Posts about finding and using resources for researching in Germany, Prussia, and Austria, and German genealogy organizations and social media.
It's been 10 years (!) since I recommended the Geogen German surname mapping site. Let's revisit and see what's new. There are lots of surname mapping sites out there, but this is the best [...]
Today's post is about mapping 1890 German ancestry in the U.S. The 1890 census is long lost. But maps and statistics compiled by the Census Bureau using 1890 data survive. The results are contained [...]
These Chicago German-Language Newspaper Obituaries helped me break through my Austrian genealogy brick wall. Searching for an Austrian Birthplace Churchyard at the Ladis Catholic Church. Regular readers know how elusive Gottfried Hann, [...]
Today's lets talk about searching the U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present. Chronicling America at the Library of Congress gets lots of good press from me and other genealogists. This resource provides access to digitized U.S. [...]
