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Hello, British-Genealogy forums have been so very helpful in the past with your expertise, so here I go again.
I am looking for a death record or obituary for my g grandparents who both died...

Hello, I am trying to find the birth city of my ancestor Johann Henz (Haines)
born @ 1812 in Hesse, Darmstadt. He came over @ 1850 and lived in Racine, Wisconsin. His wife was Pheba b. @ 1833. ...

I am trying to find the city of origin for my family from Hesse-Darmstadt. I am thinking that the emigration records would have this.

Does anyone know the best way to find this or have...

Great information. I will look into all these sources right away. And thanks for the tips. Being in the US, some of the city, county variations are not apparent to me and I appreciate the guidance....

Great leads, I will get busy, and thanks as I was very unsure of where to inquire. M. Anderson

I am looking for the birth record of two ancestors I have their marriage on June 17, 1811 at At Andrew's in Prestwold Leic. The groom is Joseph Cramp, his parish is Quorndon and ...

I am looking for the birth record of Charles Lee b. March 4, 1802 in Ipswich, Suffolk. His mother's maiden name was Frost. I know he had siblings William, James, John, Charles....and his sisters,...

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...

Absolutely amazing considering I had checked them previously. Immanuael F. Berner b. 1837 and Christian F. Berner b. Nov. 1828 shared the same parents, Matthias Immanuel Berner and Catharine...

Thanks so much! The Anglo German site looks great. Adelle, another big Thank You.... I thought I had done those sites, but rechecked and found some info on the Pilot site. Now my question is,...

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.

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Thanks again for looking this up. I do know that John Waterfield and his daughter Sarah came to America @ 1847. He was a Hatter and married again so that I think his wife Mary Ann Walderam must...

Thanks so much! Hope to find family of Sarah next. I appreciate your looking this up. Meli

Great finds!!!! I will be going over these, and seeing what is there. I have found so much family history thru the many heads put together on British Gen. Let me know if you have other leads. ...

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...

Thanks, I will look into all of these leads. Would really be a surprise to find Cookman is really Haines!!!! Thanks all, Meli

I would like to find records of my G Grandmother Katherine Cookman b. Dec. 1841. She came to US in 1850 and married Imanuel F. Berner @ 1863. They lived in Waverly, Des Moines, Ackley IA, and Los...

I wonder if anyone knows if you needed to be apprenticed to be a Hatter. My relatives were hat makers in England and came to the US in the 1840-50's. Their names were the Walker's from Coalville &...

Thanks so much for your efforts. I only have the family written records with lots of stories of the Lee family. He was born Charles Lee, Mar. 4, 1802 in Ipswich .He was involved in smuggling and to...

Thanks, One step at a time, it comes together. Appreciate it!

I am looking to confirm and expand on these families from Coleorton area:

I know John Waterfield marr. Mary Ann Walderam in 1839
Mary Ann Walderam's father was William, a...

I am looking for my UK family from the US. Written family history (which so far has been right on) says that Charles Lee was born March 4, 1802 in Ipswich of Woodbridge, Suffolk. He was involved...

I have an ancestor, Charles Lee born March 4, 1802 in Ipswich or Woodbridge, Suffolk. Written family history says he was involved in smuggling and had to change his name to his mother's maiden name...

The Frost, Lee, Cramp, Giles, families in Suffold, and Kent.
The Walker, Waterfield, Walderam, Barwell, Elverson families in Ashby de la Zouch, Coleorton, Coalville.
The Richards, May families in...

I have found my grandmother's written record of family history and am trying to confirm and expand on this. The family is mostly from Leicester, Kent and Suffolk....so far. I find this fascinating....