From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): This series of posts, continued from last week, outlines our preparation for a German trip to research beyond church records. Before embarking on a research trip abroad, you want to make sure you’ve done your homework. The next step, outlined in this post, is… Continue reading Hotels in Germany
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Booking Flights
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): This series of posts, continued from last week, outlines our preparation for a German trip to research beyond church records. Before embarking on a research trip abroad, you want to make sure you’ve done your homework. The next step, outlined in this post, is… Continue reading Booking Flights
Building a Travel Schedule
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): This series of posts, continued from last month, outlines our preparation for a German trip to research beyond church records. Before embarking on a research trip abroad, you want to make sure you’ve done your homework. The next step, outlined in this post, is… Continue reading Building a Travel Schedule
Locating Relevant Archives
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): This series of posts, continued from last week, outlines our preparation for a German trip to research beyond church records. Before embarking on a research trip abroad, you want to make sure you’ve done your homework. The next step, outlined in this post, is… Continue reading Locating Relevant Archives
Town History Leads to Archival Records
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): This series of posts, started last week, outlines our preparation for a trip to research beyond church records. Before embarking on a research trip abroad, you want to make sure you’ve exhausted all records available from your home country. One of the steps outlined… Continue reading Town History Leads to Archival Records
Germany Research Trip Goals
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
German States and Provinces as of 1912 and Their Current Locations
Last night (19 May 2020) I presented a webinar called “Discover the Holdings of German Archives,” hosted by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) and Legacy Family Tree Webinars. It will be free for one week to anyone and after that, available to Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers. One of the most confusing things… Continue reading German States and Provinces as of 1912 and Their Current Locations
New Webinars About German Research
The last week has been very busy and exciting for me. My webinar “So You’ve Found Your German Town of Origin, Now What” was released last Friday, April 12, 2019, as a bonus for subscribers of Legacy Family Tree Webinars. This week I did a live presentation of “Boost Your German Research: Understand Historical Jurisdictions,”… Continue reading New Webinars About German Research
State Archive of Baden-Württemberg
It’s a rainy day here and I can’t be outside, so today is a good time to prepare for my research trip to Germany in October. One of my stops will be at the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (State Archive of Baden-Württemberg) branch in Karlsruhe and probably the branch in Freiburg, as well. I have a lot… Continue reading State Archive of Baden-Württemberg
Lind Street Research 