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Make Hay While the Sun Shines: Farm Names in Your Family History

June 12, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 4 Comments

farm names in family history

Today we’re going to discuss another important surname anomaly that commonly appeared in areas using patronymics and sporadically elsewhere: Farm Names. But first, it’s important to understand how surnames have evolved, and the nuances that can create brick walls in our genealogy research if we aren’t aware of them. Let’s dive in! Lesson in History: The Birth of Modern Surnames Before different religious factions broke off from the Roman Catholic Church, our ancestors who were not nobility or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Genealogy Records and Resources, Germany Tagged With: ancestry, Dutch, family history, farm names, genealogy, German, Germany, Netherlands, patronymics, surnames, Sweden, Swedish

Find Centuries of Ancestors in Germany’s Village Genealogy Books!

April 9, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 9 Comments

If you have German ancestry, village genealogy books are an essential resource for extending your family history. German genealogy can be intimidating—after determining the ancestral village of origin, the next step involves deciphering documents written in an archaic handwritten cursive script that can challenge even the best of us. So, genealogists seeking their German ancestors can perhaps be forgiven for wishing for any kind of a shortcut that could make their lives easier. Fortunately, for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy Records and Resources, Germany Tagged With: ancestry, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, German, Germany, village genealogy books

3 Essential Websites for German Family History Research

April 14, 2017 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 77 Comments

If you have German ancestors in your family tree, or if you have worked on German family history research for anyone else, you may have noticed that Germany is a country that doesn't include national indexes to their records. In order to conduct research for your German ancestors you need to know the specific town or city where your family lived, and also usually the parish they attended. Since parish churches could cover several nearby towns, the parish where your ancestors' records are located … [Read more...]

Filed Under: genealogy research, Germany, Internet Research Tagged With: German, German Ancestors, German Family History, Germany

German Evangelical Church Records Online: Archion.de

August 30, 2016 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 9 Comments

If you have German ancestry, this resource is for you! Archion.de is an online resource for German evangelical church records.  Church records, which can include baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, and in some areas family books, are some of the most commonly used resources for German genealogical research. For those with German ancestors of the Protestant Evangelical faith, accessing church records from many areas of Germany has gotten easier over the last several years. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Records, Germany, Internet Research Tagged With: ancestry, church records, evangelical, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, German, Germany, online

German Immigrants in American Church Records

December 28, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 6 Comments

If your family tree has German immigrants, include American church records in your genealogy research efforts.  Do you have German ancestors who lived in the Midwest? Were they Protestants? If you answered yes to those questions, then you need to know about the German Immigrants in American Church Records (GIACR) series. Compiled by Dr. Roger P. Minert of Brigham Young University, the first volume of the series was published in 2005 and has since expanded to include 18 volumes, the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Records, Europe, Germany, Immigration, United States Tagged With: church, family history, family history library, genealogy, German, Germany, immigrant, immigration, library, record, records, United States

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