German Genealogy

October 26, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 3 min read

SUCCESS!!! Finding My Immigrant Family in German Church Records! (Part 2)

Back to the story… Two days ago, I was sitting in the library looking at a microfilm of German church

October 25, 2016 Dana 12 Comments 3 min read

Finding the village your ancestors came from is, in my understanding, the hardest part of tracing your family back to

October 18, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 2 min read

My Grand Aunt Beulah, who did genealogy research for many years, has “Gustrow, Mecklenburg” as the place of birth of

October 18, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 3 min read

I’ve discussed my Peters’ family 1859 New York passenger list, but what additional information does their Hamburg passenger list tell

October 13, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 3 min read

In Hamburg on June 14th, 1859, Joachim and Henrietta (Bingher) Peters, my third great grandparents, boarded the steamship Bavaria to start a

October 10, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

As I continue to share the story of my Peters ancestors’ 1859 immigration, today I’m sharing a map my dad

October 4, 2016 Dana 6 Comments 3 min read

As I continue to share the immigration story of my family, I watched Devon Lee Noel’s video tutorial: How to

October 4, 2016 Dana 6 Comments 2 min read

Adding details to our genealogy makes our ancestor’s lives more interesting. Sometimes, we need to be creative to go beyond

October 1, 2016 Dana 8 Comments 2 min read

During the summer of 1859, my great, great, great grandparents, Joachim [pronounced “Waa-Keem”] and Henrietta (Bingher) Peters emigrated from Germany