From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): Whether we are researching in the United States or in Germany, identifying your research goals is crucial to conducting efficient and effective research. This is particularly important when embarking on a trip to Germany, where you want to ensure that no minute is wasted!… Continue reading Germany Research Trip Goals
Category: Butschbach
Lawrence Huber in Indexed Records
In my last post about Lawrence Huber, I showed how I finally found Lawrence’s baptismal record in Butschbach. Now that indexing efforts are making records more findable, there is another way (today) that I could find where he was baptized. FamilySearch [FS] has been indexing its records for years now. Always keep an eye out… Continue reading Lawrence Huber in Indexed Records
Lawrence Huber – Where Was He Baptized?
In my last post about Lawrence Huber, I showed how I researched the Catholic records in Oberkirch. I found Lawrence’s sister’s marriage and her baptism in 1810. I did not find any baptism for Lawrence or any of his other siblings. This is when you go back to the drawing board, so to speak. It… Continue reading Lawrence Huber – Where Was He Baptized?
Research in Oberkirch Records
In my last post about Lawrence Huber, I explained about finding a letter from his brother-in-law, Michael Doll. That letter was written in Oberkirch, which at the time was in the Kreis Offenburg in Baden. Today it is part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg. This was the only specific German town I’d found possibly relating… Continue reading Research in Oberkirch Records
GOV (Geschichtliches Ortsverzeichnis) – Historical Gazetteer
You may be asking yourself, “What is a gazetteer and why do I care?” A gazetteer is like a dictionary of place names. It tells you valuable information about the place in question. There is not necessarily a map component in a gazetteer. A historical gazetteer, such as the GOV, tells about places that historically… Continue reading GOV (Geschichtliches Ortsverzeichnis) – Historical Gazetteer
You Never Know . . .
. . . what might be lurking in your relative’s attic. Growing up, I talked to both of my grandmas on numerous occasions, asking about their grandparents who had immigrated from Germany. Their memories were great. They could recall birth, marriage, and death dates for each person and so many other details. I was ultimately… Continue reading You Never Know . . .
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