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Major Announcement: Completely Revised Genealogy Tutorials
🗺️ A New Home for ManyRoads Tutorials! Hello, fellow researchers and ManyRoads users, I have some exciting news to share about the evolution of our genealogy resources! To provide you with a faster, more flexible, and technologically advanced learning environment, the entire collection of ManyRoads Genealogy Tutorials, Checklists, and Historical Biographies has been successfully migrated to our new, dedicated documentation platform: TreeMagic.org/Genealogy. What This Means for You The new platform at TreeMagic.org is powered by the Ardens Documentation System, a robust and efficient system designed to enhance your research experience. Here’s what you can look forward to: ⚡️ Lightning-Fast Performance: The new system is optimized for speed, ensuring quick access…
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AI-Powered Genealogy: Free Tools and Tips for Your Family History Journey
As I prepare for my October 4th, 2025, presentation at the Shepard of the Valley (Minnesota) Genealogy Society, I’m excited to share the conductor-and-braid metaphor—humans and AI working in harmony to uncover your past. With over 50 years in software engineering and 30+ years in genealogy, I’ve crafted a set of free resources to help beginners and experts researchers alike. “Genealogists hit brick walls. Records fade, languages confuse, stories get lost. AI can help—but only if guided well. These free resources are designed to put you in the conductor’s seat as you braid human insight with AI speed.” These handouts, born from my ethics-driven approach, are now available for you to download…
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The Revolutionary Impact of AI on Genealogy and Historical Research
Introduction By way of full disclosure, I have created this paper using various AI models to provide information, context, and source citations. In a sense, that makes this work self-referential. Clearly, this paper is one which will require re-working as time, events, and progress proceed. The information in this field/realm is not stagnant. In fact, it is quite dynamic. In recent years, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the fields of genealogy and historical research has brought about transformative changes. AI-powered tools are enabling researchers to tackle challenges that were previously daunting due to the vastness and complexity of historical records. This paper explores the current applications of AI…
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Geopolitical and Socioeconomic Parallels Between 2025 and 1937
A Global Historical Crossroads Introduction The geopolitical and socioeconomic landscapes of 2025 bear striking similarities to those of 1937, a period marked by economic instability, aggressive expansionist policies, and ideological extremism. The years leading to World War II were defined by rising authoritarianism, economic contraction due to policy missteps, and the failure of international institutions to curb escalating tensions. Today, despite the presence of modern global institutions and economic safeguards, the echoes of 1937 remain potent. While Western narratives often frame this comparison through a Eurocentric lens, Asia’s historical and contemporary experiences reveal equally critical insights. From anti-colonial struggles in the 1930s to today’s U.S.-China rivalry, Asia has been both…
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Régiment de Carignan-Salières Soldiers in our ancestry.
The Carignan-Salières Regiment (1665-1668) The Carignan-Salières Regiment: Heroes of New France (1665-1668) In the mid-17th century, New France was facing a significant threat from the Iroquois Confederacy. To protect the colony and its inhabitants, King Louis XIV of France dispatched the Carignan-Salières Regiment, a group of approximately 1,200 soldiers, to New France in 1665. Background The Carignan-Salières Regiment was formed in 1665, under the command of Lieutenant-General Alexander de Prouville de Tracy. The regiment consisted of four companies, each led by a captain: Mission and Achievements The Carignan-Salières Regiment’s primary mission was to protect New France from Iroquois attacks and to establish a French presence in the region. During their…
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Prune & Share Family Tree Branches
Introduction Genealogists and family historians often need to extract specific branches from their Ancestry family tree for research, collaboration, or sharing with relatives. Unfortunately, Ancestry does not provide built-in tools to easily extract partial branches/limbs of their online trees into GEDCOM files. However, by using GRAMPS, a powerful free genealogy software, users can effectively prune family trees and extract specific branches. Additionally, Family Echo provides a simple way to view and share these extracted sections. This approach is simple, cost-free, and helps genealogists manage their data more effectively. The Process Step 1: Export the Full GEDCOM from Ancestry Step 2: Prune and Extract a Branch Using GRAMPS Step 3: Upload…
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Civil Disobedience- Nonviolent Resistance
In these days of uncertainty, unrest, distrust and oligarchic assault on institutions and nations, perhaps the following materials will help people empower themselves and right their ships of state. The materials here provide information on both civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance. civil disobedience (noun) Refusal to obey a law as a result of moral objections, especially through passive resistance. A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental. A group’s refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination). The American Heritage®…
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Global Conflicts
I have begun a small effort to gather and present tools to help identify on-going world conflicts, as well as sites focused on analyzing active ‘wars’. Active Conflicts Critical Threats Defcon Level Warning System Geopolitical Monitor Global Conflict Tracker Global Incident Map International Rescue Committee Live Ukraine War Map A World in Crisis: The Winter Wars of 2022-2023 Think Tanks The Atlantic Council The Brookings Institute Cato Institute Center for Strategic & International Studies Council on Foreign Relations Harvard Kennedy School Institute for the Study of War Modern War Institute The Rand Corporation If you are interested in this topic, you may find or list (links) of value. Should you…
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Affiliate Programs
Now you can support ManyRoads at no-cost to you. Simply buy from those vendors you may already use. (We are working at identifying additional affiliate programs to join.) To-date we are affiliates of the following firms: Ancestry.com MyHeritage Great Courses PublicData (Vital Records) Up to 60% Off HOSTGATOR Hosting + $4.99 on Select Domains -use- Promo Code 60OFF2017! By simply linking and purchasing from any of the above, you will be helping to fund the work of ManyRoads.
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Leo Hubert & Hedwig Schülein (Their Life and Fate)
The following post represents the latest information I have on my partner and friend’s grandparents, mother, and uncle. May they never be forgotten. Leo Hubert, merchant, was born on 14 November 1891 in Cronheim, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bayern, Germany to Ruben Hubert and Emma, née Ebert. Leo fought with distinction in the First World War and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class, the Bavarian Military Cross 3rd class, and the insignia of the wounded. (Military records are available from Ancestry.com or from the author, if requested via the ManyRoads contact page.) On 16 May 1922 he married Hedwig Sara Schülein. Hedwig Sara geboren Schülein was born 25 Feb 1901 Thalmässing, Regensburg,…
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1,000,000+ Visitors
ManyRoads is very pleased to announce that we have passed our 1,000,000th site visitor. Thank you to everyone who has stopped by. As many of you already know, the work and information contained on our site have evolved ‘quite considerably’ over the years into its current format. This represents the product of our 20+ year genealogical journey. If you enjoy our site and wish to see it grow, there are a few things you can do to help us share our work and discoveries. If you have a website, you can place a link from your site to ManyRoads. Are you a social media user/ fan/ guru? If so, please…
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Why do genealogy ??
I have been following a number of discussions and question across my social media sites during my quality Covid-time; and, this question often comes up: Why do genealogy? Genealogy is frustrating. For many, this is a very serious conundrum. I certainly can remember my early frustrations… Today, I have a response to those observations/ questions. I have been at ‘this game’ for more than 20 years. I have inherited brick walls (real brick walls) some that stood the test of 40 years worth of ‘unsuccessful’ work ‘breaching’. In many cases, I have breached the abyss. But the real question is: what insights have I gained? Let me begin by saying,…
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Finding “hidden” genealogy clues
Nearly 9 years a go, I wrote a small set of posts on the topic of finding genealogy information in unlikely sources. I have removed those articles from ManyRoads and written this lengthy revision as a replacement. I thought it was about time for me to share what I have learned since then. Not surprisingly genealogy data and clues are where you find them. However, they are not always located where you think the event(s) took place nor even where you might believe they should be. Most of the time genealogists immersed in hunting for clues tend follow “those tried and true” paths of searching the Internet. Many will limit…
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ManyRoads Genealogy Podcasts: Coming soon!
ManyRoads is pleased to announce that, at long last, we have begun the recording of our Genealogy Podcast series. The ManyRoads Genealogy podcasts will be co-hosted by yours truly (Mark Rabideau) and Dawn Harvey. Our podcast productions are recorded at the magnificent film & recording studio provided by the Douglas County libraries in Parker, Colorado. Our initial episodes are ‘digitized’ and in ‘final’ production. We hope to have many more underway by the end of February 2019. We are not quite certain when ‘exactly’ our podcasts will be publish or where. Identifying those details is ‘in process’. Be assured, we will provide information and pointers to make certain you are…
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Amazing and unexpected resources
I suppose many of you, like me, live in Communities offering library services. Also probably like me, you have not really thought of your local library when you are stumped for new affordable (meaning Free) Genealogy Research resources. Well this week while helping take care of my grandsons by watching riveting episodes of Disney Kids shows and web surfing, I stumbled upon a previously unvisited Douglas County Library webpage. By that I mean, I never had landed on that page before. You would think that a web link entitled Research might have ‘jumped out at me’ before, but it never did. Or if it did, I don’t remember having seen…
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GDPR Compliance
Effective today (25 May 2018), ManyRoads is in compliance with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 law implemented 25 May 2018. Quoting from Wikipedia: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and the European Economic Area. It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. ManyRoads’ collection of private data is…
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Famicity reviews ManyRoads
Today, Erin Harris of famicity posted a nice review of ManyRoads on their blog. The review is most appreciated. You may view the entire review here. If you are unfamiliar with famicity, you can learn about them on their website. We, at ManyRoads, greatly appreciate the effort and time Erin Harris and the folks at famicity put into developing and publishing this work. We are also “pretty proud” of what they have had to say.
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Subscriptions, popups, and more
Effective 19 December 2017, ManyRoads offers a new membership subscription plan. Site users who subscribe to ManyRoads will not only be assisting us afford our servers, conduct our research and afford hosting development & management costs, but they will receive the added benefit of enjoying pop-up free use of our site. ManyRoads users who elect to remain on the current “Free plan” will begin to receive popups (begging for financial assistance) on select web pages. We will keep our Blog posts “popup free” for as long as we are able. If you believe you should receive pop-up free access to ManyRoads, and you can demonstrate that you perform Pro…
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Clyde Rabideau 1936-2017
I am glad to have known and worked with Clyde M. Rabideau Sr., the best genealogist and historian the Robidoux family has ever known. His genealogical efforts, love of family, and heritage are an inspiration. He will be missed, but his work will live on.
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Finding Genealogy Data in Central & Eastern Europe
Lately, I have received a significant number of inquiries regarding how to ‘best’ approach the conduct of German- Prussian- Polish- Shoah research. The questions I have received point to a number of common questions, without specifically re-stating the questions, I will detail their responses here: I understand that English-speakers want European Records written and searchable in English. However… I am obligated to point out that our European ancestors may have spoken and written in languages other than English; and so… their records will ‘most likely’ be in their native languages (or perhaps Latin, Hebrew). As for genealogy and/or data search functions, I personally do not totally trust or rely on…
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70 years on…
As everyone most certainly knows, this year is 2015. 7 May 2015 marks the official surrender date of German forces, some 70 years ago.For those who focus on 1945 as the end of WW2 in Europe, it was. Sadly, 1945 was not just an ending; it was also the beginning of the total destruction and removal of a ~600 year old way of life, a culture, and the homeland for millions of Eastern Germans. In the years following 1945, some 12 to 14 million people were forcibly removed from their homes and expelled from the recently surrendered German Eastern provinces. To place these events into a reasonably balanced historical context,…
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Merry Christmas
This year I thought we’d wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas in the languages spoken by the Rabideaus and Hensses over the years. I am certain I will have missed one or two Languages or Dialects, but nonetheless, here goes: Merry Christmas (English) Frohe Weihnachten (German, Swiss German) God Jul (Swedish, Norwegian) Joyeux Noël (French, Quebecois) Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Dutch) Linksmų KalÄ—dų (Lithuanian) WesoÅ‚ych ÅšwiÄ…t (Polish)
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The 200,000th visit
We are extremely pleased to report that last night (3 June 2012) ManyRoads received its 200,000th visitor. We know that does not put us in anything like “a high traffic mode”. But, we are pleased to have gathered and perhaps even sustained a loyal readership. Thank you very much for visiting our site; we look forward to your continued and on-going presence. Obviously, we are extremely pleased that 200,00 visitors have stopped by. We will continue to do our best to provide information and knowledge as we accumulate it. As always do not hesitate to contact us with your comments or requests for information and/or pointers. Your interaction is always…
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Presenting family genealogies on the web
Presenting readable, genealogical information, data, and stories is a complex challenge. It seems to me that people’s lives ought to be expressed as more than family trees, dates, and lineages. I have been struggling with this problem for quite a while. Perhaps you have as well. Over the years, I have noticed a few ‘special’ difficulties in making this type of information, useful, accessible, easy to find not to mention human. The major problem areas, for me, have centered around the following: genealogical data & stories can run deep & wide (they may, and often do, involve a lot of data from many locations, sources, and media) genealogical data/ information…
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Auguste Alvina Caroline Kunz
It was another one of those days a genealogist only dreams of… one, when a huge brick wall comes tumbling down. Today my daughter and I were reading through our latest bunch of 11 Family History Center tapes, hoping to eek out a simple clue regarding our Prussian German forebears. We had already viewed 9 tapes when on our 9th tape we saw a birth/baptism record for Eduard Ferdinand Kunz. The name Ferdinand Kunz had appeared as being in attendance at my great aunt (Tante) Ella’s baptism. Did we have the right family? As readers of ManyRoads may already know, Auguste Kunz (my Uhr-Oma) on my grandmother’s line has been…
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The Former German Provinces & Missing Persons Search
If you, like me, research and search for family through the area of West Prussia (Westpreussen)- East Prussia (Ostpreussen) and Pomerania (Pommern), these sites will be of interest. I have also listed all these sites on the links page of ManyRoads. (Please Note! the links to external webpages are in the headers themselves and they appear before the individual site descriptions, when one exists.) If you are looking to find information on missing relatives from the Second World War, these sites are most helpful: DRK-Suchdienst (German Red Cross Tracing Service) The German Red Cross Tracing Service has always been on the side of those in need and by taking this…
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Clyde Ross- photos found
If you know of anyone related to and/or seeking images of a young Clyde Ross born in Cambridge Illinois, USA in the year 1896, we have 5 original photos of Clyde. The photos show Clyde at the ages of 3 months through 7 years (approx.). We found these wonderful photos in an antique store in Denver and simply could not let the collection be broken up any more than it already had been. Besides, the images of Clyde growing up simply charmed us. If you are related to and are seeking images of Clyde, we’d love to send digital copies of Clyde’s photos back to…
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Polish Archives
For those interested in such things, a number of ‘online’ Polish Archives have recently come to my attention. They include: Archiwa Panstwowe- State Archive in Poznan Archiwum Archidiecezjalne w Poznaniu (Archidiocese of Poznan Archive) Genealogical Society of Great Poland “Gniazdo” Although many of these site pages offer English translations, I find the translated documents to be only marginally easier to use than the Polish original pages (and my Polish is limited to the ever present and marginally accurate Google Translate). Nonetheless, these archives look to be a very positive resource and representative of a very hopeful trend! Should you know of other online Polish Archives you believe we should share,…
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Ancestor Approved Award
Sassy Jane Genealogy: was nice enough a few months ago to give ManyRoads the Ancestor Approved Award. Sassy, I apologize for my delay in responding to the honor you offered ManyRoads. The honor is truly much appreciated and by now hopefully even a bit more deserved. The
 Ancestor Approved Award, for those who may not be aware, was created in March 2010 by Leslie Ann Ballou of “Ancestors Live Here” to appreciate and enjoy geneablogs that are “full of tips and tricks as well as funny and heartwarming stories….” Recipients provide a list ten things which surprised, humbled, or enlightened them about their ancestors and ten blogs to pass the…
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100,000 Visitor
Today (a snowy Colorado day in May) ManyRoads was visited by our 100,000 visitor. What can we say except, thank you! We know that by big site standards this is not a high traffic rate, but for us 100,000+ unique visitors is both amazing and wonderful. If you find our little site of benefit, please consider joining as a member. If you are looking for something you think we might help you find, please ask. For those of you who might be interested, the following is a list of the 20 countries from which we have had our top 20 number of visitors. United States- 19,709 Germany- 17,944 Canada- 5,616…
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Rituel du Diocèse de Quebec
If you are performing research in Quebec, the Rituel du Diocèse de Quebec may prove useful in providing clues regarding the name or names of your ancestors. To quote the PRDH: Among Catholics, choice of first name wasn’t left to chance or parents’ imagination. On the contrary, the church liked to control the attribution of first names to ensure that on the day they were baptised, children received the name of a saint who would guide them throughout their life. In the Rituel du Diocèse de Quebec, which laid out the rules to follow for writing baptismal, marriage, and burial certificates in Quebec, Monsignor de Saint-Vallier stipulated, “The Church forbids…
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Finding German War Dead
If, like me, you seek relatives who fought on the German side of a war, you might have experienced difficulty in finding information about these forebears. One of the most useful online services I have encountered in this area is the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (link below). It is through the wonderful efforts of the Kriegsgräberfürsorge that I have been able to find information about two of my great-uncles, who lost their lives in WW1: Adolf Senger Albert Senger and three cousins who died in WW2: Willi Wedhorn Egon Recht Erich Recht To quote the Kriegsgräberfürsorge site: The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. is a humanitarian organization which is charged by…
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“Un-German” German Names
Last evening, my wife and I watched a documentary on Poland, it covered the Gdansk (Danzig)- Szczecin (Stettin) area in particular. Baltic Coasts – Hidden Treasures: Explore the coastline from Vistula Lagoon via Gdansk Bay to the sandy beaches and steep cliffs of Pomerania and West-Pomerania. The reason for this post involves what I learned from one of the featured individuals, a talented young Photographer; his name- Michal Szlaga. Looking at his name never made me think of German descent or Germanic heritage but then the announcer pronounced his name and it was Michael Schlaeger / Schläger (exactly). You can imagine my surprise. I certainly would never have pronounced his…
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Understanding the German Past
German Genealogy is not much different from any other genealogy. You really need to have a plan as you begin your research, especially if you are unfamiliar with the region/ area or time period. Never assume that one locale looks like or offers information or data in the same as another. Each area, region or time frame offers its own unique idiosyncrasies, its own information. German research is really no different in this regard from other places; it is not the US or Canada and the available data is different from that commonly available in North America. Having said all that, this posting is more of a concrete example on…
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Finding German Genealogy Data
So where are the best places to find German Genealogy data? I hear this question, or something similar, often. Perhaps it is because I am an American that I notice, but it seems most Americans I hear from expect to find German Genealogical record keeping and data ought to mirror that in the US. Unfortunately, they do not. A number of historical factors impact the quality and type of genealogical records to be found in Germany today. What follows are a few points regarding German history that merit understanding: A number of fairly destructive wars ran over German lands. These wars not only destroyed people and buildings, but also innumerable…
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German Name Spellings
For those unfamiliar with, or simply wishing to learn more about, conducting German/ Prussian genealogical research this is my second posting in a series on the topic of German-Prussian Genealogy Pointers. One of the greatest difficulties people have with researching Germanic family members involves name spellings. This is especially true for those English speakers. Over the centuries, Germans who emigrated into English speaking lands have either tried to spell their names in ways that would be pronounced correctly or had assistance with their name spellings upon arrival or ‘later’ in Census takings. This ‘help’ has lead to numerous challenges in finding the right folks in the old homeland (Heimatland). Here…
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Frieda Senger- Cyrillic Conversion
As many of you are aware, I have been trying to decipher a Russian document that Soviets created as justification for sending my grandmother into a Gulag following WW2. To help me with my sleuthing, I have found and used the following tools: Russian letters & script Russian online keyboard Automatic Cyrillic Converter My grandmother’s document may be viewed here: Frieda Senger -Suchdienst & Soviet Records. What I did to help me in my search was to carefully look at the Cyrillic script and attempt to define each letter using the script as presented on the site at item 1 above. Once I found (or thought I found) the script…
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Recipes
Does anyone have access to West and East Prussian German recipes? I would like to gather a collection of food recipes that were local to the Germans who once populated the region of Europe between Danzig Marienburg, and Koenigsberg. Please contact me directly with any recipes or food names that you might have/ remember. I will eventually place everything I gather in a database here for all to see, read and copy. I suspect that might take a while and that assumes, of course, I obtain any recipes at all. But given it is the holiday season, and this is the time for foods, I thought I’d ask! Happy holidays…
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DNA based genealogy search
Which genetic genealogy DNA service is best? This is the question with which I am currently wrestling. Perhaps one or more of our knowledgeable readers has some insights to share. I certainly would appreciate experienced observations and insights into our dilemma. Here are the basic objectives of our DNA search: We’d like information and insight on any Native American information on the male Rabideau and female Deyo line (I do not currently have access to male Deyo DNA); we also seek information on the background of both lines in Europe and before. We seek information on the Senger- Recht matrilineal lines; there is no DNA material available for either line…
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Zeyers Friedhofen (Cemeteries )
The cemeteries of the former Zeyer, West Prussia have severely deteriorated over the years. Clearly the destruction of the Zeyer ev. Kirche by Russian bombardment did the most complete removal of burial sites. But time itself has eroded the Zeyer Mennonite burial grounds as well. The photos below are what is left of both the Lutheran and Mennonite Cemeteries (2010). Lutheran Cemetery All that really remains of this burial ground, beyond ruins, is a marker placed there in 2009. Mennonite Cemetery As evidenced by the photos, this burial ground has been left to the elements and time. As Rainer wrote me: We follow a track on the left of a…
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Family friends…
Who says genealogy is not full of surprises? Well, not me! Over the past few months I have had the wonderful good fortune of coming into to contact with two magnificent people (families). One of them grew up near the village(?) where my grandmother (Frieda Senger) was born and raised- Pietzkendorf. The other has been a family friend for more than 250 years and now lives in Dakar, Senegal. I am truly amazed that this website and my genealogical efforts have introduced me to both Rainer and Hans; or more precisely, these efforts have made it possible for us to find each other. All three of us and our families…
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70 years on…
Famicity reviews ManyRoads
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A Banner Day!
11 months to the day from when we began ‘full-scale’ usage of WordPress on ManyRoads, we were graced by our 50,000 visitor. 13 November 2010 is truly a landmark day for ManyRoads. Unfortunately, we do not know the name of our 50,000 visitor; however, we do know that they have visited us some 81 times before. We also know that their Internet Service Provider is located in Redwood, California. During the past 11 months, we hope you have found our information helpful and even a bit fun. It has been a learning experience for us; one we plan to continue working on down the road. We extend our sincere thanks…
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GPS & Genealogy
Should genealogy rely on GPS data? When I recently heard the query, it gave me pause especially since people seemed pretty agitated over the point. I have to admit, it does seem that the value of GPS data is a point worth pondering, at least for a little while. It is probably worth noting that commercial GPS is really only about 10 years old and is primarily a US national system for establishing global location. To quote the ever popular Wikipedia: GPS is owned and operated by the U.S. Government as a national resource. Also, there are at least two competing and one non-competing GPS system online or soon to…
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Genealogy & PC Operating Systems
Which Operating system is best? Mac, Linux, Windows? Well aside from the inaccuracy of the phraseology in the above query, this is a question I often see discussed, debated, and fought with religious fervor. Truth of the matter is quite simple. Use the operating system you like best- for me that means Linux. For you, well, you get to to pick. However, when making the choice of one operating system over another, people seem to believe they are forced to leave everything about their previous (or simply another) operating system behind. In the genealogy space that often means, a move to Mac or Linx from Windows confounds people as to…
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Genealogy Song #1
Genealogy theme songs? While seeking a song on Youtube, I came across song that seems apropos to the genealogist and the search. […] And I took you by the hand And we stood tall, And remembered our own land, What we lived for. And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears. And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears. […] I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
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Heimatsortskartei & a true history
By the end of WW2, the destruction of Germany was nearly total. Almost every city had been leveled; the remnants of families were scattered all over Germany, Europe, North and South America. Everyone had lost family members or friends. According to Wikipedia losses in the Third Reich were: Country Population 1939 Military deaths Civilian deaths Jewish Holocaust deaths Total deaths Deaths as % of 1939 population Austria 6,653,000 261,000 58,700 65,000 384,700 5.8 Germany (within 1937 borders) 69,310,000 4,456,000 700,000 to 2,284,000 160,000 5,316,000 to 6,900,000 7.7 to 9.9 Ethnic Germans from other nations 7,292,000 601,000 200,000 to 886,000 801,000 to 1,487,000 11.0 to 20.4 Soviet citizens in the German…
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Quebec Genealogy
This is a copy of my Quebec Genealogy presentation delivered on 9 October 2010 at the Parker Genealogical Society in Parker, CO. You may download it to your PC or read it on-line below. The Download [download id=”13060″]
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Technology Advantages
Technology can and should be an crucial adjunct to your genealogical efforts. As a matter of fact, I contend that no effort is complete, nor can your genealogy efforts be fully effective, without effective technological support. The support can be as simple as using a word processor or as complex as writing large databases to manage and maintain your data, documents and images. As I am sure you are aware, today’s technology options are both extensive and cost effective. They can even be free. As a web developer and genealogist, I, personally, rely almost exclusively on OpenSource technologies. To give you a rough example of my software costs, I will…
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Chelyabinsk, RU
Today while I was reviewing at the locations of the ManyRoads readers I came across, what for me was, a rather large surprise. ManyRoads had a reader from Chelyabinsk, RU. For those who follow the site closely, you will note that this is the same town where my Oma (grandmother) was forced to work for several years in one of Stalin’s Gulags as a slave laborer (then refered to as a mobilized German). I am very pleased to welcome the Chelyabinsk reader to ManyRoads. I hope they find the information presented here interesting and informative. Additional Information: Frieda Senger- Post WW2 Gulag Frieda Senger -Suchdienst & Soviet Records Chelyabinsk ITL…
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Survey of Genealogy Related Technologies
This is a copy of my Survey of Genealogy Related Technologies presentation delivered on: 16 Sept 2010 at the LDS Family History Center in Parker, CO. 16 April 2011 at the Castle Rock Genealogical Society in Castle Rock CO. You may download it to your PC or read it online below. The Download [download id=”358″] The Presentation Click on the link below to view the presentation. Survey of Genealogical Related Technologies
