Colorado Chapter of Palatines to America

FORSCHUNGSHILFE

Research Tips And Techniques For Finding Your Germanic Speaking Ancestor

by L. T. Ostwald

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Locating Your Colonial Pennsylvania Ancestor Using Land Records – Jan - 1990, Revised Jan 2009
  2. Determining the "Real" Name of Your Immigrant Ancestor - April 1990
  3. Surname Hunting in Sources Published in America - Aug 1990
  4. Surname Hunting in European Sources - Jan 1991
  5. Extracting and Interpreting Dates from Church Records - April 1991
  6. Searching in Microfilmed Church Records - Aug 1991
  7. Identifying and Interpreting Names Found in Church Records - Dec 1991
  8. Place Names and Occupations Aid in Ancestor Identification - Mar 1992
  9. Identifying 19th Century German Script Characters - June 1992
  10. Identifying and Interpreting Abbreviations Used in Church Records - Sep 1992
  11. Resolving Discrepancies in Genealogical Dates - Dec 1992
  12. Patterns in 19th Century Handwritten Script - Upper-Case Letters - Mar 1993
  13. Visiting Your Ancestral Village - June 1993
  14. Genealogical Research Using Ship Passenger Lists
  15. Finding and Using Maps and Gazetteers - Jan 1994
  16. Accessing the Family History Library Locality Catalog - May 1994, Revised May 2009
  17. Finding German Church Records in Parishes and Archives - Sept 1994
  18. Family Stories as Genealogical Sources - Jan 1995
  19. Searching European Departure Records and Indexes - April 1995
  20. Getting Ready for German Research - Sept 1995
  21. Getting Started, And Continuing, With Your German Genealogical Research
  22. Using the Werner Hacker Indexes
  23. "Action Words" Used in German Church Records - June 1996
  24. Engaging a Genealogical Translator - Sept 1996
  25. Essentials of German Pronunciation - Feb 1997
  26. Using Meyers German Gazetteer - June 1997
  27. Answers to Some Often Asked Genealogical Questions - Sept 1997
  28. Interpreting Source Descriptions in The Family History Library German Locality Catalog - Dec 1997
  29. Using the International Genealogical Index for Germany - Jan 1998
  30. Clues From HETRINA (Hessian Soldiers in the American Revolution War) - Sept 1998
  31. Correspondence Strategy - Dec 1998
  32. Using Your German-English Dictionary - March 1999
  33. German Research References in Local Family History Centers - June 1999
  34. Internet Web Pages Helpful for German Research - Sept 1999
  35. A Busy Person's Strategy for "Learning a Little German" - Dec 1999
  36. Touring to Your Ancestral Village by Auto - March 2000
  37. Research Strategy for the Eastern Provinces - Part 1 - June 2000
  38. Research Strategy for the Eastern Provinces - Part 2 - Sept 2000
  39. Research in the Pfalz - March 2001
  40. Traveling By Train to Visit Your Ancestral Village - Sept 2001
  41. Emigration Permits - A Free Citizen Leaves Württemberg in 1860 - Dec 2001
  42. Finding Your Ancestor Who Lived in a German City - June 2002
  43. Answers to Some German Research Questions - Dec 2002
  44. Computer Navigation on German Web Sites - Mar 2003
  45. The French Republican Calendar - July 2003
  46. Asking for German Genealogical Research Help - Sept 2004
  47. Learning A Little German - Nouns - March 2005
  48. Prussian Military Records-Part 1 – Historical Background 1714 to 1806 - Sept 2005
  49. Search German Websites
  50. Getting Ready to Write The Story of Your Immigrant Ancestors
  51. Strategy For WritingThe Story of Your immigrant Ancestors - Part 2
  52. Immigrant Ancestor - Writing the Story of Your Immigrant Ancestor - Part 3
  53. German Map
  54. Conversion Table - French Republican to Gregorian Calendar
  55. German Script