Finding German Ancestors: Tips from James Beidler

[musclecarfan]

Slovakia has 4 villages named Zavadka, and I had to find the one for my father father's family

[arliebattigbattig]

The Battigs came from Switzerland and family lore maintains that it means little mighty fighter but is it German?

[ronnath]

not spotting the link to the "meyers gaz" site (i'm sure i badly misspelled the name)

[mindthependulum]

My father was born on a boat that left Germany in April of 1924, then adopted on the boat to a childless couple who died from TB when he was still a toddler. His birth mother stayed on the boat and returned to Germany and I have no clue what her name was. Where would I look for information on finding who my natural grandmother was?

[waynebaltzer]

Johanne Christoper came from Hesse German 1752 ship Sally to Nova Scotia

[cbo]

My grandmother’s parents were both Bavarian. Can I have German citizenship?