Thanks, Brian, but I don't read German and that looks pretty confusing to me!!! Georg arrived in 1751 at Halifax and the ship record says he was from Hesse. That's it!!!! Sure not much to go on, but thanks anyway. Barb On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think you will find any censuses for German states, if that is the > question. Your best bet is to use the emigration information you have and > try to locate a town from there, either in a ships log, or emigration book > or online at the hesse HADIS archives. > > http://www.hadis.hessen.de/ > > Although, the online archives never really helped me. > > Brian > > > On Mon, April 13, 2009 1:08 pm, Barbara Meredith wrote: > > It is rather difficult to find information on George Frolig born Hessen > > circa 1710 when one does not know the town. Are there any Census records > > that one can check looking for a surname which would then give you the > > Town? Any ideas would be most helpful. George left on a ship out of > > Rotterdamn in 1751 on a voyage to Canada. > > > > Thanks, > > Barbara, in Alberta Canada > > > > -- > > "Forgotten Settlers": Nova Scotia's Foreign Protestants > > www.barbarameredith.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- "Forgotten Settlers": Nova Scotia's Foreign Protestants www.barbarameredith.com
No doubt it's hard to jump over to German roots. Here's some ideas to help you. 1) Check for your surname in the IGI (International Genealogical Index). The location of births and marriages is listed if known. 2) Search Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen Volkes. It's an under utilized research tool. 3) Check for others researching your surname, find these from the FHL ( Ancestral File). Also the FEEFHS website used to have an index. Not sure if it's still there. 4) Look for a German Language Obituary. 5) Check a German Nammenlexikon for the earliest known place where your surname is found. Bahlow's Nammenlekicon is usually found as part of the core German collection at all Family History Centers in North Amrica. Others for various provinces (such as Silesia and Pommern) are found in the main library at larger cities and at University libraries, especially research and reference libraries. 6) Get a copy of the Germany: Research Outline: - available from most FHC's. This is an excellent summary of FHL sources available to help you. See also my Research Outline: Germany - Annotations. 7) Try locating the place of Origin using the Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des Deutschen Reichs by E. Uetrecht (1912-1913). The "FHLC" (FHL Catalog) listing is under Germany, Gazetteers (topic #77 of 500, collection #35 of 69). The 29 FHL microfiche numbers are 6000001 - 6000029. The 2 FHL microfilm numbers are 496460 and 496641. 8) Check genealogy website databases. 9) Search the WWW with a Web Search engine and use several to search the web. You'll need to get comfortable looking at German, if you are going to do your own research. I recommend installing the Firefox web browser and the abctajpu language plugin, which will translate almost any page out there to varying degrees of success. Usually primitively understandable or better. HTH, Brian On Mon, April 13, 2009 2:49 pm, Barbara Meredith wrote: > Thanks, Brian, but I don't read German and that looks pretty confusing to > me!!! Georg arrived in 1751 at Halifax and the ship record says he was > from > Hesse. That's it!!!! Sure not much to go on, but thanks anyway. > > Barb > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think you will find any censuses for German states, if that is >> the >> question. Your best bet is to use the emigration information you have >> and >> try to locate a town from there, either in a ships log, or emigration >> book >> or online at the hesse HADIS archives. >> >> http://www.hadis.hessen.de/ >> >> Although, the online archives never really helped me. >> >> Brian >> >> >> On Mon, April 13, 2009 1:08 pm, Barbara Meredith wrote: >> > It is rather difficult to find information on George Frolig born >> Hessen >> > circa 1710 when one does not know the town. Are there any Census >> records >> > that one can check looking for a surname which would then give you the >> > Town? Any ideas would be most helpful. George left on a ship out of >> > Rotterdamn in 1751 on a voyage to Canada. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Barbara, in Alberta Canada >> > >> > -- >> > "Forgotten Settlers": Nova Scotia's Foreign Protestants >> > www.barbarameredith.com >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > 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 >> >