Author: Staff Writer
Published on: 24 Apr 2000
Editor's Note: This article from 7 October 1999 shows Ancestry's contribution to German American Heritage Month. While the German links and resources are still available, the databases are no longer free.
Author: Jana Lloyd
Published on: 08 Jan 2007
Learn about the new Hamburg Passenger Lists and other new German records that can help you locate your German ancestors.
Published on: 02 Jan 2007
New German records on Ancestry.com, including the Hamburg Passenger Lists, can help you find your ancestors.
Author: Michael John Neill
Published on: 17 Nov 2007
by Michael John Neill Murphy's Law of Genealogy states that, "If there is one messed up line on a census record or a manifest, it will be for the family you need. Guaranteed." The ship "Ernst Moritz Arndt" landed in...
Author: Ronald Otto
Published on: 28 Jul 2000
German Interest Genealogy can be problematic because Germany's borders have changed frequently.
Author: Ancestry Magazine Staff Writers
Published on: 02 Sep 2009
History Germans began arriving in New York in great numbers in the mid 19th century for both political (revolutions in central Europe around 1848 caused mass upheaval in Germany) and economic reasons (America was the land of opportunity). The German
Published on: 18 Nov 2003
Last week's article discussed the free online 1880 census database available at both Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.com. While both sites search the same data at no charge, there are differences in how the search interfaces are constructed, and there...
Author: Ancestry Weekly Discovery
Published on: 31 Aug 2009
Advertising in newspapers in your ancestor's town of origin in the "old country" can bring big benefits.
Author: Juliana Smith
Published on: 07 Sep 2008
Learn about historic events from the year 1936...
Published on: 18 May 2008
Learn what was happening in the world in 1943...
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