I have found sketchy information on family search recently.  In the "box" where an image might be included, the words "image not available online".  O.K., but does that mean an image MIGHT be available if one requested the corresponding film?  The volunteers at our local LDS center didn't know.  Can anyone help on this question?  

M

arguerite, yes, I have found relatives on familysearch.org with the "no image available" box and then found the microfilms of the actual records at the LDS family history center.  The film # is given at the bottom of the new familysearch.org record.  Double check the film number in the LDS catalog, however, to make sure, it is the microfilm of a real record and not a microfilm copy of a transcription (sometimes referred to as "typescript").  If there is no film number, I would guess that would mean that the information came from somewhere other than LDS,  but then there is usually a link in the "no image" box that tells you where the record can be found, usually at a cost. 

Marguerite,

Yes, you can check the catalog online.  On the homepage, just above the spot where you enter the name for which you are searching, there is line in smaller font that starts "Historical Records."  The third item on that line, in blue, is "Library Catalog."  Click on it.  On the new page, in the first box, use the drop-down arrow to find "film numbers."  Then in the box next to that, put the film number you found for the record in which you are interested.  You'll get the title of the film in purple.  Click on it to get to the details of the film.  If there is more than one title, that means that there is more than one church or whatever on the same film; just click on the name of the one in which you are interested.

http://www.genealoger.com/german/ger_emigration_records.htm

I don't know anyone here has ever seen this site.

Some of the links are in German and may need to be translated.

I used babelfish you may want to use something else.

HI, Bob, Thanks for posting that link. I checked a few as I was scrolling through it- no luck yet, but it will take a while to check it all out. Have a good weekend.

Ellen

Hello,

I am interested in the Borchers family from Hanover, Niedersachen, Germany. Johann Heinrich Borchers, b.14Jul.1797; emigrated to the US and settled in Ohio in the 1820's. He married Catherine Lehmkuhl b.6Jun.1806. They were both born in Germany. Any info on the family anyone has would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi - I am doing a One Name Study of the name Blaker, found everwhere the old German language was used - Scandanavia, Germany, Netherlands, UK, eastern Europe and so on. If you come across this odd beast, I would be very pleased to know about it and thank you.

rod.blaker@gmail.com

Wilhelmina Nesensoh
my great grandmother 
Birth 21 May 1855 in Germany, Baden, Karlsruhe area
Death 30 Jul 1940 in Oakland, Alameda, California

any sites where I can search the name Nesensoh, all I can find are Male,Nesensoh, No Wilhelmina, or Father's name Matthew

I am looking for any information RE: Gottlieb Collmar born approx:  1821 in Wuettemberg, Germany.  He arrived in the US approx:  1840's.  He married Maria Magdelena Bower/s or Bauer, she was born in Bavaria and has her parents listed on the US census born in Elsas, France.  They settled in different areas of PA.  The last known residency was in Wetzel, WV in 1880.  They had 4 children, William, Catherine, John, and George.  I too, have hit a brick wall.  Any help would greatly be appreciated.  Thanks!

@Donna Collmar:  on ancestry.com, I found a ship's manifest for a 16 year old Gottlieb Kollmer, arriving NY on 3 Nov 1840.  He sailed on the Formosa from Le Havre, France.  He was travelling with his parents and siblings:

Gottlieb Kollmer, 43, farmWuerttemberg                                             Frederica, 46, Wuerttemberg                                                                  Gottlieb, 16, Wuerttemberg                                                                      Barbara 10, Wuerttemberg  Jacob 7, Wuerttemberg

I also found 2 different, entries in naturalization indexes for Philadelphia: 

Sorry, for some reason, my computer locked up and I wasn't able to finish what I started.  Forget my comment that said I found 2 index entries.  The first was just a condensed version of the second, so I only sent the second below. 

The ancestry entry also included the following information on how to obtain a copy of the naturalization record: 

Sorry, I've no idea.  I've never experienced a computer that only allows .com, but I'm not a computer expert.  Perhaps someone else in the group can help.  Or perhaps you could use a computer at your public library, if you can access your email server from there.  If you can't, set up a free yahoo.com or gmail.com account and then access that from the library.

@ Catherine Davis

The information you have provided, I already have in my data base.  Spoke with Washington DC regarding Gottlieb Collmar's Declaration of Intent and his Oath of Allegiance.  The only information on these 2 documents were his signature.   I do know Gottlieb was a cooper/distiller and sales in "Ale".  According to one of his US Census, he was a convict, I believe it was listed in the 1860 Census out of PA.  If, I can locate his criminal record, hopefully I can validate his date of birth.  I am up against a brick wall.  Do you have any suggestions on any other avenues I can pursue?  Thank You so much for your time and information. 

I have three German lines that I'm researching--Wombacher, Freukes, and Schmidt. John Wombacher was born in Bavaria in 1809 and died in 1857 in Peoria, Illinois.  William Freukes was born in 1828 in Germany and lived/died (in 1898) in Carver Co. Minnesota.  George Schmidt was born in Prussia in 1850 and lived in Somerset, Wisconsin, and died in Seattle, WA. 

Anyone sharing the same lines as me??

surnames Hutzel  Scherrer born in Baden Germany Berg near French boarder if any one doing research in this area please contact

I am searching for any descendants of Christoph Schmid, born 1 Jan 1794 , married 1 Mar 1829 in Ottmarsheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany to Elisabetha Ganss.  They emigrated to North America in 1852 from Rotterdam with theri three children:

Johann Christian, b. 16 Feb 1834

Johann Christoph, b. 21 Jan 1839

Rosina Frederike, b; 16 Apr 1843.

They landed in New York on 24 Jun 1852.  I have been unable to locate a trail from there.

Diane,

     Check out familysearch.org.  When I plugged in your g-g-grandmother's name, I found two Juliana Kerns baptised in the Catholic church in Ringsheim, one on 21 Feb 1823 and one on 11 Mar 1826, both with the same parents, Aegidius Kern and Monica Weber.  This probably means the first child died, and the family then gave the name to a second child.  The actual image of the record is not online, but the film # 891217 is there, so you can go to any LDS Family History Center and order the film to see the record or to trace the rest of your family. (you do not need to be Mormon to use the FHC.)  But, realize the records will be in German and in an old script.  There is a German script tutorial (free) at  http://script.byu.edu/german/en/welcome.aspx which may be helpful.

You may want to first play around using the familysearch.org search routine to see if you can find other children of Aegidius and Monica or their parents, but the film will probably be the best bet in the long run.

I couldn't find a Boniface Schmidt from Habersheim, Baden on the familysearch site and I couldn't find Habersheim in the LDS catalog.  But then, I couldn't find Habersheim on either Mapquest or by just googling the town name either.  The closest I came was Habersam in Bavaria or Hattersheim am Main in Hesse.  Are you sure you have the right town?

I am looking for August Pust - he pronounced it similar to rust.  He traveled on the Italia from Swinemunde, Germany with New York as destination. Origin: Prussia (Prau Ben)  Zehrten     Ethnicity: Prussian (German)

August arrived there 02 Jan 1891.  August was born 20 Jan 1868 and all the dox I have he just list Germany or Prussia as place of birth.

Grandpa lived in Swift County, Minnesota in the Appleton area.  My father was born there in 1900.  The family lived in Danvers Village for a time.  I do not have experience in looking in Germany or other countries that made up Prussia.  Anyone have a suggestion to how I find info it would be very much appreciated.  I hope to take a course in researching German records.  Thanks hope to hear from someone soon    

Did August Post become a naturalized US citizen?  If so, his citizenship papers would show his place of birth.  That's how I found my great grandfather's birth place.  Depending how long he lived, some of the US census show if he had applied for citizenship.  I was eventually able to get a copy of the application filled out in my relatives handwriting.

Hi all

Thanks for replying to my problems.  Yes I have his US naturalization papers.  I recd. them from the Swift County Historical Society.  In 1900 he lived in Danvers Village MN. I have the land papers from there and they moved her in spring of 1904.  On all his papers he states Germany or Prussia as home.  I don't know names of his family but I believe he joined them when he came to US just not sure where.  Minnesota is the only place I can put him.

Book notice - Beginning German research-

http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=14299

Hello

   I am reserching my grandfathers family who were Germans from Russia.  They were from the Odessa area.   I am interested in finding info on when they lived in Russia and where they came from prior to moving.   The last name is Fritchel.  I am sure there has been changes in the spelling but his first name was Gottlieb.  they came to US in early 1900's and settled in Colorado.   Any help or tips would be great thanks..

I'm looking for the following German surnames who migrated to the US

SCHAFFNER from Baden-Baden or Baden-Wurttemberg around 1840-1845 not sure where they came into the US, but my branch settled in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. I found my 3rd Great Grandfather Berhnard Schaffner in the 1860 US Census list of Louisville, Kentucky and lists his birth city as Baden Bernhard is listed as Ren Schaffner he was born in 1834 and died in 1878. I found his wife Katherine Luhr Schaffner in the 1880 and 1900 Census, Kate was born in 1830 and died in 1908. They both died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

ROTHENHOEFER - migrated from Germany in 1840 and settled in Frederick County, Maryland. Johann Lorentz Rothenhoefer born 1815 in Guntersleben, Wurzburg, Germany and died in 1894 of Maryland, he married Christine Graff she was born 1816 in Germany and died 1887 in Maryland.

Virginia--have you looked for ships' lists to help you determine when your ancestor might have come to the US?  You might find something on the Castle Garden website (Castle Gardens was the NY entry point that preceded Ellis Island), although many ships from Germany entered the US at the port of Baltimore.   Baltimore ship records are available on ancestry.com.  Have you looked on familysearch.org for your surnames?  This site is putting more and more records, including German records, online all the time.

Also, regarding the geographic area from which your ancesters came. Baden-Baden means the town of Baden in the old state of Baden.  The states of Baden and Wuerttemburg merged after WWII to form the modern state of Baden-Wuerttemburg. 

If you don't find records for your family on familysearch.org, you might want to click on "catalog" above the search routine on this site, and then plug in the towns in which you are interested.  The catalog will tell you if the LDS has filmed church or civil records for these areas and, if they have, you can rent the films of the records from your local Family History Center.  You do not have to be a Mormon to use these films or these Centers.

Liz Richardson - Hi Liz, I was just posting my German surnames that I'm currently working on to try and connect with others researching these families. Thank you for replying.

Virginia,

     You can try googling the church, use the town name followed by either evangelischekirche or catholischekirche, depending on whether you want the protestant (lutheran) or catholic church.    There might be an address for the church offices there.  The website will probably be in German, but you should be able to get a translated version, even if there is no mark on the website for English.  Your browser might ask at the top of the page if you want to translate.  If not, copy the url, go to googletranslate, set it for German to English, paste the url into the German side; it will reappear exactly the same in the translated box, but if you click on the url in the English box, the website will reopen in English.

There is no guarantee whether you will receive an answer from the church; it often depends on the pastor's feelings about genealogical searches or his feelings about privacy.  If you send a letter, you will have to write it in German, although several people on this webpage have said they've used google translate for this, and they have received responses.  If you receive a response, it will most likely be written in German, too. 

If LDS has the church records for the church you are interested in, and there is a Family History Center near you, I'd start there.  The records will be films of the originals, not transcripts, and the staff is likely to be very knowledgeable and helpful.   you go, the records will be written in old German script.  You can have a copy of the original record this way.  A letter from the church may just give you a transcribed version, or perhaps only a few facts and leave out some details you might find if you see the original record for yourself.

You do not have to be a Mormon to use the FHC.  Many of us who go there fairly regularly are not affiliated with that church. 

Hi Catherine,

I'll try the google search and see what I can find. I went one time to the Morman church in our area, but didn't really know how to search for anything. I'll give it another try later.

Thank you