Monthly Archives: May 2020

GOALS FOR YEAR 8: PARTIALLY MET: Post the middle and end of each month. 24 posts in Year 8 but not posted middle and end of each month.  MET: East Prussia — Migrations, Political History, Historical Fiction and Non -Fiction, … Continue reading →

EAST PRUSSIA Genealogical Guide to East and West Prussia (Ost- und Westpreussen): Records, Sources, Publications & Events. Edward R. Brandt and Adalbert Goertz. 5:1:24 GGS Acquires Large Prussian Collection: Part I. Ed Brandt. 2:3:5 GGS Acquires Large Prussian Collection: Part … Continue reading →

Most of these have been published in individual posts, but are listed here comprehensively.  BOOKS: Brandt, Edward R., Mary Bellingham, Kent Cutcomp, Kermit Frye, and Patricia A. Lowe. Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns. St. Paul, … Continue reading →

Auf den Spuren Ihrer Ahnen means On the Trail of Your Ancestors. The url is http://www.ahnen-gesucht.de/ostpreussen. This is an image of the home page. Along the left you find a list of kreise and another window of what’s new. On … Continue reading →

NEXT STEPS My original search on Ancestry.com produced 242 results and 23 locations. Where in East Prussia were they? First, I numbered my entries so I could try to put together families by locations and dates. Some of the locations … Continue reading →

VFFOW The Index Quassowski The second secondary source is The Index Quassowski published in Hamburg, Germany, after the death of Quassowski in 1968. From 1977 to 1993 the Association for Family Research in East Prussia and West Prussia published his … Continue reading →

Where else can you look for your East Prussian families if you don’t have a specific location or you have exhausted whatever locations you do have? On Ancestry.com start with the Search menu and go to the card catalogue. “Germany … Continue reading →