The IGS has been around for a long time, well respected, chock full of wonderful stuff in a tiny little place with great people in Burbank CA. Those who may have known the late great Myron Gruenwald will also find Die Pommerschen Leute (The Pomeranian People) newsletters continued here. Maureen Schoenky In a message dated 8/20/2009 5:42:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I was playing around online looking for any new way to search my German ancestors and came across this web page for the Immigrant Genealogical Society. So for anyone who has not heard of them, here is the addy. http://www.immigrantgensoc.org/ Regards, Morgan Cole Roseburg, Oregon EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me ------------------------------- 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

I am researching the Dünow family of Prussia. Ancestors left Zozenow, Regenwald in the 1880’s. Mother to our Dünow was a Baarz of Barckow, Griefenberg. Recently learned there is a village in Kreis Cammin named Dünow. We would like to learn as much as we can about any of these families or villages. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Betty Dünow (Duenow)

Hi Anne, What were their names. I can do an initial check and we can go from there Regards Wal -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter & Anne Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 7:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] shipping Hi there, I wonder if any one can help me . Just before the out break of World War 1, My Great Grand Mother, And my Great Aunt, were returning to Brisbane. Can you please tell me How to find the shipping records, And did they have to had passport.? Thanking you Anne ------------------------------- 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

Hi there, I wonder if any one can help me . Just before the out break of World War 1, My Great Grand Mother, And my Great Aunt, were returning to Brisbane. Can you please tell me How to find the shipping records, And did they have to had passport.? Thanking you Anne

I found this online if it's of any help to anyone in deciding upon this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xoom_Corporation Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Morgan Cole To: Prussia Mail List Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Wire Money Online to Any Bank in Germany for Just $4.99 You have to be very careful with some of these "companies" that advertise online as some are scams. I just received a reply from a church in regards to my inquiry and they charge 30.00 Euros, $90.00 usd. I think for that amount I'm going to check with my bank first or if they can't send the funds or even charge too much, then I'd inquire where can I go that would charge a low fee/lowest and is legit. Morgan EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:23:12 -0700 > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Wire Money Online to Any Bank in Germany for Just $4.99 > > Hi, > this is an advertisement and I have not tried it, but as many of us are looking for certificates from our ancestors, this might come in handy for some of us. I know from experience that it used to be and still very expensive to wire money from an American Bank Account to a German Account. > > May be this will be some help for some of us. > > Yvonne in sunny California > > > > > https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/wire-money-online-to-any-bank-account-in-germany-with-xoom-global-money-transfer?gclid=CO3ii9u9sZwCFSn6agodUEelmA > > ------------------------------- > 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

I was playing around online looking for any new way to search my German ancestors and came across this web page for the Immigrant Genealogical Society. So for anyone who has not heard of them, here is the addy. http://www.immigrantgensoc.org/ Regards, Morgan Cole Roseburg, Oregon EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me

You have to be very careful with some of these "companies" that advertise online as some are scams. I just received a reply from a church in regards to my inquiry and they charge 30.00 Euros, $90.00 usd. I think for that amount I'm going to check with my bank first or if they can't send the funds or even charge too much, then I'd inquire where can I go that would charge a low fee/lowest and is legit. Morgan EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:23:12 -0700 > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Wire Money Online to Any Bank in Germany for Just $4.99 > > Hi, > this is an advertisement and I have not tried it, but as many of us are looking for certificates from our ancestors, this might come in handy for some of us. I know from experience that it used to be and still very expensive to wire money from an American Bank Account to a German Account. > > May be this will be some help for some of us. > > Yvonne in sunny California > > > > > https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/wire-money-online-to-any-bank-account-in-germany-with-xoom-global-money-transfer?gclid=CO3ii9u9sZwCFSn6agodUEelmA > > ------------------------------- > 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

Danke zu allen Leuten, die Informationen über die folgenden Familiennameen bis jetzt bekanntgegeben haben. Mein Familienname, den ich, ist: BREDENKAMP BREITENKAMP Die oben genannten Familiennameen tun weltweit. Mein Vati ist 80 Jahre des Alters und der Autor der Broschüre ist 85 Jahre oben von ihnen möchte mehr über unsere Vorfahren wissen. Sie sagten, daß das Leben für sie und Hoffnung, etwas Informationen aus Deutschland heraus zu haben kurz ist, bevor dort das Leben rüber sein. Die einzigen Informationen, die wir haben, sind, daß er BREDENKAMP/BREITENKAMP Johannes Chistoffel war. **time-out** von Deutschland nicht sicher von welch Stadt und lassen für d holländisch Ost- Inseln (West-Indische Compagnie) oder East-Indische Compagnie ein Soldat. BREDENKAMP/BREITENKAMP Johannes Chistoffel wandern nach Südafrika, konnten jedes mögliches Datum 1760-1770 nicht sure.about sein es aus. BREDENKAMP/BREITENKAMP Johannes Chistoffel war Kirche c Lutheran 1739. Gibt es jemand, das dieses für mich zum Deutschen übersetzen könnte Jede mögliche Hilfe würde geschätzt. Tun einer weltweiten Forschung des BREDENKAMP und des BREITENKAMP. Marthie Bredenkamp [email protected] from South Africa Other surnames interest in HENNING- Germany STRYDOM- Nederland LAUBSCHER-Switzerland VAN WYK-Nederland BERNING

Hi, this is an advertisement and I have not tried it, but as many of us are looking for certificates from our ancestors, this might come in handy for some of us. I know from experience that it used to be and still very expensive to wire money from an American Bank Account to a German Account. May be this will be some help for some of us. Yvonne in sunny California https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/wire-money-online-to-any-bank-account-in-germany-with-xoom-global-money-transfer?gclid=CO3ii9u9sZwCFSn6agodUEelmA

Carol Searching for a soldier from Germany not knowing from which town. Could be Herford. Johannes Chistoffel BREDENKAMP/BREITENKAMP went to South Africa between 1760-1770 not sure.about it. Johannes Chistoffel BREDENKAMP/BREITENKAMP was c Lutheran Church in 1739. Any help would be appreciated. Doing a worldwide research of the BREDENKAMP and BREITENKAMP. Any info about your family will be appreciate Marthie Bredenkamp [email protected] from South Africa

Thank you, Guenter. I'm glad my question wasn't entirely stupid. My elusive great grandfather, Henrich Tigges b. about 1846, stated his origin as Prussia. The only passenger list and Castle Garden records I have found for a person who could have been he show Sachsen and Saxony, respectively. He lived for a time in New York City, evidently married there (no record that I've been able to find) and had one child, my grandmother. Soon after her birth in 1875, the entire family, including Henry's wife's parents and siblings, went to Portland, Oregon. After Henry's wife died, he brought his only child, my grandmother, back east and settled in Jersey City, NJ. He later remarried before dying in 1904. There are lots of baptismal entries at Family Search, but they all are southwest of Hanover -- none in east Germany. All that I know about him, including numerous "maybe's," is in my database www.doriswheeler.org. Best regards, Doris > > > > Doris > > The answer to your question of wether Sachsen was part of Prussia in the > 1860's is both yes and no. > > Let me explain: The Kingdom of Sachsen, which was the was the part closest > to the border to Boehmen > > was not part of Prussia. The Provinz Sachsen to the north-west of the > Kingdom was part of Prussia. The Herzogtum of Sachsen-Anhalt was not part > but was associated with Prussia. For the Kingdom of Sachsen > > this was true from about 1815 to 1918, after which the German Reich was > formed and all came under Prussia. > > Sachsen Anhalt sort of was in and out at different times, but was mostly > associated with prussia during the approximately 100 years > > Source: Historischer Atlas Deutschland 1997 > > Hope this helps. > > Guenter in Michigan > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doris Wheeler" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:33:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Saxony > > Was Saxony part of Prussia in the 1860s? > > Thank you. > Doris Wheeler > > -- > "To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree > without > a root." > - Chinese proverb > ? > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:00:40 -0700 (PDT) > From: Lauren Gilles <[email protected]> > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Prussian Nobility? > Stelzner/Arlov/Orlov/Orloff? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear List: > I'd appreciate some assistance uncovering a mystery regarding > my?great-grandmother LOUISE STELZNER.? > ? > LOUISE recalled spending a good deal of time in a place called Winkelsdorf > in Prussia. My father thought this?was their summer home or it might have > been where her grandfather,?"the duke" lived. Later family records show that > LOUISE married, had 2 daughters, was widowed,?married?again?and had 2 more > daughters. I know that daughters # 3 & 4?were born in Deutsch Eylau > in?Prussia.? > ? > So far, I've searched under all of the family names at LDS and every other > genealogy site I know of. Nothing comes up for LOUISE other than a > few?Ancestry.com census entries and a trip she made back from Germany in > 1907. I've found nothing on her parentage or birthplace?and?nothing on her > first or second husband. > ? > Here's what I know - or think I know: > LOUISE STELZNER was born 1841 in Prussia. > Father was possibly CHRISTIAN STELZNER. > Mother was possibly MARIE ARLOV, ORLOV, ORLOFF, ORLOPP, AURLAUF? I am > hoping that she wasn't confusing the name with Eylau, which sounds similar. > Mother was Herzoglich, or the daughter of a duke in or near Winkelsdorf. > LOUISE?married Mr.?GALL and had?LAURA GALL and?JOHANNA GALL?(b.1870) > Mr. GALL died. > LOUISE?married Mr.?HUSAR and had?EMMA?HUSAR and?LISETTE HUSAR?(in 1886) in > Deutsch Eylau. > The HUSARS came to America around 1893.?I haven't found the family's > passage to America. > LOUISE?HUSAR lived in Milwaukee all her life and died in 1927 at the age of > 86. > ? > I apologize if I'm being too wordy.?Any?help or advice finding the duke > or?Louise's parentage?would be truly appreciated!?Thanks so much. > Lauren > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:56:05 -0500 > From: "Michael Nelson" <[email protected]> > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Thank You all for your help > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > I would like to thank everyone who has offered advice to my request for > "help finding ggrandparents". You guys are awesome. > > Thank you > Have a Great Day > > Mike > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PRUSSIA-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the PRUSSIA-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of PRUSSIA-ROOTS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 176 > ********************************************* > -- "To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root." - Chinese proverb

Thank you, Bronwyn. I was being lazy, I'm afraid.:-) I found a bit of evidence and tossed off a query before checking even the most basic sources. I was thinking out loud with my fingers.... I do appreciate having these sites for future reference. Best, Doris > Doris, > Here's one, of many, sites you might enjoy: > http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/xprussia.html > > http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/preu18491862.html > Kind regards, > Bronwyn. > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Doris Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Was Saxony part of Prussia in the 1860s? > > > > Thank you. > > Doris Wheeler >

Hi, I would like to thank everyone who has offered advice to my request for "help finding ggrandparents". You guys are awesome. Thank you Have a Great Day Mike

Wendy, thanking you for the website of the familytreemagazine.com not a bad web site at all Anne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wendy Fischbach Sent: Sunday, 16 August 2009 2:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] reply to: Help finding ggrandparents Mike, I am passing along this link:  http://www.familytreemagazine.com/recordreferences There are a number of references that may be helpful. Good luck with your research. Wendy ------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.57/2303 - Release Date: 08/15/09 06:10:00

Dear List: I'd appreciate some assistance uncovering a mystery regarding my great-grandmother LOUISE STELZNER.    LOUISE recalled spending a good deal of time in a place called Winkelsdorf in Prussia. My father thought this was their summer home or it might have been where her grandfather, "the duke" lived. Later family records show that LOUISE married, had 2 daughters, was widowed, married again and had 2 more daughters. I know that daughters # 3 & 4 were born in Deutsch Eylau in Prussia.    So far, I've searched under all of the family names at LDS and every other genealogy site I know of. Nothing comes up for LOUISE other than a few Ancestry.com census entries and a trip she made back from Germany in 1907. I've found nothing on her parentage or birthplace and nothing on her first or second husband.   Here's what I know - or think I know: LOUISE STELZNER was born 1841 in Prussia. Father was possibly CHRISTIAN STELZNER. Mother was possibly MARIE ARLOV, ORLOV, ORLOFF, ORLOPP, AURLAUF? I am hoping that she wasn't confusing the name with Eylau, which sounds similar. Mother was Herzoglich, or the daughter of a duke in or near Winkelsdorf. LOUISE married Mr. GALL and had LAURA GALL and JOHANNA GALL (b.1870) Mr. GALL died. LOUISE married Mr. HUSAR and had EMMA HUSAR and LISETTE HUSAR (in 1886) in Deutsch Eylau. The HUSARS came to America around 1893. I haven't found the family's passage to America. LOUISE HUSAR lived in Milwaukee all her life and died in 1927 at the age of 86.   I apologize if I'm being too wordy. Any help or advice finding the duke or Louise's parentage would be truly appreciated! Thanks so much. Lauren

Doris The answer to your question of wether Sachsen was part of Prussia in the 1860's is both yes and no. Let me explain: The Kingdom of Sachsen, which was the was the part closest to the border to Boehmen was not part of Prussia. The Provinz Sachsen to the north-west of the Kingdom was part of Prussia. The Herzogtum of Sachsen-Anhalt was not part but was associated with Prussia. For the Kingdom of Sachsen this was true from about 1815 to 1918, after which the German Reich was formed and all came under Prussia. Sachsen Anhalt sort of was in and out at different times, but was mostly associated with prussia during the approximately 100 years Source: Historischer Atlas Deutschland 1997 Hope this helps. Guenter in Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Wheeler" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:33:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Saxony Was Saxony part of Prussia in the 1860s? Thank you. Doris Wheeler -- "To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root." - Chinese proverb   ------------------------------- 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

Doris, Here's one, of many, sites you might enjoy: http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/xprussia.html > http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/preu18491862.html Kind regards, Bronwyn. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Doris Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > Was Saxony part of Prussia in the 1860s? > > Thank you. > Doris Wheeler > >

Wendy, Thanks a million for this useful batch of guidance-reference sheets. I printed them all and sense they'll be a handy source of help for years to come. Livy On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Wendy Fischbach <[email protected]>wrote: > Mike, > I am passing along this link: > http://www.familytreemagazine.com/recordreferences > There are a number of references that may be helpful. Good luck with your > research. Wendy > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hello! I am attempting to find the relationship between Victoria Zuchelkowski and Pelagia Cichanski. Both arrived in Baltimore on the Hermann in 1881. Traveling with them were the Theodore Plucinski family, the Paul Szpotanski family, and the Richard Budo family - all from Rynarzewo, Poland. Stephanie

Mike, I'm sure you cannot rest until all these ideas have been followed up. The folk on this list won't let you!! Hope to soon read more about further research you have pursued. My first thought was similar to Daniel's - find a researcher, or even better arrange to view these books yourself. Bronwyn. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Michael Nelson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I wish to thank everyone who responded to my request for help in locating > my great grandparents. > > I have searched every available record in America regarding these people > and all only list Prussia as the homeland. I have searched census, ship, > naturalization, death records, newspaper obits, interview other family > members, etc. with the only record I have been unable to review is the > church records because the church won't respond to my letters. > > This is my brick wall and I may have to accept that I will never find the > answer. > > Thank you all very much. > > Have a Great Day > > Mike > > ------------------------------- > 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 >