Germany

November 22, 2016 Dana 7 Comments 5 min read

How I Traced My Immigrant Family to Germany

In October, I started telling the story of one of my immigrant families: the Peters. My purpose was to find

November 3, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

After locating the church in Bellin, Germany, where my Peters family attended in the late 1850s, my dad found a

November 1, 2016 Dana 5 Comments 2 min read

In the U.S., most of my ancestors were farmers. But, my newly found German ancestors had a variety of occupations.

October 29, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 1 min read

I started researching our family in 1998, and my dad’s aunt, Beulah, had probably researched several decades before that time.

October 26, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 3 min read

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