Monthly Archives: March 2012

No Time For Tears

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Administrator

Today, I will write a story I do not want to write. But I simply have to. Many tears will be shed before the end of the story, but it has to be done. I just owe them. Them that … Continue reading →

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An Underestimated Village Chronicle

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Administrator

On the long and winding road to finding our German ancestors we all work with German church records. We look through the pages, trying to find a trace of our forebears, their siblings, their parents and cousins. If we get … Continue reading →

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Jacob and Auguste

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Administrator

This is Auguste Charlotte, born in Werder/Havel in Brandenburg in 1807 as an illegitimate child. However, her parents get married two years later and she grows up as the daughter of the citizen and fisherman Fritze. In October 1823, she … Continue reading →

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The Last Baron

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Administrator

This article was first published in the German Genealogy Group’s newsletter in March 2012. This is the revised version including the information I got from the Baron’s obituary. Thank you, Lynn, for sending it to me! The only thing I … Continue reading →

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What really matters…

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Administrator

In 1845,  Adalbert Harnisch, a post office clerk in Elblag, East Prussia, writes down the lyrics for a song the Bürgerverein (Citizens group) of Elblag had asked him to write. He decides to use the melody of “Prinz Eugen, der … Continue reading →

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An Old House

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Administrator

Whenever I have time, I go to the countryside to look at old houses. It seems that every house has it’s story. This house, I found in Grube in the beautiful Prignitz. Last summer I sat in the park of … Continue reading →

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Live from Berlin….

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Administrator

When skyping with my American customers, I am often asked to say something in German, just to give them an idea of what it sounds like.  To meet their needs, I decided to make a spoken-word recording of an old … Continue reading →

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