10 Top Tips for Beginning German Genealogy

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💎If you’re new to German genealogy or need tips because your research has stalled, this episode of Elevenses with Lisa is for you. In fact, even if you don’t have German ancestors I think you will still find the principles and ideas covered very helpful. Translator, author and German handwriting expert Katherine Schober shares her 10 Top Tips for Beginning Germany Genealogy. These tips are packed with tools and resources that you can start using right away.

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[germanologyunlocked]

Thank you for having me - I enjoyed talking with all of you!

[LAN]

WOW! I went to the Matricula website, searched my great-great grandmother's town, clicked the church book, and there she is right there on page one of the the book! All I can read right now is her name. But wow. So cool.

[lewis]

There exists an about 50 volume German American gen resource I came across in the San Diego public library... It is likely found elsewhere as well...

[patriciayohn]

I had a relatively easy time on my Maternal line partly because I am a Pennsylvanian. My Mother's Mother had German background coming from York County, PA and Mother and I were born in Lancaster, County, PA which borders York, County. Traced the family name of my Maternal Great Grandmother 's maiden name Urey back to a Georg Uhrig about Seventeen hundred in York, County, name was changed to Urey by one of his sons. My guess would be that Georg Uhrig emigrated from the Palatinate as I have Cousins from that area in Germany.

[Rony]

Another hint that is very useful is the naming of the children. First boy would be Fathers father, 2nd boy would be mothers father and lastly only the fathers name.

[lbfaith]

My gen stops at my 4th great grandfather. Immigrated to American from hesse- Darmstadt 1867 ( no clue why the docs have it hyphenated) I only have one American census for 1870. But no other census I could find.

[brooke]

I’ve used ancestry for years and I think I have a good amount of information but I’ve only been able to get one record about my grandmothers brothers death and that’s it for the whole of ancestry….so sad.

[misiasert]

Excellent advice, thankyou 👍
My trouble is, part of " Germany " my ancestors came from was Poland, Austro-Hungarian, Russia 🇷🇺 😳 😐
Its hard work

[s.f.]

If you are really lucky you can find a book called "Ortssippenbuch" for the place your ancestors came from. I can recommend this.

[arminvoneckerberg]

Old German handwriting?Oh stop it. That was nothing old. Queen Victoria's daughter wanted a German handwriting and her son Wilhelm King of Germany introduced the Sütterlin font based on the English model. The font existed only from 1911 to 1941. it is totally easy to learn because the font is oriented to children

[NoWeedsInMyGarden]

How reliable are the Indexing/translation already provided on Family Search and Ancestry? Thanks