2022

Old Lutheran Emigration – Das Konventikelwesen und dessen Folgen. Auswanderungen nach Amerika (1834-1844)

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These books cover the Altelutheranische (Old Lutheran) emigration from Pommern to North America and Australia. These records greatly complement the work of Wilhelm Iwan’s Die Altlutherische Auswanderung um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts: Eine Episode deutscher Auswanderung: Band II, which can also be searched in full-text at Archivaria. These Old Lutherans dissented to Friedrich Wilhelm […]

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2022

Köslin, Kreis Köslin – Land Records (Grundbücher and Hypothekenbücher)

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Despite the loss of church records for the city of Köslin, these records extensively detail the land-owning class into the early 1700s. It is my hope that through these records, researchers might be able to find fragments or even whole branches of their family trees. The books that are bolded and linked have been photographed […]

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2021

DNA Matching – A Case for Testing to Find Your Ancestors

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There have been a number of dead-ends and brick walls in my family tree, some that have persisted for generations. I only began researching my family’s history when I studied abroad in Germany in 2014. Some branches of my family tree were well-documented by previous family members. Others were complete mysteries. It wouldn’t be my […]

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2021

Parsow, Köslin – Land Records (Grundbücher)

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This is the first volume of the Grundbücher for Parsow in Kreis Köslin. Because the church books for Körlin, to which Parsow belonged, no longer exist except in fragmentary form, this book is a valuable resource to understanding who the early landowners were in the village. Grundbuch von dem Parsow Band I Blatt Nr. 1 […]

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2021

Schwemmin, Köslin – Land Records (Grundbücher)

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These land records cover the early owners in Schwemmin, Kreis Köslin. At least one other volume exists, but has not yet been digitized. Grundbuch von Schwemmin Band I Blatt Nr. 1 – 17 Schwemmin belonged to the Parsow Standesamt, but the Alt Marrin church parish. The Parsow Standesamt appears to have survived intact while the […]

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2019

Fürstenthum Cammin – Land Records (Landbuch)

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This series of books contains an interesting history of land ownership in the 1700s, pre-dating most surviving church books. While there is little to be observed for the common people at the time, these pages reveal more about the noble families who owned the land and their children who inherited it. Land-Buch Fürstenthum-Camminschen Creyses [Bartin […]

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