Ortsippenbuch!!! That's the term I was trying to remember. My sections of Deutchland are Sachsen, Thüringen and Nordrein-Westfalen. Many thanks LGO! Now I can sleep well tonight! Regards, Robert Lipprandt ================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "LGO" <le_geefted_one@ix.netcom.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Cc: <rloss@bellsouth.net> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:48 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

HYPERLINK "http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid= &Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Germany.A SP"http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gi d=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Germany .ASP Here is the url for those who may want to access the document that was mentioned in the recent message – I found it quite a search to find this: ‘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.’ Regards David ------------------------------------ David A Lord Scotland UK Phone: +44 (0)1383 851 450 Mobile: +44 (0)777 619 5498 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: 25/01/2007 15:32