Back to the Old Country

A Sierra Vista Genie Club Presentaon By Agnes Gromek 2 January 2013 hp://genealogy.about.com

• This is your number one place to begin. • Before you pick out a country, check out the Lan word lists. Research your European ancestors with these free genealogy databases, records, and resources. Pick a country! . Austria (19) Belgium (10) Brish Isles (244) Denmark England France (35) Finland Germany (47) Greece (12) Ireland Genealogy Italy (22) Lithuania (7) Netherlands (15) Norway Poland (28) Portugal (7) Russia (11) Scandinavia (78) Scotland Genealogy Spain (8) Sweden Switzerland (8) Ukraine (13) Wales Genealogy German Genealogy & Family History

• Research your German ancestry with this collecon of records and resources, including tutorials on German genealogy research, German surnames and naming customs, German diconaries and translaon, the Palane migraon, Hamburg and other passenger lists and free online German genealogy databases. Databases & Records (1) Emigraon & Ship Lists (11) Maps and Geography of Germany Sociees & Organizaons (3) Related: German History Related: German Diconaries Related: Vising Germany hp://fees.org/

• FEEFHS The Federaon of East European Family History Sociees • This is your number two place to get a feel for your country and what resources are available. • Don’t be surprised to find even western Germany and the Netherlands on here! Hanover, Prussia 1882 The Austrian Census for Galicia

• 1880 Austrian Census Column Headings • Column IX – Language. There were eight acceptable languages: German, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovenian, Serbo-Croaan, Italian, Romanian, Tschekish-Moravian-Slovakian. hp://www.archives.com/

How To Research Foreign Records Without Leaving Home by Lisa Alzo | Sep 20, 2011 She does a concise list of how to start, beginning with www.familysearch.org Her number two recommendaon is to join an ethnic genealogical society. She has a link to an HUGE list of Repositories of Primary Sources But what if I don’t know where to look for my surname?

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hp://www.verwandt.de/karten/ Dreyer distribuon in Germany 2013 hp://en.wikipedia.org/

• What would we do without Wikipedia for researching our place names and histories? • e,g., Bale of the Teutoburg Forest Also from Wikipedia…

• Division of the town • The town of Weener consists of 9 districts: • Weener • Kirchborgum • Diele • Vellage / Halte • Stapelmoor • Holthusen • Penismoor / Möhlenwarf • St. Georgiwold • Beschotenweg Kirche in St. Georgiwold Found onbhp://www.panoramio.com/photo/ By Googling St. Georgiwold, …

• I found more photos, the weather, a video of the church bells pealing, and message boards on Rootsweb and other places. hp://www.familyrootspublishing.com

• Map Guide To German Parish Registers - Kingdom Of Prussia, Province Of Hannover III, RB Aurich & Osnabrück - So Cover German Map Guide Volume 32 • Published by Family Roots Publishing Company, Volume 32 of the German Map Guide series. This volume includes a total of 2,227 places - mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hannover (Hanover) RB of Aurich and Osnabrück. • This is the thirty-second of a projected series covering all of Germany. In many cases, even the smallest places are listed in this series – some with as lile populaon as one person! These places are as of about 1870. If the place existed prior to that date, it will most likely be listed. Finding film on Familysearch.org

• 1. Go to hps://www.familysearch.org/ catalog-search • 2. Search place names (your town, e.g. Bunde) • 3. A list of places will come up: choose one, e.g. Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde • 4. Hit search. Finding film, connued

• 5. Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde - Cemeteries (1) • Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde - Church records (2) • Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde - Civil registraon (1) • Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde - Jewish records (3) • Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde - Military records (1) Finding film, connued

• 6. Click on church records. • Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Bunde - Church

records (2) – Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1828-1874 author:Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Bunde (Kr. Weener) – Kirchenbuch, 1727-1875 author:Evangelisch- Reformierte Kirche Bunde (Kr. Weener) Finding film, connued

• Kirchenbuch, 1727-1875 • Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1727-1766 (l. S.)Family History Library INTL Film1810467 • Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1727-1766 (r. S.)Family History Library INTL Film1810468 • Taufen 1766-1811 (l. & r. S.)Family History Library INTL Film1810465 • Heiraten 1766-1852 (l. & r. S.)Family History Library INTL Film1810466 • Tote 1766-1828 (l. & r. S.) -- Tote 1829-1852 (l. & r. S.)Family History Library INTL B1 Overflow1810472 Finding film, connued

• Click on the film number. That will take you to the order form and allow you to order the film, paying online. The current rate is : film- $7.50 for 3 months; microfiche-$0.27 per fiche for three months. The Holy Grail Happy New Year

• and Happy Hunng.