17, 2010: Forever Laced.
If interested check out my web page. http://www.woodenshipsironmen.com/ForeverLaced.htm

Looking for information on Christian Gottlob Birkicht 1713-1742, he had a son Christoff Gottlob Birkicht 24 Mar 1764 - 15 Sep 1828 Weinsberg, Germany. Christoff married Jostina Lokietia Link daughter of Johann Peter Link & Maria Barbara Vogel.

Looking for information on Jacob Trites, b. 1726, Osnabruck, Germany, he died 1792 Moncton, Westmoreland, New Brunswick, Canada. He was living in Pennsylvania. Then moved to New Brunswick. He was married to Maria Christina Gmelin. She was the daughter of Mathias Gmelin & Maria Barbara.

Thanks Michael! My Great great grandmother was Rosina Christina Birkicht b. 04 Nov 1848, Germany. She died 18 Jan 1928 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was the daughter of Jacob Christoff Birkicht and Christina Friederike Ziperle. He brought her over to New Brunswick and then returned to Germany. She was never to see her family again. She married Edward Almon son of William Almon and Mary Marr.

Rösch

I am looking for Ancestors and Decendents of Adolph Rösch and Albertine Martin who had 4 children,
Sophie Elizabeth, b. 17 Apr 1876
Marie Albertina, b. 28 Oct 1877
Ludwig Alfred, b 15 Feb 1880
August Alfred. b. 3 Aug 1881
They lived in Rastatt in the 1880's. Adolf was a hairdresser and wig maker.

August married Marie Amann, they had a child Ferdinand. August immegrated to the USA in 1922 and she followed 2 years later.

August was my father and other than this information I have little information of my German ancestors. If you are related and can help me with my search it would be appreciated.

Respectfully
Paul A Roesch

Thank you Michael

Greetings - I have traced my father's maternal family back to Karl Freidrich Heinrich Buchholz born in Damarow, Pommerania on 11 January 1813. His first wife, Charlotte Wilhermina Necker, died in 1855. He immigrated with 8 children and 2nd wife, Marie Luise Tesch, in 1855 from Hamburg and arrived in South Africa in 1859. His eldest daughter stayed in Germany (Hurien ? Wilhemina Luise) and died 1835. A son, Wilhelm Christian Ludwig, disappeared from home as a young boy (born 1844) and is rumoured to have gone to America. Of the 8 were Justine Tesch and Karl Tesch. Herman Carl Heinrich Buchholz (my grear-grandfather) the second youngest son of KFH, was born in Sielzenburg in 1856, married August Zieglesmit. Youngest son of KFH changed the spelling of his surname to Buchholtz. I am interested in KFH's heritage as well as any siblings. I also have difficulty in finding the places of birth etc as many do not exist any longer. Any assistance is appreciated. Regards.

I have 2 lines from Germany. My maternal line goes to Margaretha Robard born in 1810 in Holstein, Germany. Her daughter was Catherine Tank, Born in Schleswig-Holstein Germany - 31 Mar 1839, D Fremont, Nebraska, 15 Oct 1917. The family came to the USA on the Ship Germania From Hamburg and Havre in 1869 (Germans to America Vol 22). Her mother was not listed with the children.

My wife descended from Daniel Ludi of Thaleischweiler Germany, B 1657, Died in Thaleischweiler, Sudwestpfalz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany on 28 Apr 1730. Their son was Johann Nicolaus Ludi B 17 Jun 1727 Died in Perry, Pennsylvania, USA on 17 Feb 1813 Married Anna (?Hannah) Elisabetha Grob who was born on 29 Apr 1737 in Germany.

I have a lot of information on the descendants of both families to the present day. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi All, I have ancestors of the Haberlie and Durr lines who were born in Germany. (Sigmarigen and Lomersheim to be exact). I also lived in Germany for three yrs and speak, read and write a little German which may be of some help to those who don't. My Haberlie/Durr lines landed in New York, and Pennsylvania, lived in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. I can be contacted at califmeme@yahoo.com Would love to hear from others also researching these lines. Thanks, Lillian

Hello! My great great grandmother was Adaliene Steib. I know that she married a Greiner and immigrated to New York but that is all. Are there any helpful websites for German ancestry?

Hi, I am trying to find out what area of Germany my gr-grandmother may be from. Her name is Wilhelmina Haarbarth;b 3/23/1862, d 11/10/1934. I have that she was from Kreis Friedland, West Prussia. She arrived in MN, time unknown.
I would appreciate any information on where this area may be.
Thank you,

Alison, do you have any approximate dates which might give us some ideas of where we might specifically suggest you look? As far as I know,the only places you can search for names in Germany by just plugging in names without any other info are familysearch.org, http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start (which is a new LDS site), ancestry.com, and geneanet.com.German records were, and are, kept in the city and state archives where an event took place, not in a centralized government database, and even in the LDS microfilms, the data is stored by town. Do you have any approximate dates of births, marriage, immigration, etc. which can help you? If you haven't already done so, you need to work backwards from yourself to Adaliene using US records as far as you can in the hopes you'll find more info to lead you to where to look in Germany.

Myrna,
I found a ship's list for a 6 year old Wilhelmina Harbarth from Prussia, but it won't attach to this general message. I tried to send it to you directly, but I got a message that you and I have to be friends before I can send you a personal message. So, you will get a "friend's request" from me. If you make me your friend, I can send the digital image.

Here's the info on the list, if you'd prefer to not go the friend's route.
Ship Name: Circassian
Arrival: 15 Sep 1868, Port of NY
From: Prussia To: US Class: Steerage
Harbarth, Carl, 34, m, no occupation indicated
Rosalie, 30, f
Wilhelmina, 6, f
Bertha, 4, f
Baby, 5/6 (sic), f
August, 2, m

I played around googling Kreis Friedland and, although it seems a bit complicated to figure out the whole area, Kries Friedland appears to be part of the area that became Posen, Poland. See, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlochau_%28district%29 , or just google Kreis Friedland, West Prussia, Posen, etc.

I am Looking for information on Joseph Kipp born 23 MAR 1821
Kohessen, Germany. I cannot find a city named Kohessen in Germany. Is it a parish or county? I am not sure about the spelling of Kipp as it probably has been Americanized during immigration. He has a son Joseph Kipp born in 1860 in Louisville, KY.

Kelly--re Kohessen. Do you think it might be a clerk's misinterpretation/mishearing of Groß-Hessen, meaning Greater Hesse? A major negative to this idea is that I can't find that this name was official for any part of the state of Hesse, except for a period between 1945 and 46.

Thank you Catherine. I am quite sure it was a clerk's misinterpretation of what was said. How to find him though remains the struggle. :)

I am the great granddaughter of a German native named Herman Adolph Wessel of the Pommern, Eastern Prussia region of Germany. I also have an ancestor with the las name of Wittchen, Anna who is supposedly German or Polish? If anyone has any information about the Wittchens/Textor Families or the Wessells/Wefsel/Wessel families, I would be delighted to hear from them at dgsmeall@me.com.

Michael, thank you for connecting me with the Wittchen relative I was hunting down. I wonder: I noticed that there was a Matilde Witchen on the list as well; is it possible they are related and the clerk misspelled Matilde's last name?

Kelly: Perhaps your information on Joseph Kipp from "Kohessen" was actually the province of "Kurhessen." Kurhessen was incorporated into the state of Hessen in 1945. It is today known as Hessen-Kassel. There is a great deal of information on Hessen at this website: http://members.cox.net/hessen/hesse.htm
Good luck.

I am looking for immigration info the Boehm family. My Great Grandfather, Frederich Johann immigrated to America in 1867(?) from Jertsburg(?) Germany. He was a horse trader who brought Belgium horses from Europe to America. He settled in Lincoln IL, and the eventually Bufflo Center, Iowa where most of my father's family still live. I haven't had any luck at the Ellis Island sites, would appreciate any other ideas.

If he came in 1867, he wouldn't have come thru Ellis Island, but Castle Garden. Try www.castlegarden.org or www.stevemorse.org to search passenger lists. Might also have come thru Phila or Baltimore at that time. Not all of Castle Garden is indexed. Surname spelling in passenger lists is sometimes truly bizarre. Some variants to consider: Bohm, Boom.

Still seeking other researchers of the Haberlie, Durr, & Schreck lines in Germany. Anyone esle researching these surnames please contact me at califmeme@yahoo.com Thanks, Lillian

Are there online records for German military personal around the early 1900's, such as; names, locations, ranks, etc?

There are online records for German military personnel in the early 1900's but I gotta look up the link. I will post it later when I find it.

Thank you for the response Donna. Will keep watch.

Some German websites to explore:

German Roots
www.germanroots.com

An Atlas of the German Empire
www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein

BallinStadt Emigration Museum Hamburg
www.ballinstadt.de/Willkommen.html

These two are direct connections to German ancestry. Also, Google
German Military Records and they should pop up.

Donna, Thank you so very much for these new leads and directions.Will check them out tomorrow.

Thank you Donna, Nancy and Michael for the websites and directions. Very much appreciated.

This is a long shot! I am descended from one of two brothers - John Paul Grimke - who left the island of Ruegen in 1733 to eventually go to America - ending up in Charlestown, South Carolina. I know that the ending -ke is from the Eastern part of Germany - it is even Polish-sounding! I met a family of the same name living in Hannover - they had fled from what was Breslau before the war - now Wroclaw - as the Russians advanced. The father of the family had been a mayor of a town on the former border of West Silesia. The son had been born in Danzig in 1939. The father had also been in the Volksfront in the closing stages of the war. I did visit Ruegen shortly after the Wall came down, but it was not a good time to look for family records!!

Nancy, I'm dragging in the German research. My Grandfather was born in Denmark and my Grandmother was born in the same town, only it was then under German rule. My Grandfather and Grandmother immigrated to the USA while all her siblings but one moved further north into Denmark. The one brother went deeper into Germany joining the German military. I know in September of 1935 he was still in Germany living in Templeburg. The Danish side has been fairly easy to research but, I am now trying to enter into the German research, which puts me into the "baby" stages.

Hello, I have done a lot of research on my STEIGER and KESSLER families from Bombach, Germany and their emmigration (1855) to Missouri. They were members of St. Sebastian Church in Bombach. I'd love to hear from anyone who recognizes these family names or anyone who may be able to help me locate burial records from this area.

If St. Sebastian's is the Catholic Church, the LDS has microfilmed the church records, and you can rent the film for a nominal price at your local Family History Center. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframese...*,0,0.

Nancy, what sites are you using to research your Danish ancestors? I too have a host of Danish/German relatives that I need to research and I don't know where to start on this one.

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

: ) Donna

Thank you Catherine!

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?

thanks, Nancy. Looks like a great site.

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.

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.