Tag Archives: Location: Germany/Prussia

Earlier this week, I received the following press release that I thought I’d share with my readers. I know the author worked very hard on this publication and I’m sure it will be of great help to those researching in this area of Germany. Lind […]

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Back in January, I acquired several church records for my family from Bromberg, Posen, Preußen.  While I have had luck deciphering most of them (thanks to my handy book German-English Genealogical Dictionary and, of course, Google Translate), there are a few that I’m having trouble […]

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

There are plenty of guides out there that show the German alphabet, in the Fraktur, Sütterlin, and Kurrent styles.  These guides can really help you when trying to decipher old documents that use the German language.  One that I find useful can be found here […]