Dave:At the risk of making some noticeable mistakes, here are a few of the necessary words for researching German records: geborn: (geb) borntaufe: christening. (More often the records document christening, rather than the birth date - I'm not quite sure why, but it might be to keep a child from dying and going to purgatory.)heirat:marrystarb: die (storb - died)Katholisch: CatholicEvangelische: evangelical - Protestant, usually Mennonite? Perhaps you've already gotten these. Many of the records are in English already. The only thing I've really had problems with are books and articles, usually beyond my linguistic capabilities. Get a German dictionary, and if that fails to supply a helpful translation, go to babelfish. But I'm confident you will be surprised at how well you navigate im Deutsch. Liz ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "David Railton" <[email protected]> To: "'Lynne'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] German ancestry Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:23:08 +0100 Lynne, TDhat 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 ____________________________________________________________ NetZero now offers 4G mobile broadband. Sign up now. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT1