Posts about finding and using resources for researching in Germany, Prussia, and Austria, and German genealogy organizations and social media.

10 Sep 2010

Old German Professions Occupations and Illnesses

By |10 Sep 2010|German Genealogy, Prussian Genealogy|6 Comments

Old German Professions Occupations and Illnesses is a RootsWeb resource that comes in handy as when translating parish records. My own dear husband found for me in about six seconds of Google searching and it's [...]

20 Jul 2010

Birth and Baptism of Bruno Kirschstein

By |20 Jul 2010|Church Records, German Genealogy, Kirschstein, Prussian Genealogy|2 Comments

Today a brick wall crumbled when I found the birth and baptism of Bruno Kirschstein, my great-grandfather, in the Lutheran parish church records of Rawitsch, Posen, Prussia. With this record, I also found the names [...]

5 Jul 2010

Using Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934

By |5 Jul 2010|German Genealogy, Immigration Records, Prussian Genealogy|3 Comments

Today's post is about Using Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934.  Lately I've had some great luck using Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 database. Also known as Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934, this database at Ancestry is essential for European migration. These lists [...]

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