You could try the LDS site at https://familysearch.org/ I have found some German relations from early 1800s there! Roger On 14/08/2012 19:00, David Railton wrote: > 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 > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 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 >