Yes, but the more time you put into searching, the more likely to have this lucky event. I have found home places for 2 out of 6 families I am looking for. In one case, by calling around Germany based on surnames in Das Telefonbuch. In the other case, by happening to contact an archive at about the same time a member of the family in Germany was also contacting the archive. The archivist put us together. Keep in mind that people moved around quite a bit in the 19th Century. One of mine listed his origin as Eastern Westfalen although he was born in Thuringen, the family was from Niedersachsen, and he married someone from Hannover. The three states are adjacent in that area and people apparently moved freely from state to state in pursuit of their fortune. > From: "Fred Buck" <fredbuck@sprynet.com> > Date: October 19, 2005 7:25:41 PM CDT > To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Main cities in Niedersachsen > Once in a while, you might get lucky > and match a person's birth date up with a person who who was > researched by > someone else, but this is rare. (I have been able to do this for two > people > (out of 55,000) in my database.) > > I wish you luck. > > Fred Buck > Cincinnati, Ohio > > ______________________________

I totally agree that the more time you spend searching, the more likely you are to have good luck. I had two "big finds" this year because on two separate occasions, I was wasting time at the computer looking for this name and for that name and for whatever else came to my mind at the moment. Also, when doing computer searches, don't hesitate to retrace your steps over and over because things "out there" keep changing. Marilyn in Wisconsin > Yes, but the more time you put into searching, the more likely to have > this lucky event. > I have found home places for 2 out of 6 families I am looking for. In > one case, by calling around Germany based on surnames in Das > Telefonbuch. In the other case, by happening to contact an archive at > about the same time a member of the family in Germany was also > contacting the archive. The archivist put us together. > > Keep in mind that people moved around quite a bit in the 19th Century. > One of mine listed his origin as Eastern Westfalen although he was born > in Thuringen, the family was from Niedersachsen, and he married someone > from Hannover. The three states are adjacent in that area and people > apparently moved freely from state to state in pursuit of their > fortune. > >> From: "Fred Buck" <fredbuck@sprynet.com> >> Date: October 19, 2005 7:25:41 PM CDT >> To: NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Main cities in Niedersachsen >> Once in a while, you might get lucky >> and match a person's birth date up with a person who who was >> researched by >> someone else, but this is rare. (I have been able to do this for two >> people >> (out of 55,000) in my database.) >> >> I wish you luck. >> >> Fred Buck >> Cincinnati, Ohio >> >> ______________________________ > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > Helpful websites! > http://go.to/hessen > http://members.cox.net/hessen/telephones.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >