Don't know if you've tried this but I was able to find my German ancestors from the emmigration records in Germany. If you know when they came to the US, have someone in Germany check emmogration because the home town is often listed. If I recall, there is a series of volumes of German immigrants to the USA. There are a number of University libraries that have complete sets. It worked for me. > From: Walter.Wintjen@gmx.de > To: NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 17:44:34 +0200 > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] FW: marriage certificate > > Bob, Gail and Gabriele, > thank you so much for your feedback re my questions! > Walter > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots- > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Walter Wintjen > > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:58 PM > > To: NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] marriage certificate > > > > Hi everybody, > > What level of detail may I expect in a marriage certificate from 1909 > > Manhattan? > > Would it show the bride's parents name and exact birth place (not just > > e.g. > > Germany)? > > > > Any other idea regarding to find her father's birth place? I do have > > his > > death certificate and it just states as a birth place "Germany". > > Greetings from Berlin > > Walter > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS- > > request@rootsweb.com 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 NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message