I owe a good friend in Germany money for some items he purchased for me. I have been trying to find an economical way to send him the money I owe him. I checked with my local bank first but they want a $50 fee to transfer money to a bank account in Germany. Seems pretty high to me. Wal Mart offers a money transfer option but their Money Gram in not available in Nuremberg. I have searched in vein for an international check or money order but I have not been able to find anything. There are some web sites that offer this service but I am not sure if I can trust them. Any ideas? Louis

http://matricula-online.eu/pages/en.php?lang=EN This is a new research tool and is navigable in English to search church registers of selected cities in Austria and Germany. This site is still in the development stage and you have to check from time to time for additional input. This is what is available at present. And I am sure there is more to come. Aida [image: t:]AT Österreich / *Austria*<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","10","","close","1");> [image: ..][image: t:]AT-DSP St. Pölten, rk Diözese / rk diocese<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","11","","open","2");> [image: .][image: t:]*DE Deutschland / Germany*<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","12","","close","1");> [image: ..][image: t:]DE-PS Passau, rk Bistum / rk diocese<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","13","","open","2");> [image: ..][image: t:]DE-KW Kurhessen-Waldeck, ev Kirche / ev Church<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","21","","open","2");> [image: ..][image: t:]DE-EKiR Rheinland, ev Kirche / ev Church<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","22","","open","2");> [image: ..][image: t:]DE-EZAB Berlin, ev Zentralarchiv / ev Central Archives<javascript:tree_click("3670","t","23","","open","2");> rk being Roman Catholic registers and ev being Protestant registers.

This is worth a visit if your travel leads you to Europe this year. Visiting there could be easily incorporated with a flight arrival at Amsterdam and taking the train to Hamburg. The European Train system offers quick connections at every hour from their well serviced railroad stations. In most Cities of Europe you have a train departure every 15 minutes to various destinations. Often you do not have to wait longer than 1 hour to go into the direction you wish to go. Intercity Service is listed as ICE and stops only at large cities facilitating very quick travel from one destination to the next. Often you can spend your travel time eating at the Dining car (facility listed on the train schedules posted in the railroad station). There are taxis at every train depot. It is easier than renting a car. All train ticket-offices have English speaking staff. The key is to travel with a small carry on, sending your luggage to the house of relatives or a chosen hotel. Aida Ballin-Stadt Emigration Museum Hamburg Many families can trace their ancestry to the successive waves of immigration from Europe. Seeking religious freedom, escape from famine, war or persecution, the chance for riches or just the opportunity for something better. Before 1850 much of the immigrant ships which carried the hopefuls from Germany embarked from ports in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Bremen. In 1847 the HAPAG shipping line "Hamburg American Packet Company" was founded in the northern Germany port city of Hamburg. Convenient to reach by the Elbe River from the east and by railroad, Hamburg rapidly became the most important emigration port in Germany from 1850 to 1934 and the HAPAG line one of the most successful shipping companies in the world, renamed the Hamburg-America Line in 1893. Between 1846 and 1857 more than one million Germans emigrated to the United States, mostly small farmers from Southern Germany and farm laborers from East Germany and by 1814, over five million had left, most on ships of the Hamburg America Line (Hamburg Amerika Linie). In 1901 the shipping line opened an "Immigration City", a complex of buildings with lodging and dining halls to handle the rush from Eastern Europe, Poland and Russia with room of 5,000 immigrants at a time in its Immigration Halls (Auswandererhallen) waiting for the next ship to America, even including a synagogue for the many Jewish immigrants escaping the Czarist pogroms of Russia. In 2007 three reconstructed buildings of the former Immigration Halls of the Hamburg-America Line re-opened as a museum exhibition dedicated to this past and named for the company's managing director Albert Ballin who guided it. The BallinStadt Emigration Museum Hamburg located on Vedel Island in the harbor complex of the Elbe River (See Hamburg Harbor) with an S-Bahn station at the Wilhelmsburger Bridge nearby will present photographic displays and records of Hamburg's part in the immigration story, in both its hopeful and darker sides. For those seeking their ancestral history from a European past whose ancestors left Europe from Poland, the Baltic states, Russia and even Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and Finland between 1836 until 1934, may discover relatives passed through the portals of the HAPAG "Auswandererstadt".

Yes, the letters mean the alphabetical listing of villages by the starting letter of their Czech names, not their German names. So don't look under B - Bischofteinitz but wait until they have archived H - Horovsky Tyn (Bischofteinitz in Czech). Snimky refers to the scan (picture taken) of the original church register. Her is a tip for you: You should familiarize yourself with German script in order to read handwritten entries in the German language. In general, the German cleric was very neat and the letters are mostly legible, but you have to learn what the letters look like. This may help you identifying them: During the 1700s they used Latin, and a Latin glossary is also helpful. Thereafter, they were allowed to either record it at their Church in either German or Czech, depending on the majority of ethnic population in that particular parish. Here is a little trick to help you with filing the information you find in the archives. Use the snipping tool to copy and save your ancestor's entry to your computer files (in your picture file), and go over it at your leisure later. You will get better as you keep working on it. Anything printed in Fraktur (which looks like old Gothic lettering) , or handwritten in "Kurrent," which is also known as "Deutsche Kanzleischrift" and after 1933 they developed the "Sütterlin" German script.... all of them have to be "transcribed" to conventional lettering before you can run it through a translator. Enjoy the challenge Aida ------------------------------------ On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Dave Egelston <[email protected]> wrote: > I am new to this mailing list, and appreciate all the information I have > learned about the area my ancestors came from. > > Thank you, Aida, > and others for the information about the Pilsen archives. I am > assuming the availability of records for A-L refers to an alphabetical > listing of places and not surnames. I have successfully opened an > account and viewed records. However, there are two column headings in > the index that I don't understand what is meant. The terms are: > Puvodce, translated as "originator" and Snimky, translated as > "screenshots" Any information on what these mean would be appreciated. > > Thanks for your help, > > BJ Egelston > Pittsburgh, PA > > > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I am new to this mailing list, and appreciate all the information I have learned about the area my ancestors came from. Thank you, Aida, and others for the information about the Pilsen archives. I am assuming the availability of records for A-L refers to an alphabetical listing of places and not surnames. I have successfully opened an account and viewed records. However, there are two column headings in the index that I don't understand what is meant. The terms are: Puvodce, translated as "originator" and Snimky, translated as "screenshots" Any information on what these mean would be appreciated. Thanks for your help, BJ Egelston Pittsburgh, PA

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This message says that you can make jpg (photo) copies of any page you have downloaded and save it, including pages from actapublica, the site where records from the archive in Pilsen are being uploaded, gradually. It is an add-on to the internet program Firefox called Fireshot, which you can download free by going to Tools and add-ons or plug-ins. I have not been able to test it because there is not an add-on for the Mac, which I am using right now. Hopefully it works for the rest of you. Jack Schaffer Hallo, kürzlich erhielt ich auf dieser Liste den Hinweis, man könne mit Fireshot von Firefox beliebige Auschnitte von Seiten wie actapublica fertigen und als jpg.Datei speichern. Das Verfahren funktioniert bestens. Dazu die Firefox-Seite öffnen und unter plug-ins Fireshot suchen. Das Runterladen ist kostenlos.

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If you have a gmail address, you will now be able to translate any foreign language text you receive in your gmail inbox. Here is the way to do it: *New in Labs: Message translation* Turn on "Message translation" from the Labs tab<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&fs=1&view=pu&st=labs> under Settings, and whenever you receive an email in a language other than your own, Gmail will automatically translate it into a language you can understand with just one click. Aida

I have unsuccessfully tried to locate in the on-line records from the Pilsen Archives the records for the villages in Kreis Bischofteinitz, Mies, and Tachau with the Czech names beginning with the letters A - D. Can I assume that they are not available as yet? Bob Paulson On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Laurence Krupnak wrote: > Viktor Pordzik from Germany provided: > > Dear friends, > > > > > The churchbooks from the archive Pilsen (letters A-D) are online > available for free under the adress: > > http://www.actapublica.cz > > First, you have to find out to which church your villages belonged and > what the > Czech name for these church villages is. > > You can do this under: > > http://www.ihff.at > > > Just choose ""English Pages" > > > Under the heading "gazeteers and picture cards" you have to click > continue and > will then be guided to a village register. > > > > > > Now that you know the Czech name of the church villages which interest > you go to > > http://www.actapublica.cz , > > click "Registrace nov? u?ivatele/New registration'' and create a new > account (under > the heading ,,&#268;?o OP/Doc. No.'' Enter any number you like, it > doesn't > matter. > > > As you then locked in by clicking on ,,P&#345;ihl?n?o syst?'' you > choose > the archiv in Plzen, click ,,Zobrazit" and enter the name of your > church > village > (make sure you have the correct spelling which might not be found > on the > IHFF > page but by using google or wikipedia afterwards) under the heading > ,,Obec'' and > then click ,,Hledat". > > You should now find the church books available which you can go > through > after > clicking on the magnifying glass. > > The quality is amazing! > > > > Many greatings from Germany, > > Viktor Pordzik > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Viktor Pordzik from Germany provided: Dear friends, The churchbooks from the archive Pilsen (letters A-D) are online available for free under the adress: http://www.actapublica.cz First, you have to find out to which church your villages belonged and what the Czech name for these church villages is. You can do this under: http://www.ihff.at Just choose ""English Pages" Under the heading "gazeteers and picture cards" you have to click continue and will then be guided to a village register. Now that you know the Czech name of the church villages which interest you go to http://www.actapublica.cz , click "Registrace nov? u?ivatele/New registration'' and create a new account (under the heading ,,&#268;?o OP/Doc. No.'' Enter any number you like, it doesn't matter. As you then locked in by clicking on ,,P&#345;ihl?n?o syst?'' you choose the archiv in Plzen, click ,,Zobrazit" and enter the name of your church village (make sure you have the correct spelling which might not be found on the IHFF page but by using google or wikipedia afterwards) under the heading ,,Obec'' and then click ,,Hledat". You should now find the church books available which you can go through after clicking on the magnifying glass. The quality is amazing! Many greatings from Germany, Viktor Pordzik

Laurence, I registered several days ago.  It seems as though the option for the Plzen archives has just recently been added.  However, the listing for "Archiv" on the next line is set for Brno in gray lettering which cannot be changed.  When I enter the village name on the "Obec" line, I get several options in blue lettering to choose from, but all are located in Moravia.  The actual village is in Egerland. If I select one of the villages as for example in Zlin, it does give a list of the documents available on microfilm for the village in Zlin.  The documents take a while to load and are difficult to navigate, and of course the names are difficult to read for one who is unfamiliar with Gothic script. Michael O'Hearn Visit my Blog! http://www.westernperspective.blogspot.com --- On Thu, 1/14/10, Laurence Krupnak <[email protected]> wrote: From: Laurence Krupnak <[email protected]> Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Archiv Pilsen now online To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 6:27 AM Viktor Pordzik from Germany provided: Dear friends, blah, blah, blah

Hello Sam - In addition to Aidas reply there is a distinct possibility that they came through Canada. In the 1880's fares were much cheaper to go from Hamburg or Bremerhaven to Halifax or Quebec and take the train from there to northern US States. It would help if you had a departure date or a ships name. Frank Ottawa, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aida Kraus Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] [GERMAN ports of entry Try Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/ and http://www.stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html and microfilm rental numbers at: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=paren ting&tm=28&gps=246_136_1025_454&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//home.att.n et/%7Ewee-monster/balt1820.html Happy hunting, Sam! >From Aida ---------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Sam Koester <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear list members; Can anyone tell me what are the most likely ports of > entry in the 1880', 1890's for someone of German descent going to > Buffalo, Erie Co, NY? I do not know where in Germany they were from. > Thank you in advance, Sam in CA > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.136/2616 - Release Date: 01/12/10 07:35:00

Aida, Frank & Larry; Just a quick note to thank you all for these suggestions. Though my husband is of German/Bohemian ancestry, I am not currently working on his ancestry (Just got a new laptop and am spending my time figuring it out and transferring programs). My question was on behalf of a friend of a friend who I hope will avail herself of the knowledge and expertise of this list. Again, many thanks for your suggestions and continuing help to all of us. Sam in CA On 1/12/2010 12:31 AM, Aida Kraus wrote: > Try Ellis Island > http://www.ellisisland.org/ > and > http://www.stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html > and > microfilm rental numbers at: > http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=28&gps=246_136_1025_454&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//home.att.net/%7Ewee-monster/balt1820.html > Happy hunting, Sam! > > From Aida > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Sam Koester<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Dear list members; Can anyone tell me what are the most likely ports of >> entry in the 1880', 1890's for someone of German descent going to >> Buffalo, Erie Co, NY? I do not know where in Germany they were from. >> Thank you in advance, Sam in CA >> >> German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Sam, They could have entered any port in the US, like NY, Baltimore, Philly, Boston. Some entered via Canada (like Halifax, Montreal, etc.) They then were put on train and taken to entry point like Niagara Falls, Detroit, etc. Some were destined to Canada, then stayed there for a time then emigrated to the US. Records for all of the above possible entries are available in US and Canadian archives. Consult the Leo Baca indexes to find your arrivals. Anybody who emigrated from "Bohemia" are in the Baca indexes. Czechs and Germans emigrated from Bohemia. ________ Lavrentiy Krupniak Sam Koester wrote: > > Dear list members; Can anyone tell me what are the most likely ports of > entry in the 1880', 1890's for someone of German descent going to > Buffalo, Erie Co, NY? I do not know where in Germany they were from. > Thank you in advance, Sam in CA > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > 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

Try Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/ and http://www.stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html and microfilm rental numbers at: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=28&gps=246_136_1025_454&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//home.att.net/%7Ewee-monster/balt1820.html Happy hunting, Sam! >From Aida ---------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Sam Koester <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear list members; Can anyone tell me what are the most likely ports of > entry in the 1880', 1890's for someone of German descent going to > Buffalo, Erie Co, NY? I do not know where in Germany they were from. > Thank you in advance, Sam in CA > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Dear list members; Can anyone tell me what are the most likely ports of entry in the 1880', 1890's for someone of German descent going to Buffalo, Erie Co, NY? I do not know where in Germany they were from. Thank you in advance, Sam in CA

Thank you, Aida, and others for the information about the Pilsen archives. I am assuming the availability of records in A-L refers to an alphabetical listing of places and not surnames. I have successfully opened an account and viewed records. However, there are two column headings in the index that I don't understand what is meant. The terms are: Puvodce, translated as "originator" and Snimky, translated as "screenshots" Any information on what these mean would be appreciated. Thanks for your help, Bobby Egelston ________________________________ From: Aida Kraus <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 9:57:03 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Pilsen archives Essentially they are giving the link and are requesting our input of how well we can handle their data. They obviously want and truly deserve a pat on the back. Here is the welcoming statement by the Regional Archives at Pilsen and below are commendations. I do not have time to go into the records at present, but will post my comments on their site in English when I do. Anyone who wishes to use the data must register which is a little difficult for us, because everything is in Czech, not English. I will look closer to see if there is a text translation to English somewhere, because this is now the EU international language and should be accessible in English. That is a comment I could make to the site. For registration use: http://www.actapublica.cz/registrace Most of it can be "made out" without translation, but if you need to understand more text, then translate whatever you need with this tool which is not too difficult if you set your mind to that of a "researcher" which you are when doing genealogy. In other words, you are not paying for this, you are using your time, you enjoy searching and you hate "canned, ready made information".... here is a challenge for you to "do it yourself" http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en Aida Translation of the welcoming statement: Submitted by admin (not verified) on Wed, 30/09/2009 - 19:03 Welcome to the new website of the State Regional Archives in Pilsen. Compared to last year's web site we have made some changes in appearance with some revision to navigation, but retained all the essential information. In addition, you can look forward to the list of archival materials, which will gradually expand their digital format. Within the project Acta Publica we are preparing detailed information on our registers, including images. Your comments and suggestions on this web presentation may be sent to e - [email protected] mail. Add comment Criticism and praise ....... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Dr. Jack Schaffer <[email protected] > wrote: > > Here is the most recent message someone wrote into the other listserv I am > on. It says that within a few days more data will be downloaded. There are > two sites to log into. I am at a meeting and don't have time to do anything > with this right now. Perhaps Aida can try and provide additional > information about how to navigate the site. In the German listserv > questions have been posed about how to do that and no one has responded with > how to translate the Czech. Happy hunting, for you A-H's! > > Jack Schaffer > > > > Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, > > ein Admin des Archivs schreibt am 5.1.2010, dass sie davon ausgehen, dass > in wenigen Tagen neue Daten eingespeist werden: > > http://www.soaplzen.cz/node/132#comments > > http://www.actapublica.cz/ > > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > 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 > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- 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

Folks, I went to the archives's page. But I only found one "ocres" (county) listed there, not Domazlice what I was looking for. Did I do something wrong? Stefan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Aida Kraus Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Januar 2010 16:26 An: german-bohemian Betreff: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Registration to Pilsen Archives To flag this registration link, I have given it a different subject name. In order to access the archives you must register here, the required input is identified in English http://www.actapublica.cz/registrace Aida German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- 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