Brick Wall in the Genealogy
I’m still doing irregular Genealogy research, and though I have back to the 1500’s on my mothers side, I’m still not as far as I’d like on my fathers side. I know nothing of his father, though an Aunt swears she has some information that I’m frothing at the mouth to get. And his mothers side I’ve got to his great grandparents that came over from Germany in 1882, along with the ship name, departure/arrival date, etc.
I had a sliver of hope when I found my great great grandfathers tombstone that I would be able to find his hometown in Germany on his death certificate. But do they list his hometown? Of course not. They just list “Germany.”
So the only way to get any further back is to actually do research -in- Germany. Meet my brick wall.
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2 Responses to “Brick Wall in the Genealogy”
January 30th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I did genealogy in Germany. It was very difficult. It was all hand written old world style writing. Plus is was in German. You would need a translator. If I had known when I was there I would have helped you out yo.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:21 am
um, that sucks, dude.