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Researching family history
Is there a central gathering of family history information where I could find my historical roots in Neubrandenburg,Germany?

Asked by: 70.59.85.168 01:31, 17 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't think there is anything related on this site. Personally, I don't believe there is any such resource, although there are general genealogical resources. You should probably ask at a suitable forum for genealogy. If you know German, that'd help, but many people in the USA are interested in their roots like you, so there are resources also in English. –LPfi (talk) 10:52, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * As it turns out, the Latter Day Saints (Mormons), have a website with a lot of free genealogy information. Looks like you need to create a free account to see more, but I found my grandfather fairly quickly. JackHahne (talk) 11:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)


 * While the LDS is alright for genealogical research, it's far from ideal as it involves a lot of manual scanning through handwritten and badly indexed records. Usually, Matricula and GenWiki/Online-OFB are good sources for this kind of work, but neither seem to have much for Neubrandenburg, let alone north of the Elbe at all. I would suggest that you contact the City Archives of Neubrandenburg (Stadtarchiv Neubrandenburg), and they might be able to tell you where to look. It would be handy to have names of ancestors that last lived in Neubrandenburg at hand though. Should you be from North America, there's a sizeable chance that they immigrated through Ellis Island. If that's the case, try to find the moment they emigrated in Ellis Island Foundation's Passenger Search, and hopefully the Stadtarchiv will be able to help you further with that information. -- Wauteurz (talk) 17:09, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * That, and the mormons are kinda culty, so I'd try something like ancestry for that kinda stuff 1st. 194.83.16.10 15:17, 9 March 2022 (UTC)