LGO In #1, I have an ancester, Teresa Flick census of 1870 (New Orleans) says she was born in Baden. SHe married Simon Jacob Navo. Their first child was born in New Orleans in 1850. Can you find out anything on her. Simon Jacob Navo says he was born in Prussia (Pressen). Thanks Dorothy Sanders ----- Original Message ----- From: "LGO" <le_geefted_one@ix.netcom.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Question! - Village Histories > The documents used to determine ancestry during the area of National > Socialism were named Ahnennweis. Maybe that name is what you were thinking > of, but I understand you're looking for something different. > > The only three names of documents relating to village histories that I can > find for you are . . . > > 1.) Ortsippenbuecher or Dorfsippenbuecher - For some German towns, a type > of local genealogy > book called an Ortssippenbuch or Dorfsippenbuch is available. These local > histories give extensive > genealogical information on almost all of the town's inhabitants. They > usually begin with the earliest town > records in the 1500s or 1600s and continue up to the twentieth century. > They typically list families in > roughly alphabetical order, with a surname index and place index at the > end. They frequently have > appendixes listing war casualties, mayors, pastors, refugees, or veterans. > If your ancestor's town is the > subject of one of these books, you will probably be able to easily trace > his or her family back many > generations. Since it is compiled information, you should verify it > whenever possible. These books > usually list only families whose members were born or married or died in > the town. Some regions of > Germany have more than others; Baden, Württemberg, and Hannover have the > most. > > 2.) Deutsche Geschlechterbuecher - These contain the details of descent of > middle and lower class famillies - (not nobility) and contain a number of > family trees of various German families. They are on a regional basis in > that all the families in the book are from one district. > > 3.) Familienregister - Compiled from church records and are a sort of > combination of the first two, above, with the area being limited to a > particular parish. These registers list the names of the husband and wife > and their birth dates and places, marriage date and place, parents' names, > occupations, and residence. If a second marriage is listed, details about > the parents of the new marriage partner are often included. Children are > usually listed in chronological order. Names, birth dates, confirmation > dates, marriage dates, and death dates may be listed. In some registers, > when a child married and remained in the same parish, the register gives a > “see” reference and a page number where that particular child appears as > the head of a household. Some family registers indicate whether the family > moved to another village or emigrated to another country. > > These three were found in the LDS "Germany Research Outline" which you can > go and download from their web site. EVERY researcher of German ancestors > should download and READ this document and keep it handy for reference > during research. > > Good luck, > > LGO > > -----Original Message----- >>From: "R. Lipprandt" <rloss@bellsouth.net> >>Sent: Jan 25, 2007 11:09 AM >>To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Question! >> >>Somewhere back on this list, someone mentioned a German term for a village >>history, most likely compiled and written by someone local from that >>particular village. >> >>I don't believe it is in the same reference of documents that were used >>before WW2 to determine your ancestry. >> >>Included in this history are births, marriages, military service, deaths >>and >>those that immigrated from that particular village. I need to know the >>official term of this village history book.... Ana something-or-other as I >>remember. >> >>Regards, Robert Lipprandt~~ >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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