Forum: Europe Genealogy

I have a grandfather, Christian Schuhmacher, who was a teacher at the government college in Herchen, Germany. I now have two mentions of this in emigration records and a US biography. His sons were Christian Schumacher b. 1839 and Julius Schuhmacher b. 1843 who came to the US in 1861,62. I hope...

Another thread was started about a month ago. Please, to viewers of this one, disregard and respond here. The name of the person I am interested in is Ferdinand Darrer. Finding information has been difficult but I do have what I believe to be reliable information: 1] He was born in Austria...

Hi, I have found a site that gives naturalisations online, but you have to become a member. Does onyone know where I can get these records free?...I only want one, so joining the whole site seems excessive.

I have an ancestor, William John WALLIS born in 1845 at Le Havre de Grasse in France according to the 1871 British census. In 1871 he is living at Thomas Street, Limehouse with his mother Mary and 2 brothers. How would I obtain a birth certificate or any other clue as what the family were doing in...

Hiya, I have a Stephen VINANEA, born in Ancona, Italy, 1805 I've no idea if the spelling of this surname is correct. Don't know if anybody can tell me if it's a ligitimate surname for that area? He moved to the UK and is listed in censuses as the father of John, Agnes and Stephen Vinanea in...

hi im posting because of the great response ive seen here to other gibraltar messages . my john brock married a catholic gibraltar girl in 1861 (from an australian birth cert) her name was annie - anne - isabella annie - annie isabella surname galeia - gelase - gelese ? ? from her irish...

I spotted this on a Norwegian forum. I have not used this site myself and don't know how many of the records have already been digitised. You have to register and download a programme to be able to use the site. As it is a commercial site, I won't make a link but the address is arkivdigital.net ...

Thanks to British Gen. I have information on two families from Germany. From Hesse Cassel a John Henz b. 1818 and daughters Katherine b. Dec. 1841, Mary b. 1846 and Adelaide b. 2-29-1848. Also an Christian Berner b. 1828 and brother Imanuel F. Berner b. 1837 from Wurttemberg. Christian...

A while back I discovered I had a relative who was born in Austria and sent off an enquiry to their sort of equivalent of our TNA. Today was amazed to received a very detailed reply including the TIME of both the birth and confirmation! Admittedly my already knowing the exact date of birth,...

Bit startled at recent discovery one of my folks was born in Austria in 1914. Any tips please on obtaining the relevant (Austrian) birth cert? i.e. do they have a GRO and/or TNA like ours where I can make the first step of enquiry? Thanks BV

I am researching my ex husband's family for my children. Their paternal grandfather was born in Gibraltar and according to his birth certificate his father Albert SMITH was a soldier in the British Army and his mother was a Gibraltarian. Her name was Ana RIVERS, the child's name is Albert...

Need to obtain someones birth certificate to trace them but they were born in Germany. Cannot access any info or know how to go abouts getting it. Not even sure this person exists as it has been handed down through the years. person is: L. D. SHEPHERD BORN 1960's BMH RINTELN GERMANY

My ancester is Imanuel F. Berner (sometimes he used Emanuel) was born @ 1839 in Wirtemberg, Germany. He was a German Evangelical Methodist minister. He came to the USA @ 1859 . He married Catherine Hensz in Otter Creek, Linn, Iowa 1864. His first child Adoph G, was born @1865 in Louisa IA. ...

Hi all, I have tried to understand the names transcribed by an Australian on an application for Naturalization by a Dane. I get something like: Asseas, Island of Frien(z)e, Denmark And I must have it wrong because I can't locate it on Google or Google earth. It's probably obvious - but not to...

My husband's grandfather, Wilhelm Stanislous Parias was born 25 Oct. 1867 in Germany. His wife, Wilhemina Auguste Pauline Shumann, was born 3 Oct. 1870, in Posen, Germany. They lived on a farm in Saskatchewan. Family tradition says that Wilhelm was born in Alsac Lorraine when it was Germany. ...

Has anyone access to records from Gibralter to help prove my grandfather Henry Farnell helped save two children from a fire at the barracks about 1914-16 or could be a little earlier. he was with 55 coy RGA at the time before moving to Tynemouth Castle by 1917. No idea if any records or papers...

It would be greatly appreciated if someone who has access to burial/cemetery records for the rue Catinat, district of Trigauville (Graville, Le Havre, Seine France) 1846 could please see if they can find the grave of Mary Bruyn born 15 May 1846 died 19 September 1846 Her parents and most...

Hi, According to the British census one of my Ancestors (Karl Mitchell) was born in the town of Birstein in Germany in around 1828. I cannot seem to find any records for that area. Does anyone know if it is possible to get a birth certificate/baptism record from that period and how to go about...

Having discovered an ancestor died in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1885 I have applied for his death certificate. But what else can be gleaned from French records... How can I find a will assuming one was written? Were newspaper obituaries published? Would he have appeared in other records during his...