Another goodie!!! Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <jensgen@mail.integrityonline10.com> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 6:42 AM Subject: Family Tree Finders Monday July 10, 2000 : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Monday - 10 July 2000 : : One in four Americans can trace their lineage to : Germany. : : : PASS IT ON... : ---------------------------------------------------- : Tell a couple friends about the best selection of FREE : newsletters for families on the Internet! Your favorite : authors will appreciate your support... : http://www.sodamail.com : ----------------------------------------------------- : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Monday - 10 July 2000 : : Researching Your German Ancestry : : Understanding the history of any country is a necessary step : in beginning to research in that country. However it is : never more important than in Germany. Germany, as a : country, is even younger than the United States. In the last : decade the unification signaled the most recent change. In : the 1940s it was split into two countries. It was not until : 1871 that it was the Germany that we have known today. : Prior to that it was the German Confederation, which lasted : from 1816 to 1866 and before that they were German : principalities under the union of the Holy Roman Empire : from medieval times until 1806. For a researcher of German : ancestry, these constant changes are important. : : As you may have figured out, it isn't enough to have : determined that your ancestor came from Germany. You : must also figure out the political and geographical : boundaries of the area in which your ancestors lived. And : depending on when they were living in Germany this could : prove to be one of the hardest of your efforts. : : It is important to exhaust all records that have been : generated by your ancestor's life in the country they : migrated to. It is in these records that you will find clues to : the area in Germany where your ancestors came from. : : Passenger lists are often one of the most useful resources. : For those with German ancestry, in addition to the : passenger lists at the port where they disembarked, there are : also some valuable embarkation lists as well. : : The port of Hamburg paid host to approximately 30 percent : of those Europeans who immigrated. The Hamburg : Passenger lists document the names of all those who passed : through that port in the years 1850 to 1934. This time : frame is of use to most of us researching our German : ancestry. : : If you are just beginning to research your German ancestry, : a good volume to introduce you to a variety of records and : resources is Angus Baxter's "In Search of Your German : Roots." You can find out more by visiting Genealogical : Publishing Company's web site : (http://www.genealogybookshop.com) and doing a search : on "Angus Baxter" (without the quotation marks). : : The RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees has also : devoted a lesson to Germanic Ancestry. Lesson 26 Ethnic : Roots: Germanic Ancestry offers some valuable : information and links to other sites on the Internet. You : can visit it at : : http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson26.htm : : There is lots of help out there to aid you in the research of : your German ancestors. Just remember that you need to do : the homework in the present country to be able to go back : to the "old country," even when the old country isn't that : old. : : : : : : Rhonda R. McClure : rhondam@sodamail.com : : : If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, : please forward this entire message to them! : _________________________________________________ : : IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: : Sodamail Web site: http://www.sodamail.com : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA WEB : Click on the following link to be unsubscribed immediately: : http://gt.sodamail.com/exec/gt/unsubscribe_FT.html?user=583428afee65 : : : NOTE: You can subscribe to other Sodamail newsletters at the same : time! : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : TO SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : Need help? -- write to: help@sodamail.com : Have questions--write to our editor: editor@sodamail.com : __________________________________________________ : COPYRIGHT 1999-2000 SodaMail LLC. All rights reserved : http://www.Sodamail.com : : : : : :