This document is the hereditary farm for Herbert Voigt in Rarfin. It accompanies the pages for the Rarfin Grundbuch, Volume 3, Entry #3. Der Erbhof Nr. 2 Bd. I Bl. 3 (Herbert Voigt) In addition to containing information about the establishment of the Voigt property as a hereditary farm during the Nazi rule of Germany, […]
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The following photos were taken by my grandfather’s cousin sometime around 1994 during his visit back to Pommern. During this trip, he saw Kolberg and took numerous photos of the city, including the St. Marien Domkirche, Rathaus, Strand (beach), harbor, lighthouse, and streets. A lot has changed in Kolberg over 25 years, and the city […]
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On the way to the lapidarium in Bartin, we drove through Lustebuhr. It’s the type of village that you could miss if you’re not looking close enough as the road forks and splits off several times from the main drag. Taking a wrong turn could lead into a farmer’s field or down a narrow walking […]
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This is the book for Rogzow and Neugasthof in Kreis Kolberg-Körlin. These land registers begin in 1831 and chronicle the history of the village through the lens of property ownership. Because of hereditary rights, other family members are often listed as the book progresses from parents to children. Grundbuch from Rogzow and Neugasthof Volume 1 […]
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There are not many surviving records from Wartekow. The Grundbuch, however, is luckily preserved by the Polish State Archives in Koszalin. While the book mentioned here begins in 1875, there are a few other documents in the archives that have not been digitized yet which detail earlier history through mortgages. Wartekow Grundbuch Volume 1 (1-25)
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The Grundbuch for Garchen begins in 1819 and details the history of property owners in the village. Again, these types of records are especially helpful for filling in some of the gaps from the civil registry, as most of the church records before the institution of the civil registry no longer exist. Whole branches of […]
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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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