> Allen, I used a program and it has been a long time ago so can't remember > where I found it but when I put in the name Kruger I was shocked to see > where the most Kruger's lived. They seem to be from the far Eastern part of > Germany and more to the north. My line came from Liep, which is in Poland > now. I have been able to get very little information on this line other > than what I found in the church records in Berlin. I have no idea where my > gg grandparents died or when. I have no idea where or when my g > grandparents died and my g grandfather migrated to the Wilhelmshaven area to > work in the ship yards as a carpenter. There are no records of their deaths > in the Wilhelmshaven records. He met my g grandmother in the Wilhelmshaven > area and she is from Ostfriesland but the work was not in Ostfriesland but > in building ships in Wilhelmshaven. > > Gail > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allen" <akrueger@frontiernet.net> > To: <KRUGER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 7:33 PM > Subject: [KRUGER] where did Kruger's originate?? > > > > Hi Kruger Listers > > I was wondering if anyone has plotted out on a European map where the > Kruger's lived in Europe. According to the following email from the > NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN-D-request@rootsweb.com group it would seem that the > Kruger's would have come from a small area (cluster) in Europe and then > spread out as time progressed through the ages. What I am thinking of > is -where did the Kruger's originate from?- what small region (cluster) or > village?? > > Below is the email from the above group: > > "Hi Listers, > > > > it has already been explained by Roy that the amount of ancestors of every > > living person is reduced and cannot be seen arithmetical. I want to add > > that the more I come back in my ancestry the more I see how true this is. > I > > have, for example, some 11G-grandparents who are seven times my > > 11G-grandparents! And what I remarked, too, is that there are certain > > "clusters" of ancestors in some lines. This has to do with the small > > villages they were living in or with certain professions they had where it > > was requested to marry each other or with property that way lying > nearby... > > So, sometimes I find a name of a family and I know immediately that > another > > family cannot be far, this helps sometimes in my researches. Normally > there > > has always been one who left that "cluster" and married into another one, > > there are many possible reasons for that. But this worked very slowly. I'm > > quite far back in a lot of lines and so far I can find all of my ancestors > > from my father's side in the left Rhine region and Belgium and all of my > > ancestors on my mother's side in a small region around a town in > > Brandenburg. I suppose that this "regional clustering" is the same for the > > ancestry of most of the people in Germany, because there were so many > > little states and it was not that easy to move from one to another - > > "exceptions confirm the rule" as we say in Germany. I would say that a > > greater mobility came with industrialization and the wars of the 19th and > > 20th century - so for very few generations! Therefor I suppose that in > > german family research one should always think "regional" and not > > "national".... > > > > Greetings, > > > > Monika" > > > > ______________________________ > > Allen > > > > > > ==== KRUGER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release Date: 1/13/2004 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release Date: 1/13/2004