Legacy Tree

Professional genealogists and family history researchers for hire

Contact Us
x
  • Home
  • Services
  • Highlights
  • About Us
  • Press
  • Blog
  • English
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese (Brazil)
    • Swedish
    • Danish
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Russian
Contact Us
Contact Us
x
  • Home
  • Services
  • Highlights
  • About Us
  • Press
  • Blog
  • English
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese (Brazil)
    • Swedish
    • Danish
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Russian
Contact Us
  • Services
  • Highlights
  • About
  • Press
  • Blog
  • .
  • English
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese (Brazil)
    • Swedish
    • Danish
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Russian

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

June 12, 2020 by Marissa - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 2 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 Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 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

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

  • Home
  • Services
  • Highlights
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Careers
[wpca_btn_reset_consent txt="Reset your consent" txt_resetting="Resetting now.."] Terms of Use Privacy Policy

© 2004 - 2021 Legacy Tree Genealogists. All rights reserved.

  • Services
  • Highlights
  • About
  • Press
  • Blog
  • .
  • English
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese (Brazil)
    • Swedish
    • Danish
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Russian