The Standesamt for Krampe in Stolp served the communities of Deutsch Plassow, Gumbin, Krampe, and Stantin. These communities were directly south of the city of Stolp. Currently, we have these documents available for viewing through our online portal (click on Stolp>>Krampe): Births: 1874-1908 Marriages: 1875-1935 Deaths: 1874-1935 Various Some names found in this set of records are, […]
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The Standesamt for Hebron-Damnitz in Stolp served the communities of Benzin, Deutsch Karstnitz, Hebron-Damnitz, and later Schwetzkow. It was situated between the civil registry offices for Dammen and Mahnwitz in the middle of the Kreis. Currently, we have these documents available for viewing through our online portal: Births: 1893-1899 Marriages: 1900-1920, 1922-1933 Deaths: 1875-1880, 1900-1916 Some […]
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The Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Groß Rambin is available through the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Digitale Bibliothek for the years 1927-1932. This newsletter served the church community of Groß Rambin which was a member of the larger church community in Belgard, Pomerania. Prior to the early 1900s, the congregation was served by the nearby parish, Arnhausen. Villages belonging to […]
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The Old Lutheran community of Darsin in Kreis Stolp has been digitized by the Mormons and can be found here on FamilySearch. Villages included for these years are Darsin, Sochow (not to be confused with Sorchow near Groß Garde), Grumbkow, and others from 1847-1875. These records were originally listed incorrectly by the Mormons as belonging […]
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We’ve all done it. You’ve gone to FamilySearch.org, typed in a first and a last name, and followed the trail of the first person you saw with the same name. It can be difficult and confusing to determine which person of 10,000 results is the correct one. So how do you link your relatives back […]
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Unfortunately for researchers, the church records for Sageritz and several of the civil registry offices that served the parish’s villages were lost in World War II. For many, this has created an insurmountable roadblock that has been difficult to overcome. Luckily a very large number of land registers have survived. These secondary sources can be […]
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The Hypothekenbücher and Grundbücher from the following regions have been uploaded for viewing: Kussow Grundbuch Vol. 1 (Entries 1-14) Papritzfelde Grundbuch Vol. 4 (Entries 9-13) Schmaatz Grundbuch Vol. 1 (1-8) Schmaatz Grundbuch Vol. 2 (Entries 9-26) Schmaatz Grundbuch Vol. 3 (Entries 26-56) These books come from the region of Stolp in the former Eastern Prussian province of Pomerania, […]
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It is with great pleasure that I am able to share for the first time the land register books of Alt Damerow in Kreis Stolp. These mortgage and land deeds go back to the early 1800s and chronicle the history of the and and its owners, also occasionally bringing to light any inheritance matters, and […]
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I was in receipt of the citizen’s register from Landsberg an der Warthe this week. It’s a very small document in comparison to most records, but it contains hundreds of entries with birth dates and civil information such as birth dates, professions, and places of origin. While the register was completed in 1822, it contains […]
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