[Info-vax] OT: Searching for ancestors from Germany

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-12-13 18:27:26 +0000, Tad Winters said:

> Sorry to post off-topic, but I'm sure there are people from Germany who 
> frequent this group.  I'm using MyHeritage to work on my family tree, 
> but it's not giving me anything about relatives from Germany.
> Immigration to the US was in 1866, and I speak nothing but English.
> Someone here may be able to point me at a group I could contact to make 
> some progress.

A list of German-related genealogy-related mailing lists and newsgroups 
from a few years ago, and the mailing lists likely also offer archives, 
and Google Groups prolly has newsgroup archives.
http://genealoger.com/german/ger_genealogy_newsgroups.htm

Options for learning some German:
https://learngerman.dw.com/en/overview
etc.

For translations:
https://www.deepl.com/translator

Other resources:
https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/passenger-arrival.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany#German_Confederation

Given your location in the Portland Oregon area, check with these folks:
https://www.germanamerican.org
https://oregongs.org

Etc.

Above largely based on some quick DDG searches.


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