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

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In article <i3n8rcFbh2vU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>On 12/13/20 1:53 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <mailman.0.1607884092.28607.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
>> Tad Winters <tad.vms at gmx.com> writes:
>> 
>>> 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.
>>> Thank you!
>> 
>> I had an uncle who was a hobby geneologist and wrote a book on his
>> family history.  I'm not that interested myself, but I've heard of these
>> sites:
>> 
>>     ancestry.de
>>     myheritage.de
>> 
>
>I would be very cautious about having anything to do with Ancestry.
>The American branch has no problem giving/selling/making available
>personal information, including DNA that one might not want treated
>so cavalierly.

Agreed!  My eldest son and his wife submitted DNA to "23 and Me" and it's
surprising home much information they were able to compile on him, and his
lineage and relatives  I was able to verify what "23 and Me" compiled with
the info in the family tree I possess.

FWIW, I have a family tree researched and compiled by a relative about 30
years ago.  I goes back nearly 20 generations and much of that information
was recorded in an OLD German family bible.  Its pages were so old and so
frail that pages crumbled when handled.  The rest was researched by myriad
travels to Germany.  It's somewhat easier when the surname isn't something
common like 'Smith' or 'Jones' too.

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