G2G: Friday Night Bingo with Germany & DNA Projects

Question

Another Fun Friday Night Bingo this Friday!   

Every other Friday (opposite from Friday Date Night), join us for a couple of Bingo games. 

Each week we have a special guest from a project AND chances to win a prize (a WikiTree t-shirt or mug!).  

Each Friday Night Bingo has two events, with two Bingo games per time slot:

1. Noon EST / 5pm UTC 
2. 6pm EST / 11pm UTC 

Join the fun! This week, guests from the Germany Project and the DNA Project will be joining us to share project information and news and also how you can help them out. Everyone is welcome so bring your friends!

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When: 12 May 2023, Friday

Where:  

1. YouTube at Noon Eastern US Time (5pm UTC) - Research with the Germany Project
2. YouTube at 6pm (Eastern US Time (11pm UTC) - DNA with Mags

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For full details, check our free-space page for project guests, links to the Bingo game's YouTube, and other details.

Answer 1

Flo shared a few great links for searching your German Ancestors:

• Name Distribution Map
• Meyers Gazetteer
• Gen Wiki
• Discourse.Genealogy.Net and English FAQ

Comments

You also may want to check out our hints on How_to_break_down_your_German_immigrant_brick_wall

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The map was taken from German Wikipedia article "Heiliges Römisches Reich" (Holy Roman Empire)

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The Discourse discussion about the second brick-wall: https://discourse.genealogy.net/t/haversdorf-kotzenaurach/815289/5

Answer 2

Awesome! I'm in the group and so far learned allot about how to find the correct family member. My KOTZSCHMAR/KOTZSCHMER are rocking the wall and will soon find the connection to my oma.

Comments

That is great April!   I hope you can join us for the Bingo.

Answer 3

And for the DNA with Mags Bingo, a few great links that we demonstrated:

• Surname Generator by Greg Clarke
• DNA Confirmation Marker by Greg Clarke
• Campbell DNA Group Project
• A yDNA match Profile with a match on 604 out 607 Markers