Posts about Prussian genealogy research, including Posen, Pomerania, Silesia, and areas of Prussia once in Germany and now in Poland.
Today I'm sharing a post about solving a German sibling brick wall in Chicago. Breaking through this brick wall with Chicago records makes it extra satisfying. Anna and Her Sister Elise Sail to America [...]
The world pauses today for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020. This date also marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army. It seems too little just to read the [...]
Have you used newspaper shipping news for genealogy research? This is a new and welcome addition to my resources for immigration research. SLIG Class on Immigration Classes I've taken through the Salt Lake Institute [...]
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 [...]
