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Where do I go? Where should I look? Do records still exist for ______ village that my family came from? Have you wondered how and where to explore Pomeranian records? Not sure what still exists and want to see how to find out? Watch this video to get a basic understanding of where to look […]
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This Rezess from 1862 lists the farmers in the village of Stecklin. This book was digitized as part of the effort to scan the church books in Greifenhagen that were previously only available in the archives. Special thanks to Heiko Kühling for transcribing this book so others might be able to benefit from it as […]
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About a week ago, I presented virtually with the Pommerscher Greif’s annual meeting. Here’s a bit about who we are, what we do and believe in, and where to find things on the website. There are closed-captions that can be auto-translated into any language, so I hope this helps break through any language barriers for […]
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Thanks to several generous gifts, we were able to digitize roughly sixty emigration books from the Szczecin Archive. We continue to request and digitize books from Pomeranian archives and look to partner with those who would like to contribute scans they have acquired. Another thirty or so books should be available mid-February. I do apologize […]
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An extremely high concentration of Pomeranian immigrant families settled in Milwaukee and attended what was then known as Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. A chance find two weeks ago hastened the chase, as I pursued a new clue. Reading through the books, it seems that numerous families in the church originated in Kreis Kolberg-Körlin. The books […]
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One of our readers found a postcard of Battin in Kreis Belgard and was kind enough to send it to us. The card is dated April 1, 1939, mentioning that: “Das Schloß ist neue außer Lager.” The postmark shows it was stamped in the neighboring Groß Rambin. The stamp bears the image of Otto von […]
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Gottlieb Schulz, born 25 Sep 1774, in Hohenselchow, died 1835 Gottlieb was born 25 Sep in Hohenselchow. He was a soldier, a carpenter and owner in the neighboring village of Heinrichshof. Gottlieb married Anne Dorothee Sophie Lohn. Unfortunately, Anne, the wife of carpenter Gottlieb, died young on 18 Jul 1810, age 28, and was buried […]
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New, never-before digitized Kirchenbücher for Kreis Greifenhagen are now online for free access. We were asked by a reader to look into the missing book from the Szczecin Archive for the village of Selchow from 1810 to 1848. Naturally, once stumbling upon the entire undigitized collection, we felt it pertinent to obtain not just that […]
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Few early records for Zarnefanz were easily found. While the Grundbücher for the early 1800s does not appear to have survived, these three Grundakten cover specific properties in the village. These contain Erbhofroölle and even pages from the original Grundbücher for this lot. Das Grundstück Bd. 4 Bl. 46 zu Zarnefanz Das Grundstück Bd. 4 […]
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This collection of documents details land ownership from around the time the peasant Bauer were given property rights in the early 1800s. Especially considering the church records for Lenzen are no longer in existence, these pages provide crucial information to those tracing their lineages to this village. Urkunden Sammlung (Rezess)
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