Category Archives: Amazing…

I’m Still Standing

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Administrator

You might wonder what this piece of furniture might be. It is an old fashioned standing desk. This one now stands in the hall of the State Archive of Westphalia in Münster and probably once was situated in some office.  … Continue reading →

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A Family Bible Comes Home

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Administrator

Those of us who deal with genealogy know that sometimes strange things happen. It can be the voice inside you telling you to look in a certain church book, although your mind tells you that it will be a waste … Continue reading →

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You Name It

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Administrator

It is the year 1760, we are in the pastor’s expedition in Dobbin in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In comes Paschen BUCHIN, the manorial shepherd, and informs the pastor that his wife Catharina Magdalena nee Däbel gave birth to … Continue reading →

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Two Times Three

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Administrator

Today, for the very first time, I found triplets in old baptismal records. Actually, I even found two triplets born the same year in the same area. Find me surprised… On June 13, 1849 the carpenter Johann Friedrich Griesbach and … Continue reading →

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Modern Times

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Administrator

Obviously our ancestors were much more interested in the internet than we had thought…. This is the facebook site of Joseph Schmerbach, who left Germany in 1848 and resided in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. But see for yourself….. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joseph-Schmerbach/278500262172128?sk=info

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