Another good place to search is the ELCA (Lutheran) Library in Philadelphia. For those who came over attached to the Reformed or Lutheran Church there are good records there. The address is on the net. Dorothy C. White dotwhite@comcast.net 804.795.4296 > -----Original Message----- > From: Narda Iulg [mailto:silverbear@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 1:01 PM > To: BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BAVARIA] Just a suggestion > > > I would just like to back up Beth's remarks. It is > amazing what can be found with a little foot work and a whole > lot of common sense. > One doesn't have to spend money to buy books when you > can use them from the library and there are some great basic > guides available also at your local Archives. Even our > little town of 900 people has an archives and the one in the > larger town 8 miles away has an extremely knowledgeable > person who was more than happy to recommend all sorts of > connections, sites and references when I was starting out. > GOOGLE, as often recommended on this site, is an > unbelievable resource to the beginner as well as those of us > who have been searching for years. Do remember to go back > again and again if you are not successful the first time, > because everyday more info is being loaded unto their site. > It happened that way for me, where literally one day there > was nothing and the very next evening I found a gold mind of > information. > Every province and state has a genealogical society where > you can visit, join or whatever you desire to do. These > places are full of people who have run before you and often > have a language expertise in German, French, Italian, Polish > or whatever you need. > If you are needing Latin to be translated look for an > older priest in > your community or a retired Latin teacher. But as Beth said > there are all > sorts of pages you can download from the LDS site or > elsewhere that give you all the key words that genealogists > use in birth, baptism, marriage and death certificates. > As Wolf keeps saying to folk, try the phone books in > Germany and other European countries. I have had great > success with them and even when people answered who weren't > related, they sometimes still volunteered to check things out > for me, which I thought was so amazing. > I don't mean to be boring but everything you need is at > your fingertips, maybe not always the end answer, but great > sign posts that send you down the right roads that lead to > finding that long forgotten family ancestor. > Narda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave or Beth Arnott" <dsarnott@execpc.com> > To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:49 AM > Subject: [BAVARIA] Just a suggestion > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > I've been on this list for, oh, about a year or two, and have some > friendly suggestions........ > > > > If you come across something written in Latin or German or? > and don't > > know > the language, there are many translation websites on the Web. > German/English translation dictionaries should be available > at your local public library. > > > > Maps and locations may be a little trickier to find on your > computer. > Your library can help there, too. > > > > There are many excellent encyclopedias with articles about > > World/European > history, Germany, Bavaria, etc. at your library. > > > > Your public library should also have books on world history, > emigration/immigration, European history, as well as German > and Bavarian history. > > > > I realize that we all come to this list with different levels of > experience. And those of us who have been here for a while > are always glad to help those who are "newbies." Sometimes > one has to hike, bike,or drive to the library and do a little > digging in this business to get the best results. Your > public library is a treasure trove of information. They may > not have your family's history, but they have tons of good, > basic, helpful genealogical information. > > > > Best Wishes to all, Beth STEINBERG ARNOTT > > > > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > > Going on Vacation? Longer than 4 days? Go to > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/BAVARIA.html > > to unsubscribe > > > > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Have you consider the volunteering of transcribing parish > records to be added to WorldGenWeb Archives for others to > research? Contact > mailto:dsam@sampubco.com?subject=transcribing_records > >