GERMAN_ROOTS Genealogists
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Fran Pedler
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I have 2 ancestral families from Germany who emigrated to South Australia in 1849 (Huckel) & 1851 (Lindner)
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Leslie Durr
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I have German-American heritage, especially in Iowa.
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Jordyn Dreiling
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German Roots for my family history
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Crystal White
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Following my German ancestry
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Anonymous van Doren
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Michael Kargl
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Some of my danube swabian ancestors have roots in Germany.
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Paul B Timmerman
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Florian Straub
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team leader in Project: Germany
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Brian Walsh
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researching german roots
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Kathleen (McDougle) Pugliese
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Want to follow my German roots deeper into Germany
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Nina Stotler
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trying to fill in more history. on my mother's side (Germany - they never left)
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Kevin Sadaj
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I can read, write, speak German and can transliterate Sütterlin script. Happy to help with translation or transliteration.
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Christie Hughes
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I have many ancestors that emigrated from Germany.
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Anne (Champion de Crespigny) Young
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My mother’s family is from Germany
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Coen Jacob Dijkgraaf
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Rolffs surname
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Jane Peppler
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Germans of Germantown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dutch of York County PA and northern Maryland.
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Stephan Krutak
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I have german roots
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Ewout Wolff
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My family name comes from the Pfalz, Hessen or other names for the region that is now Germany
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Susan Stopford
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Vine dressers and their families who emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales, 1849-1855
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Rolf Maxa
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Interested in developing my German family roots
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Bradley Dillin
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I have German roots.
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Ariana (Bender) Leigh
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Researching
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David Stillwell
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Welf Welf how be thy name?
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Paulus van Galen
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Duitse groep volgen
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Dennis Heltemes
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All of my paternal ancestry is from Germany, primarily from the Eifel region of the Rhineland. Main towns/villages were Altscheid, Holsthum, and Hölzchen. Most of my maternal ancestry is also German. Mainly centered in Kaisersesch in the Rhineland and Büschfeld/Smeltz/Aussen in Saarland.
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Robert Diel
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Researching my pre-1800 German Roots, surname Diel and spouses and descendants. As far as I am aware, particularly around Bermbach, Saksen Weimar region (now Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany), although I am sure that Family Members over time spread out over other parts of Germany
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Dylan Lent
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I have German ancestry with families named Haubrick/Haubrich and Klein.
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Anna Lisa (Histand) Yoder
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Marcia (Bonnet) Benjamin
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My great grandmother was German.
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Nuala Boyle
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german citizen
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Dale Durnell
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In chasing my German ancestors from the Rheinland Pfalz region, I am also working on my bride's ancestry. She descends from german in Hesse, as well as Pillau (in what became East Prussia and is now the western most city in Russia). Other of her German ancestors came from Niederasphe, Kreis Marburg, Kurhessen, Prussia
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Sylvie Eymin
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I have such orgins
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Glenn Jaspers Jr
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j M
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trying to get some old german documents translated! family from germany
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Nancy (Noll) Kolinski
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German-speaking immigrants from the Palatine and other areas to Berks County, PA and surrounding areas
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Patricia (Flood) Kadesch
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Gary Bremer
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My family immigrated from Germany around Havelse, Garbsen, Hanover area
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Linda (Reineke) Steiner
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I want to research my German ancestors.
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Sheila Gammel
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anything from Germany
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Steve Thomas
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22% descent from families that migrated from Schlesien, Preußen to South Australia between 1838 and 1861
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Elaine (Krieger) Renshaw
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Krieger line immigrated from Germany. Mostly settling in Michigan.
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Harry Vails Jr.
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Brenda Ballard
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Drennon McLean
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Jill Kupsco
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David Cuff
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Michael Kroetsch
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Rose (Ball) Merkich Mrs.
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Darcy (Navratil) Loud
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Searching for German ancestry
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Renee Therriault
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Shane Sours
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B Butler
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Norris Siebert
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Beth Lewis
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Eleanor (Muffley) Mann
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Dennis Foltz
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Victoria Troph
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Mark Smith
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Gregory Buckley
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Brenda Middleton
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Marcene Varwig
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Lee Hetrick
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David Alspaugh
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Rhiannon Schultz
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m Hausner
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Marilyn Hodges
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Thomas Umland
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Kirsten Thomas
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Dixon Brandt
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Anonymous (Thompson) Melton
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Carol Young
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Candice Courtney
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Sharon Wulff
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Carla Luebkeman
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Penelope (Brueske) Long
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Debra (Sheppard) Adams
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Anne Pleyer
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Jay Nelson
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Gary Gebhard
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LaVerne Litzinger
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Pat Pering
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Ruth (Knerr) Hamilton
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Eric Faes
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Oscar Carter
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Sonja (Verville) Dalzell
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Jozsef Varga
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Jamie Allen Nelson
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Tanga (Southall) Nichelson
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l Christensen
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Karen Wible
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D Murphy
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Amy (Pantermuehl) Gregory
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Melissa (Krebs) Wagner
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I have a lot of German DNA.
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Peggy (Jordan) Shipes
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I was told my grandmother Daniel who was a Hodges had German roots. She had 2 sisters and 4 brothers. Her father was Jessie Cox Hodges.
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Bill Dingledine
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Max Howk
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Natalja (Potemkina) Krebs
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Zenith Wainner
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Hillary Skipworth
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James Mintz
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Kevin Smith
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Lyndsay (Marz) Matthews
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Anonymous (Br) Bring
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Angela Lavender
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Andrea Chamberlin-Norris
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Heizenroder and beyond
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Pam (White) Wade
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Clare (Townsend) Farthing
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Diane Beddoe
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Rowen Davidson
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Chris Kolb CPA Ret
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Cheryl Long
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Marjorie Wolfe
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Karl Kimbrell
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John Oltman
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Stefanie Cardin
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german ascendents
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G Sebens
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Kathleen Strole
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John Cremer Jr
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My grandfather Otto Cremer was born in Dorthmounth.
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Kenneth Moore
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See my Shinaberry tag. Any information about the ancestors or immediate family of Jacob Shinaberry (born ~1760, died 1821 Knapps Creek, Virginia and what their German surname would have been, where they came from....The family mostly lived in the part of Virginia which later became Pocahontas County, West VirginiaVirginia
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Martina Mallon
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My German Ancestors are Mallon and Schmukat
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Jessica (Goodman) Thompson
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Sawin-123
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Christopher Sassaman
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Marianne (Barrick) Frank
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Crystal Crowe
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Lois (Esau) Epp
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Douglas Duggar
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Jeffery Fisher
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Paula Gorneman
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Julie (Marshall) Schreiner
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Daniele Werner
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Manfred Diers
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born in Oldenburg, Germany
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Bernie (Miller) Ryan
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All of the ancestors from my father's mother came from Westphalen or Baden Germany. I have their births and parents but not much else. Names include Vandenboom, Barenbrugge, Barlinghorst, Von Schloen, Carr, Ellers, Terkuhle, Stalf, Deiner, Duickers, Wiggers, Wenning, Volker, Milbert. I have hit several brick walls so any help would be appreciated.
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Sandy (Juergens) Storck
![]() Apr 1, 2020
I have German Roots and am interested in learning all I can about my heritage
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Annalisa Breidenbach
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Great-grandparents Ludwig Wolfgang Breidenbach and Anna Jakobina von Eck; Restoration of German citizenship through Article 116(2) of Germany's Basic Law; starting to learn German
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Dan Wieghmink
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Wiegmink, Wieghmink
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Elizabeth Korf
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My mothers fathers family has German and Polish roots. Particularly Lower Saxony and Hannover regions. Still researching.
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Sherry Sleyzak
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Many ancestors from here
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A Boots
![]() Feb 6, 2020
Basically on all branches
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Emma Arthurs
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Following German Genealogy
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George Blake
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My mother's Maiden name was Jones, which came from Johengen from Germany via Alsace, France. Other families were Ulrich, Bohrer, Mueller, Presler and Zimmer.
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Laura Aitomaa
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Detloff, Garp, Kingelin, Roth...
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Natalia (Senina) Lapitskaya
![]() Oct 5, 2019
Exploring my German origins
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Daniel Koch
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Koch is my surname and the primary focus of my genealogical pursuits
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Lothar Wolf
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I am german
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Alana DeBlock
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Ancestors from Kappel-Grafenhausen, Baden, Germany in early 1800's & prior
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Alex McHugh
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One brick wall from Bavaria
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Sarah Spence
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I have German on both sides of my family. I have recent German (Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg), Transylvanian Saxon, Hungarian German, and Swiss-German on my mom's side, and older German (Rhineland, Westphalia, Baden-Wuerttemberg), Swiss-German and Alsatian on my dad's.
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Jesse Sierke
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Member of the German Roots Project
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Suzanne (Fockler) Rodecker
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Interested in my German roots
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Marsha Turner
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Researching
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Karl Urich
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living in Germany
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Julie (Miller) Mangano
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My Volga Germans from Russia were originally from what is now Germany. I'm interested in tracking down their ancestors.
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Trisha Kunst
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Father's side is german.
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Angie Conner
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My German relatives came to America in the 1600's(Melsach) and in the 1800's
Stumpf in 1848 and Schaefer/Reidford 1850's. [edit] |
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Daniel Frye
![]() May 23, 2019
Multiple German Roots - Gödel/Goedel, Feyerherm, Von Behren, Schmidt...among others
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Rodney Jones Jr
![]() May 23, 2019
German Lineage through my paternal grandmother. Charles Uber is her great grandfather, whom immigrated to the United States from Germany.
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Chris Willoughby
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South Australian Germans
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Betty Jo Bunker
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Researching my immediate German family line of Kargl and Gmeinwieser from Alkofen, Niederwinkling, Straubing-Bogen, Niederbayern, Bavaria, Germany area and Dingolfing area of Bayern Germany.. looking for parents and grand parents of Anna (Gmeinwieser) Married Josef Kargl 1929 who died WWII then married Labermeier then divorced him when he went to jail then married Rieder and she died 2005.
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Candice Rennie
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Looking for information of descendants from Germany
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Anonymous Berner
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I have German ancestors
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Rick Schwake
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Westfalen/Bavarian/Bohemian roots
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Mary Woodul
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I have a German great grandfather and have very little information on that side of my family.
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Gottfried Roser
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Searching for pre-emigration from Germany.
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Todd West
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German ancestry on both sides of tree from all over Germany.
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Lucy (Wilson) Robinson
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My Mingledorff ancestors helped settle Purrysburg, SC in 1733. Though the original immigrant was from Switzerland his entire family was from Germany. I'm also a Salzburger with numerous German ancestors in Ebenezer, Ga.
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Frederick Ellis
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because my maternal grandparents came from Germany and Slovakia
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Earl Maurer
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Trying to find home towns in the 1700's in Germanic Europe for my Maurer, Haas, Herb and Wertman ancestors.
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Sharon (Butler) Sinclair
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Many of my German ancestors emigrated from the Alsace region. I'm hoping this catrgory can help me in my research.
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Kathy (Werner) Pritchard
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Many of my ancestors are from Germany. I am especially interested in Darmstadt for my father's Werner side.
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Brett Johnson
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My mother's family is Teel and Shoemaker. I am interested in finding more and contributing what I can.
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Annabelle Böhmert
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Germans to Iowa as far as I know
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Anonymous Adler
![]() Apr 8, 2019
Many German ancestors on both maternal and paternal lines.
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Star Kline
![]() Apr 7, 2019
I have German ancestry on both my paternal and maternal sides - Franke, Herrmann, Klein, Koch, Milhizer, Vollrath.
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Laura (Karsky) Gerwood
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I would like to trace my German ancestry further back if possible.
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Jessica Fuqua
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My 7xs-great-grandfather was born in Switzerland then moved to Altwiller, Alsace, France.
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Jodi Crum
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I am very interested in learning more about my German ancestry
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Manfred Sorg
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German Roots Project
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L. (Kebalo) Kebalo-Walker
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My grandmother was born in Brooklyn, then an orphan in Munich, last name Schwitzer or Schwizer. My Grandfather, last name Steinbügl, came from Bavaria
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Mitchell Wilcox
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My paternal side of the family has german roots, being the Ash, Esh or Esch surnames.
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Lilian (Abberton) Magill
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August Frederick Conrad JASPER, my great-grandfather, (maternal side) came from Detmold, Lippe.
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Diana (Vowell) Swofford
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My mother’s maiden name is Herrmann. She was born in Germany.
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Gregory Tolman Sr.
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Grandmothers ancestors
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C (Duncan) Fish
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The Seipp family immigrated into the US in the late 1800s
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Harry Hansen Jr.
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following german path through Howering line
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Shelley Edwards
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Surnames: Schickedanz, Morgenstern (Morningstar), Weiss (Wise), Leffel, Heck, Garst/Gerst
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Robert Wilson
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My German acestry surnames: Groenmiller; Kaub; Beeghley; Erhart; Rechnor; Keagy;Hirtzler; Mayerin; Hermann; Schultz; Schreiner; Armsheimer; Weybright; Diehl; Simon; Rudolph; Liebenstein; Hagey; Steinman; Koonce.
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Shane Petschonek
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family ties to Germany and would like to learn more
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Bob Utterback
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My Paternal line, Utterback, is from Germany, where the name was originally Otterbach.
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Dale Bell
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Place of origin of Ploog family.
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Cara Dailey
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Bielenberg, Herzberg and others
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Aaron Markworth
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Learn more about the namesake German side of my family from Hornburg.
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Harry Hoover Jr.
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Paternal side of the family came to the US from Germany and Switzerland.
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W Bolz
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To my knowledge, most of my ancestors lived in the German territory
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James McGehee
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Several of my ancestors migrated from Germany
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David Winters P.E.
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German ancestors from the Palatine Migration of 1710
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Paige Kolze
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Tracing Kolze/Koltze from Nienhagen/Norddrebber/Gilten to the United States and Franzen/Eitermann from Schale to the United States.
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Milch Reiss
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My family is German
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Anne Unfried
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I am German, I live in Germany and might be able to contribute a bit, especially concerning the area Hunsrück, Trier, Mosel.
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Kim (Gunder) Magda
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Gunder, Weisz
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