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One of our readers returned from Pomerania this summer and wanted to share some photos from her ancestral village of Glasow. One of her ancestors was baptized in the church in 1762. Inside the church, one can read a list of the people from the community who died in World War I.
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While visiting the church in Klaptow, I inquired with two of the locals about the cemetery. The older man thought I was a German and the boy tried to tell me he didn’t speak German, or “Niemicki.” I tried to tell him I was an American who was looking for “stare groby,” or the old […]
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The land registry for Mallnow began in 1820 with two volumes surviving the Second World War. The first volume begins with mortgages and details the edict from September 14, 1811 and the declaration between the lord, Obrist von Podewils, and his the farmers between May 29, 1816 and the closing on December 15, 1818. This […]
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Three volumes were digitized for the village of Alt Quetzin in Kreis Kolberg-Körlin. The earliest of these begin in 1877, though this is not a tight timeframe for people listed in the books. One can discover full branches of family trees, as families listed them for inheritable rights, going back forty years prior to the […]
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This single volume covers the years after 1881 and reveals people who owned land in Neu Quetzin. In 1928, Alt and Neu Quetzin were combined into one rural community. Grundbuch Volume 1
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The Grundbücher for Dassow begin in 1827 and document the history of land ownership for the village. What’s amazing about these books is that they sometimes list children and spouses and their birth dates. Currently, volumes 1-7 have been photographed. Grundbuch Volume 1 (1-20) Grundbuch Volume 2 (1-71) Grundbuch Volume 3 (72-120) Grundbuch Volume 4 […]
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This page is currently a work in progress as I study the patterns of movement of shepherds and herdsmen from the Belgard parish. Philipp Wedig Bloedorn and Barbara Catharina Wenzel Schäfer in Ackerhof Karoline Sophia born February 1, 1794 in Ackerhof Christoph Klotz and Christina Steffers (Steffens?) Hirte in Roggow Christoph Friedrich born April […]
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When one thinks of Pomerania, it is difficult not to recognize the historical significance of Stettin. It was once the regional capital of Pomerania. Today, the city houses some of the oldest and most important artifacts from German times. The city is still beautiful and vibrant with plenty of things to do along boardwalk. The […]
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It might be repetitive for me to state, but even if your ancestral village’s birth, marriage, and death records have been lost, there is still hope to advance your family tree. It might come as a surprise that whole families can be found in land registers, among other documents. The only way to know for […]
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Klein Rambin is a place that is very near and dear to my heart. As the former residence of quite a number of my ancestors, it was previously difficult to research any further back. The civil registry started in 1874. Church books, however, are heavily fragmented and exist only from 1824-1848 for the church in […]
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