On Nov 19, 4:57 pm, "jen" <jgil6...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > HOW DO I NOW CONITNUE MY SEARCH WITH GERMAN RECORDS TO FIND HER BIRTH Rootsweb/Ancestry has about 170 mailing lists (in English) for different areas of Germany. You mentioned Hamburg as her birthplace on her marriage certificate and this is the list for Hamburg: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-HAMBURG.html I would also second others' remarks about the accuracy of Ancestry trees. Many people just copy trees without verifying the information. If the one they are copying from has an error they just duplicate the mistake over and over again. Vivien

Hi Vivien Thanks for the link Is there a link for Ireland as Charles parents were born there Charles William Smith Born 1823 (about) Dublin Margaret Griffin born County Clare 1842 (about) Need information on births and deaths please, so I can continue my search. Thanks for all the help from everyone. Regards Jen "Vivien" <viric@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:31e11134-ccfc-43b1-9443-0462bbdcf4fa@k13g2000prh.googlegroups.com... On Nov 19, 4:57 pm, "jen" <jgil6...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > HOW DO I NOW CONITNUE MY SEARCH WITH GERMAN RECORDS TO FIND HER BIRTH Rootsweb/Ancestry has about 170 mailing lists (in English) for different areas of Germany. You mentioned Hamburg as her birthplace on her marriage certificate and this is the list for Hamburg: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/DEU-HAMBURG.html I would also second others' remarks about the accuracy of Ancestry trees. Many people just copy trees without verifying the information. If the one they are copying from has an error they just duplicate the mistake over and over again. Vivien