interesting thread, I have a Henry Oldenbottle b Germany circa 1816 who move via London to Liverpool where he worked as a sugar refiner. Quite a few Germans came across as sugar refiners and are on the sugarbakers database, i'm guessing that David has already see that online? David Carr On 14 Aug 2012, at 21:23, David Railton wrote: Lynne, That looks like a very useful list. I will make a start on it tomorrow. ....and I have just realised that Niedersachsen is Lower Saxony! Is Lower Saxony Part of Saxony or is it a different place? David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: 14 August 2012 20:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] German ancestry Hello David Some relevant lists that have had recent activity: GEN-DE (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Newsgroup_Gateways/GEN-DE.ht ml), GERMAN-SURNAMES (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/GERMAN-SURNAMES.html, NIEDERSACHSEN (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/NIEDERSACHSEN.html), DEU-OLDENBURG (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-OLDENBURG.html), SAXONY (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/SAXONY.html), and SAXONY_ROOTS (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/SAXONY_ROOTS.html). Don't forget about the location boards: Localities > Central Europe > Germany (http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.germany/mb.ashx) Kind regards, Lynne -----Original Message----- > > 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message