-----Original Message----- From: prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of K E Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54 PM To: prussia-roots-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] the Thieles of Stollberg, Sangerhausen District,Province of Saxony, Prussia "The raft of vital records I just received from Osterode concering this family " Kenneth Hi Kenneth: Wondering how you went about getting these records? Thanks, Jo-an __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jo-an, Bearing in mind that I only began researching my family roots about a year and a half ago, and that the majority of my time has been spent researching northern and southern (American) bloodlines back to the 17th century, my direct paternal ancestry is of German origin, and I have learned a bit about where records are kept and how to locate them. There are archives (stadtarchivs) for some towns and states, and at least some of those have websites with contact information. You might try googling the name of the town with the word archive or even better stadtarchiv, and you might try looking in one of the German phone books (I actually don't know if there is more than one) online. If you can't find an archive for the town you're researching you might try looking for a town website, and asking them if there is a local archive or else who keeps the parish records and how you may get in touch with them. As far as contacting archives, towns, and whoever else may be in possession of the records you need or know how to look them up, you're more likely to get a response by mail rather than email, and obviously it is even less easy to ignore someone when they call you directly. It is always a good idea to be extremely polite, concise in providing information about your family and what you are seeking (don't ask for seventy different records dating back to the middle ages), and provide at least an electronic translation of your query if not a human one. Keep in mind too that if someone does get back to you with information they may also include a bill for the lookup, and if it is on the letterhead of the archive and includes a bank account number that's probably a polite way of soliciting you for a donation. And it's probably a good idea to send them something for their time so these services will continue to be available for others in the future. Best regards, Kenneth --- Jo-an Lavitschke <joanlav@charter.net> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf > Of K E > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:54 PM > To: prussia-roots-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] the Thieles of Stollberg, > Sangerhausen > District,Province of Saxony, Prussia > > "The raft of vital records I just received from > Osterode concering this family " > Kenneth > Hi Kenneth: > Wondering how you went about getting these records? > Thanks, Jo-an > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > PRUSSIA-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 PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com