Fritz from Wurtemburg Germany By CBG October 16, 2004 at 05:16:35. Looking for info. on John G.J.Fritz who was born in Wurtenburg Germany in 1833 moved to USA married Charlotte Seibel in 1859 they lived in Ohio for a while then moved to St.Louis Missouri where they had a bakery on second Ave. from 1868-1886.

Germany was first unified as a nation. An important gazetteer, Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs, "Meyer's Gazetter" for short, details the …

Germany to liberalise laws around choosing surnames. 17 August 2023, by Olivia Logan. Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann has announced a draft law that will liberalise the rules around shared family surnames for unmarried couples and registering children with both their parents' names.

Search the death registers for all known family members. The marriage certificate will show the birth date, birth place, and parents of the bride and the groom. If you only have a church marriage record, calculate the birth date of the parents, using age at death and/or marriage to search for their birth records.

According to the Telekom database (as of 2005), there are around 850.000 different surnames in Germany, a number previous estimates vastly fall below. The currently available dictionaries of surnames contain 70.000 different names at most – less than 10% of the total number. The DFD will include every surname with ten or more phonebook ...

These are genealogy links to Württemberg online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched …

With a strong German background for both my husband and myself, I have quite a list of German surnames I'm following/looking into. Germanic surnames I'm researching are as follows: HANDICK – Henry Wilhelm HANDICK born 20 Mar 1841 in (according to 1880 US Census) Prussia. He immigrated to the USA in 1860.

Born in Wurtemburg, Germany on 1842 to Michael Fisher and Sophia Fisher. Franklin Fisher married Amelia Mccullough and had 1 child. He passed away on 25 Mar 1915 in Rices Landing, ... In North America this surname has absorbed cognates from many other languages including German Fischer and its Slavic(ized) variant Fišer ...

When Johann Martin Herre was born on 27 May 1720, in Zillhausen, Balingen, Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, Simon David Herre, was 24 …

Home > Forum > Surnames > Betz. Re: John Betz Wurtemburg Germany By Kitty Schrieber December 05, 2001 at 08:33:15. In reply to: John Betz Wurtemburg Germany. 10/15/00. Barbara, I am intersted in your John Betz.My great grandfather was John Betz from Saint Paul.He came over with his family in about 1916.

The meanings of German last names are those as defined initially when these names became surnames. For example, the surname Meyer means dairy farmer today, whereas, during the Middle Ages, Meyer designated people who were stewards of landholders. Most German surnames derive either from archaic professions (such as …

Recks from Wurtemburg, Germany By Mike Pratt October 09, 2001 at 06:21:23 Looking for any info on a Stephen (b.1830) and Josephine (b.1834)Reck from Wurtemburg.

Baden Wurttemberg Genealogy. Baden, Emigration Index, 1866-1911 contains the names of over 28,000 persons who left Baden between 1866 and 1911. Each entry includes the emigrant's name, residence or place of birth, and the year of departure. Wives were not indexed separately unless they traveled alone or with their children.

Schultheiss/Schultz (mayor; orig. debt broker) Shul (t)z. Zimmermann. Carpenter. Source: Americans and Germans: A Handy Reader by Wolfgang Glaser, 1985, Verlag Moos & Partner, Munich. Further name variations can arise depending on which part of the German-speaking world your ancestors may have come from. Names ending in …

Baden-Württemberg, Germany Genealogy. Go to one of the following articles to learn how to search for your family that lived in Baden-Württemberg. …

Top of page . An Introduction. Researching by Surname Researching by Location. Gen-Tool Kit. Internet Resources. About This Webpage . introduction Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine.The state capital is Stuttgart.The area used to be covered …

Sources (20) Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1985. Legacy NFS Source: Johannes …

Online Genealogy Records. These are genealogy links to Württemberg online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death …

Non-GGG Members: Non-GGG members may search the Surname List database. If you find a surname in the list that is of interest to you, send a query to: Eileen Swanberg(<== Click HERE) about that surname, along with the Member number (s) from the search results. She will then forward your query to the GGG member who submitted the surname.

1881. 1880. Sort results. Show All Nations. The alternate forms: Herré (22) are calculated separately. Herre (452) may also be a first name. Herre Surname Meaning. From …

When Berta Herre was born on 20 November 1882, in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Johannes Herre, was 33 and her mother, Maria …

Many common German last names have origins in professions, physical characteristics, or geographical locations. Müller – Miller. Schmidt – Smith. Schneider – Tailor. Fischer – Fisherman. Weber – Weaver. Meyer – Farm administrator or Bailiff. Wagner – Wagon maker. Becker – Baker.

Civil registration records are records of births, marriages, and deaths kept by the government. In Württemberg, they were started 1 January 1876. German terms for these records include Standesamtsregister, Zivilstandsregister, or Personenstandsregister. They are an excellent source for …

Most Common Surnames in Baden Württemberg, Germany (Germany) 1. Müller 136.4k. In Other Countries. ... List of Famous People with Last Name Schneider (169) Heard it Haven't heard it . 3. Schmidt 68.5k. In Other Countries. 134 th in USA 422 nd in Brazil 196 th in Canada 23 rd in Austria 31 st in ...

Home > Forum > Surnames > Karr. Karrs of Wurtemburg Germany -> Carr By Amanda Werhane December 14, ... Nicherkreis, Wurtemburg, Germany, mig.9/1731 w/family on "Pennsylvania Merchant"?, arr. Philadelphia PA, m.1762-91, settled on North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River near mouth of the Seneca WV, …

German surnames generally fit into one of the following categories: 1. Surnames derived from first names. These were originally names with two parts, such as: Berthold Burkhard Degenhardt Leonhart Siegmund Volkmar Wolfram. Some of them were later shortened to names such as: Siggi Volker Wolf Günter Bernd Gerd Kurt.

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Siferd. Derived from the given name "Sigfrid," composed of the elements "sieg" (victory) and "frid" (peace), meaning "victorious peace". Lampert. Derived from the given name "Lambert," meaning "bright land" or "famous land". Duster. Possibly derived from the German word "duster," meaning "duster" or ...