Most are familiar with the immigration and passenger lists on various family history websites. However, several little-known collections in the Stettin Archives help bridge the missing records from other ports, those that either destroyed the lists after a certain number of years and those that never kept record of the immigrants. Additionally, not all immigrants […]
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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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These inheritable farms (Erbhof) sometimes include pages of the Grundbücher. Click on the links below to view the books. Because the church books did not survive, these are vital substitutes. Der Erbhof Nr 1 Bd. I Bl. 2 zu Rarfin (Martin Friedrich Elert, Otto Elert)26/142/0/2/1929 Der Erbhof Nr. 1 Bd. I Bl. 2 zu Rarfin […]
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This is the first volume of the Grundbücher for Vorwerk in Kreis Belgard. I have a personal interest in this village, as church records indicated that my 4th great-uncle was born there to a herding family in 1829. This complements the surviving church book and may provide more expansive information on the residents. Grundbuch von […]
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These files are the inheritable farms in Klein Rambin. This collection appears to be somewhat fragmentary. One of them contains pages from the first volume of the Grundbücher. Erbhofakten betr. den Erbhof Nr. 2 Bd. I Bl. 3 und 35 zu Klein Rambin (1931-1942) Erbhofakten betr. den Erbhof Nr. 3 Bd. II Bl. 24 zu […]
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These books document the history of the villagers in Klein Rambin starting around the early 1800s. These were especially interesting to me, as my family originated in this village. It would seem that Michael Gehrke was the Schulz in Klein Rambin before Ernst Carl Gottlob Weiland (also spelled “Weyland”) took over the role following his […]
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These few items were incorrectly indexed in the Koszalin Archives as belonging to the Erbhof series for Podewils. These are inheritable farm records. Der Erbhof Nr. 25 Bd. III Bl. 49, Bd. I Bl. 18, Bd. V Bl. 146, Bd. III Bl. 72 zu Pumlow (Karl Marx)26/142/0/2/1924 Der Erbhof Nr. 40 Bd. I Bl. 4, […]
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These files appear to pertain specifically to the Vorwerk Ackerhof rather than the village of Vorwerk. According to the Belgard-Schivelbein website, Vorwerk was a farming village on the outset of the Belgard Castle, apparently lands that the castle used to till before it became its own settlement. Ackerhof was its own distinct farm, a Rittergut–or […]
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These files contain the inheritable farms in Podewils, Kreis Belgard. Unlike other series of Erbhofakten, these are more sparse and contain much less genealogical information. Der Erbhof Nr. 1 Bd. II Bl. 30 zu Podewils (Franz Müller) – 26/142/0/2/1913 Der Erbhof Nr. 2 Bd. II Bl. 35 zu Podewils – 26/142/0/2/1914 Der Erbhof Nr. 2 […]
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This document covers colonists on the forest plots of land in Pustchow, Kreis Belgard. This short file is from 1844 and contains the detachment and inheritable contracts of this Grundstück. Names that appear in these pages: Gottfried Piske and Gabriel Franz. Kolonisten auf den Forstgrundstücken zu Pustchow
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