Mary Beth, What would you like to look for first? I'd try to start at the beginning and establish when the parents arrived, married, and where they lived. What are the sources for the information you have? Kings County started keeping birth records in 1847, so you'd have to rely on church records, if they exist, to find your ggrandfather's birth. What about Most Holy Trinity Church now at Montrose and Ewen, a German parish originally established in 1841? ( http://www.mhtbrooklyn.org/en_history.htm) Have you checked resource at this site? http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/Default.htm And this one: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Brooklyn,_New_York? Denise Message: 2 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:50:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Mary Beth Adams <[email protected]> Subject: [BKLYN] Help? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello, ? I am new to the list and hoping for some direction from those who have researched German relatives in Brooklyn. ? My great grandfather, Joseph J. Huber/Hoover, was born in "Williamsburgh", Kings County on?13 Sept?1846 to Petrus/Peter Huber/Hoover and Maria/Mary Helic/Halic/Heller.? He had an older brother, Frederick Xavier, born on 21 May 1845, also in Williamsburgh.? There was another brother, Anton, who was born about 1839, but I do not know if he was born in America or in Europe.? The father was from Baden and the mother was from Alsace-Lorraine area.? As far as I know, the family was Catholic.?They left New York sometime between my great grandfather's birth and the birth of a younger sister in 1853 in Pittsburgh, PA.? ? I have no idea where to start my search in New York.? I've looked online at various repositories. Many?of the churches were founded after my great grandfather's birth.? The NYC archives do not have births back that far.? I live in West Virginia, so I have to do this either online or by snail mail. ? I would greatly appreciate any help. ? Mary Beth Adams