Schweinebraten Name Study

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Surname/tag: Schweinebraten

About the Project

The Schweinebraten Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Schweinebraten name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Schweinebraten name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Schweinebraten's), by time period (18th Century Schweinebraten's), or by topic (Schweinebraten DNA, Schweinebraten Occupations, Schweinebraten Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

Membership and How to Join

To join the Schweinebraten Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Danny Gutknecht for assistance.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

Germany

• Harleshausen:
  • Breitenbach: Descendants of Georg Schweinebraten (1651-1703) from Harleshausen.
    • Niedenstein: Descendants of Johann Christian Schweinebraten (1729-1807) from Breitenbach
      • Wichdorf: Descendants of Johann Henrich Schweinebraten (1773-????) from Niedenstein.
        • Grifte: Descandants of Johann Christian Schweinebraten (1799-????) from Wichdorf.

• Helmershausen: Descendants of Erasmus Schweinebraten (ca1729-1798) of unknown origin.
• Hamburg:

England

London:

• bef 1867 Immigrant Heinrich (Schweinebraten) Braten (1837-1922) from Grifte, Hesse, Germany
• bef 1867 Immigrant Christian (Schweinebraten) Braten (1842-????) from Grifte, Hesse, Germany

United States

Alabama:

• 1884 Immigrant George Schweinebraten (1847-1922) from Hamburg, Germany
• 1884 Immigrant Louis George Schweinebraten (1869-1954) from Hamburg, Germany

Illinois:

• 1869 Immigrant Heinrich (Schweinebraten) Braten (1837-1922) from Grifte, Hesse, Germany (via England)

Pennsylvania:

• 1881 Immigrant Herbold Schweinebraten (1844-1905) from Breitenbach, Hesse, Germany
• 1926 Immigrant George Schweinebraten (1907-????) from Breitenbach, Hesse, Germany

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