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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Susanne Petersson sent us these photos of Otto Priebe’s farm in Eschenriege. Her father, Egon Petersson, was assigned to assist on Otto Priebe’s farm during World War II. Special thanks to Susanne Petersson for sending us these fantastic pictures!!
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These two books are the Mutterrolle for Eschenriege in Kreis Neustettin. They list the property owners of the village along with property descriptions. These books specifically are quite detailed in the number of residents recorded. It is notable that the church and civil records for this village survived, making it much easier to determine from […]
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This book details files for land reclamation of deserted areas and the appointment of foreign colonists. The document mentions families from the Hessen-Darmstadt and Polish areas, among other places. Some pages call these colonists by name. Areas surrounding Vorwerk in Belgard are mentioned, such as the Schetterow, Lülfitz, Rostin, Klein Panknin, and Klempin. Other pages […]
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Two volumes of Mutterrolle exist for Grünewald. These list owners and residents in the village, and can be useful for discovering more about specific ancestors. As both duplicate church and civil records largely survived the war, this book is better suited for complementing information found within those registers. Grünewald Mutterrolle I Grünewald Mutterrolle II This […]
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The Artikelverzeichnis contains information related to the Grundsteuer, or property taxes. Some pages are about the Flurbuch. There are references to the Mutterrolle and the buildings and residents from Gramenz. Most of the pages seem to be from the early 1900s. Artikelverzeichnis des Gutsbezirks Gramenz This book contains very little useful information for genealogy and […]
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The Mutterrolle is a compendium of pages comprising of a listing of buildings, residents, property descriptions, and tax documents. Admittedly, this is not the most interesting document for a family historian, especially since both the church and civil registers have survived for Gramenz. However, for those looking to expand on the stories of their ancestors […]
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This is one of another in a series of snippets of family trees I mapped out while working on discovering connections with DNA matches. Quite a few of my matches of interest have come from Gramenz, with names such as Abraham, Lübke, Freiberg, Färber, and Keske appearing frequently and often intertwining. One of these branches […]
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A while back, I was informed that there were large numbers of German immigrants who settled in Missouri (with the Missouri Lutheran Synod, go figure, right?) I still lived in somewhat of a denial that many Pomeranian immigrants must have made their way there, believing that it must have been from other areas of Germany. […]
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The Historic Riding Hall in Eutin has been the home of the Neustettin Heimatmuseum since 1992. After twenty-six years, that chapter has come to a close. For many, this feels like a second expulsion as the museum has served to keep the memory of the former Pomeranian Kreis Neustettin alive. With the renovation of the […]
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