David, You can view my video on doing German research. http://tinyurl.com/5twb3y6 There are specific mail lists for Hanover and Oldenburg that might have a little more traffic. http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-HAMBURG.html http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-OLDENBURG.html At 01:20 PM 8/14/2012, you wrote: >From: "David Railton" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [ENG-LIV] German ancestry > >Has anyone on the list done any research on German ancestry. > >I have a couple who settled in Liverpool having married in London in 1855. >They must have arrived from Germany a few years earlier. The marriage record >shows that both were born in about 1831, one in Hanover and the other in >Oldenburg. > >I have father's names and trades from the marriage certificate. > >Can anyone please point me in the direction of information as to how to find >ancestry in Germany? > >I have subscribed to the Rootsweb list for Germany but later found that >there had been no activity on it for a number of years. > >David ____________________________________________________________ Frenzy Over New Diet Pill Stores Across U.S. Sold Out of This New 'Miracle' Weight Loss Pill. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/502ac5d67e14945d548c7st01vuc