From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): One of the best things about visiting Germany is the many old architectural things you see that are so much older than anything you would find in the United States. One example is the “Amberger Draue” shown in the picture. The three heads date… Continue reading On a Street in Amberg
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A Graveyard in Schweighausen
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): In my post from a couple of weeks ago, I (Teresa) told you a bit about our trip to Schuttertal-Schweighausen in Baden-Württemberg. We visited the Saubauernhof, a farm that had been in my family. Before we saw the farm, we went to St. Romanus… Continue reading A Graveyard in Schweighausen
A Museum in Breitenbach
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): During a recent trip to Germany, I (Debra) was able to visit a village where my ancestor, Caspar Kiefer, emigrated from in 1748. The village is Breitenbach located in the Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). A genealogy colleague, Gerhard Höh, arranged for a private tour of the Bergmannsbauern-Museum,… Continue reading A Museum in Breitenbach
Schweighausen Visit
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): During a recent trip to Germany, I (Teresa) was able to visit a farm that has been in my family for centuries. The town is Shuttertal-Schweighausen in Baden-Württemberg. Historically it was the village of Schweighausen in Baden. I have four great great grandparents who were… Continue reading Schweighausen Visit
New German Course at SLIG
Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS, and Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG, have developed a new German research course that will be offered through the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in the fall of 2025. The course is entitled “German Phase 1: Identify the Hometown.” Many Americans claim German ancestry and want to research their ancestors. To… Continue reading New German Course at SLIG
Bavarian Emigration File
From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin and Debra A. Hoffman): At a recent trip to the Staatsarchiv [State Archive] Amberg located in Amberg, Bavaria, we were excited to find entire newspaper issues contained in the Auswanderakten (Permissions to Emigrate). The following translated excerpt is from Nr. 30 of the Allgemeiner Anzeiger für das Königreich… Continue reading Bavarian Emigration File
Württemberg Church Records on Ancestry
In a prior post, I talked about accessing German church records on Ancestry. In this post, I want to talk specifically about the Lutheran records for the historic region of Württemberg. The collection that I will be talking about does not include records for historic Baden. These two regions joined in 1952, along with some… Continue reading Württemberg Church Records on Ancestry
IGHR and IGGP – A Busy Week
This week I taught six sessions in the Intermediate German Course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) in Athens, Georgia. I very much enjoyed the people and the beautiful setting. Plus, I love to teach, so this is a fun week. If you are not familiar with the Institute of Genealogy and… Continue reading IGHR and IGGP – A Busy Week
Regional Portal on CompGen
Do you know the history of the village where your German ancestors came from? Are you aware of resources that might exist overseas for them? One way to find information about your village is to explore the Regional Portal in the GenWiki at CompGen. This may be accessed from the home page at CompGen or… Continue reading Regional Portal on CompGen
Ortsfamilienbücher (Family Lineage Books)
This week I want to talk about Ortsfamilienbücher (OFBs), which are books that are compiled for a German village. They show the familial relationships of the people who lived there in the past. Typically, an Ortsfamilienbuch is compiled using the church and other local records for the town in question. Each family unit is numbered… Continue reading Ortsfamilienbücher (Family Lineage Books)
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