Looking for German relatives
A previous post gave me the idea of this post, I hope that it does not violate board policies. These are four pictures of relatives of a friend of my parents who died in the U.S. at the age of 100....
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What a wonderful assortment of people. I wish you luck in finding them. I'll poke the friends I have for you.
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My thought was the studios. Were you unable to find them? Unable to communicate adequately? Or did they just not have answers for you. I would think that would be the best route.
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I contacted IFO-fotographie in Burgebrach (which may be the real name of the town) and never received a reply. I suspect that these photographs are of the same family and that the baby may be the next...
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Wow - what an intrigue! A few years ago my husband and I vacationed in Germany (fell in love with it). We had already made arrangements to stay with my second cousin (thankfully he teaches German kids...
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You have probably tried this already, but did you google the name of your family friend? I've discovered that there is genealogical information about some of my ancestors out there, because other...
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Dörfel is a very common name. Googling the name gets me the sister who's abbreviated life story is on the web. I have found 5 people by that name in the home town, wrote to them, and received one...
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If you have the names of other relatives, and the places where they lived, you could try to contact the local government (archive department) and ask to look into the archive. In birth certificates,...
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I only have the names, no addresses. I tried e-mailing twice to the photo studio but received no response. I was hoping that perhaps they would post the pictures and someone might recognize a face. If...
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My eldest son is interested in genealogy & has recently subscribed to Ancestry.com. I believe he's been given a 14 day free trial. They take the info you plug into your family tree & try to...
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ancestry.com is basically an American site. However, I did find some sites that concentrate on German ancestry and will see if my query yields any results.
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