Steve, Thanks very much for the tip. I'll visit the website now. Justin Levy SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Here is a place to start for information on German Immigrants to England. > http://feefhs.org/uk/frgagfhs.html > Anglo-German Family History Society of London England is a mutual > self-help group founded in 1987 in London, England to research ancestors > who came from the German-speaking parts of Europe and settled in England. > These people can recommend researchers who are familiar with PRO in > Kensington. > > My wife's maiden name is Hohler. Her family tradition is that their > ancestor arrived in George I's entourage. My father-in-law said he wasn't > really English as his family had only been in England for seven > generations. The oldest record I have found is a marriage 21 Jun 1771 at > Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England. Try searching > the IGI at www.familysearch.org > > Steve McLeod > Broad Run, Virginia > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smcleod/GeneLinks.html > genealogy@broadrunit.com > > > > > > "Justin Levy" <levyduffy@eircom.net> > 09/12/2003 05:18 AM > Please respond to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L > > > To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > cc: > Subject: [S-H-RTS] Levy Family from Bad Segeberg to England in 1860s or 1870s > > > > Hello Fellow Genealogists, > > I need some advice on tracing my roots in Germany. I am looking for > records relating to: > > Matthias Levy and his wife, Ricke Levy (b. ca. 1820) and their two sons: > Paul Matthias Levy (b. ca. 1851) > Henry or Heinrich Levy (b. ca. 1854) > > On Paul's Jewish marriage authorization of December 1880 (issued by the > London Beth Din), it states that Paul was a native of Segeberg. I do not > know when the family emigrated to England. I am not certain that Paul and > Henry were brothers; both their wedding certificates give the groom's > father's as Matthias Levy, a merchant. > > What records are available on-line? Where and how do I start? Help!!!!! > > Regards, > > Justin Levy > (Dublin, Ireland) > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The Frequently_Asked_Questions web-site can be found at: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > > > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The Frequently_Asked_Questions web-site can be found at: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > >