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John Hall- Revolutionary Mysteries
I am currently working on a portion of the Henss family and am ‘visiting’ Virginia/ Maryland at the time of the Revolutionary War. The person I am closely examining is a Mister John Hall; his wife is Mary Magdelene Smith. I just love it when the names are so incredibly unique! So here goes, I have three mysteries! Please use our Contact page to let me know if you have any firm data or information to help solve these! Mystery 1 I found a document (located in the National Archives) addressed to ‘some guy’ named George Washington. The document is transcribed as the following in Letters to Washington and Accompanying…
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Anabaptist Mennonite Tradition & Background
Much of the Robert Henss family background is rooted in Swiss and Iowa Anabaptist Mennonite traditions. Many of our forebears were active participants and members of the following congregations. [Please note that this post will be updated as more information is uncovered]. Basel-Holee (Basel Switzerland) Basel-Holee, a Mennonite congregation with a meetinghouse at Holeestrasse 141 in Basel, Switzerland, formerly called Basel-Binningen, the Amish congregation mentioned in the article Basel. The origins of the congregation go back to the middle of the 18th century, a church book containing records of births, marriages, deaths, and baptisms (probably maintained at the request of the state) having been kept from 1777 on (with an…
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You can’t go back (an appreciation)
A recent posting I placed on ManyRoads has provided me with some new insights into life, progress and accommodating the past. As an old adage notes, you can not control the problems life presents you with, but you can choose how you react to them. And, this is true. The following historical facts are true: World War 2 involved the senseless displacement and destruction of tens of millions of people Germany lost the second World War the German people of Kreis Elbing were expelled from their homeland the Russians and their allies destroyed much of what was West Prussia the Poles were given many former eastern German lands including those…
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Elbinger Adreßbücher
We are seeking to complete our collection of all known Elbing Prussia (Kreis Elbing Westpreussen) Address and Telephone Books. Please note we are only interested in obtaining copies of texts which were printed before 1945 prior to the ethnic cleansing and expulsion of the German population after the end of World War 2. A complete inventory of the texts in our possession are freely available and accessible on this site. If you know of additional texts, texts we do not currently list, please let us know and we will make very effort to identify and/or create an electronic copy to make available on ManyRoads. Once we have a completed collection,…
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Look in a mirror…
People fear the past… they fear their history. I have had countless conversations with family genealogists who have problems bringing unwanted, or bad news to their families. The bad news is ‘how you say???’ — rarely well received. Bad news is a term I use loosely. More precisely I am referring to the news that family members don’t want to hear. Or in my case, they have other tales and myths that they really want you to re-enforce, not deny. If you have looked closely at this site (ManyRoads), you have noticed news like that. Every family has undesireables, be they facts, people or circumstances. However the truth is always…
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Senger Familie
Senger Family Tree (History) The Senger Family Tree (History) document is about 500 pages long, in pdf format. Please contact us if you wish a Gedcom version of the Senger Family tree. Senger Histories The Senger Family Tree, major revision dates: 15 Feb 2019 17 Feb 2015 7 June 2012 11 May 2012 15 November 2011 11 November 2011 02 November 2011 12 October 2011 11 October 2010 11 May 2010 Senger Genealogy by Mark F. Rabideau is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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Protected: Johannson Family
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Genealogies
If you are wondering why we do all this, perhaps a reading of “The Story” will help set the context for you. Things have changed and evolved since I originally authored that material, but the message, ideals, and aspirations remain true. As for this area of our website, today there are thousands of pages of materials in this area; and as will always be the case, our data remains incomplete. We are actively researching and gathering information in the following areas especially from those ancestors whose hiding skills are quite superior! Several Rabideau-Henss Family branch genealogies are publicly accessible. Unfortunately not all of our genealogical data is available to all…
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Elbinger Schutzjuden
source: courtesy Fred Rump In 1783, Moses Simon paid 40,000 Thaler to the city to earn protection and the rights to compete with his Christian counterparts in Elbing for himself and his descendants. (Schutz = protection and Juden= Jews) By 1812, 33 such families had settled in Elbing. Most had paid a fee to the Prussian state and were permitted to settle anywhere. Some chose the city of Elbing. Hardenberg’s edict of 1812 gave full citizenship rights to all people of the Jewish faith in Prussia. Up to this time Jews were known by their biblical names and they now were required to chose a proper German name so as…
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French Canada
Immigration from Old France to New France France under the Old Regime did not supply a great number of emigrants to its colonies across the Atlantic. In fact, just 15,000 Frenchmen and Frenchwomen sailed for Canada in the seventeenth century, and two-thirds of them stayed in the colony for a short period and either returned to France or died in Canada without getting married. This was a very low number: the British Isles, with a population just over one-third of France’s, sent almost 380,000 immigrants to the New World over the same period. In fact, France was at the time showing various symptoms of social discontent that should have justified…
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Free Self-Help
Welcome to ManyRoads Free Self-help “Directory”. This page provides a “single” centralized directory, or point of entry, to the Free self-help materials I have created over the last 20+ years. The materials provided include: genealogical tools articles I have written genealogical resources: source materials links heuristics tools & technologies Hopefully they will assist you in your genealogy & history research efforts. Like many of you, I enjoy sharing my thoughts, ideas, and lessons-learned, in the hopes that they might be useful. The process of writing things down also helps me remember more effectively and I can use a lot of help in that arena! I, also, hope these thoughts might…
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Senger – Recht Family
The Senger family had lived in Kreis Elbing/ Kreis Grosses Werder/ Kreis Danzig area of Prussia since the late 1600’s, perhaps longer. Both of the 20th Century World Wars took a heavy toll on the family. Many family members died or were enslaved; and all of the Senger family lands and possessions, except those which fit in Richard Senger’s coffee tin, were either destroyed or taken by the war’s victors. The extended Senger/Recht family was decimated; the Richard Senger nuclear family survived intact. Senger Family Tree (History) in pdf format. If you wish a Gedcom version of the Senger Family Tree, please contact us directly to request a copy. Senger…
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Deyo Family
We are descended from Quebec Catholics- not a Huguenot among us (that I have found). My grandmother Leona Deyo is descended from the Joseph Deyo/ Deo/ Dion family of upstate New York (the area around Altona and into Northern Vermont and Southern Quebec). Most of our people have their roots in early Quebec and France. We are still discovering and learning about them and our roots. If you have any information to share please use our contact page to let us know. We will gladly share anything we obtain . Deyo Family Articles: We additionally have a collection of Deyo Family Documents to share.
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Kreis Elbing
This area contains information about the Kreis Elbing area where the Sengers lived. The primary information focuses on the area specifically near the Senger family lands, farm and business in Zeyervorderkampen. Kreis Elbing Articles:
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Deyo genealogy
Based on data and input I have received from various people, I believe I have traced and documented a “plausible” genealogy for the Joseph Deo family leading back to France in the late 1600s. If anyone is interested in reviewing the tree and commenting on what I have pieced together, please contact me.
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They went to war…
In addition to Luise and Erich Senger who both served in the Deutsche Luftwaffe during World War 2, numerous friends and family members of the Senger family were either inducted into or volunteered for German military service. The fortunate “souls” survived the war. Below are the photos of those we have in our collection. If you happen to know any of these individuals, please contact us. We’d love to hear from you. Click on an image to receive a larger picture, and learn a little about what we know of their fate.
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Does anyone know Tommy?
Tommy was an English war prisoner who spent most of World War 2 working on the Senger family farm in Zeyersvorderkampen. He was first captured by German forces at Dunkirk in 1940; and, he spent more than 4 years of the war working on and about the Senger farm. As you might gather from the photo, he was a good looking young man in a town with few young men during a time of total war and mobilization. We would love to hear from him or his family.
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“Photo” Enhancements
Getting a good picture from an aged image is crucial to developing and maintaining a good family history. Unfortunately as you look around ManyRoads, you’ll notice countless images that ought to be fixed. Aside from being a tad lazy, the skills required to accomplish this effort are significant and confusing. Much like the Document Enhancement posting of several days ago. We need to find a good image processing environment. I use the Gimp (an open source toolset that runs under Linux among other operating systems). Many Windows users employ Adobe Photoshop, the pre-eminent tool kit (but pricey). Numerous additional options are listed on About.com. Because I do things by hunt…
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Deyo Family Photos
This image gallery contains photos of the Deyo family. Our Deyo descendency is from Southern Quebec , Northern New York and Vermont (We are not a branch of the Deyo family from New Paltz and Southern NY). Should you wish to share photos of your Plattsburgh area Deyos with us, please contact me directly.
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Chelyabmetallurgstroy of the NKVD of the USSR — The Largest Forced Labor Camp for German-Russians
revised 19 Sep 2020 due to broken links with additional source documents added. Tscheljabmetallurgstroj des NKVD der UdSSR — das Groesste Zwangsarbeitslager Fuer Russlanddeutsche Genesis, Purpose and Assignments, Structure (Entstehung, Aufgabe, Struktur) Krieger, Dr. Viktor. “Chelyabmetallurgstroy of the NKVD of the USSR — The Largest Forced Labor Camp for German-Russians.” Volk auf dem Weg, June 2006, 20-22. source article used with permission from from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libaries, Fargo, ND (www.ndsu.edu/grhc) Original articles including images (German): Ein Zwangsarbeitslager in Ural- Dr. Viktor Krieger (no translation) Tscheljabmetallurgstroj des NKWD der UdSSR — Dr. Viktor Krieger (translation below) Below follows a translation from the original…
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Frieda Senger -Suchdienst & Soviet Records
Today when I arrived home a letter from the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz- Suchdienst awaited me. I have to admit the contents were, for me, extremely exciting! 19 August 2010 Update: Thanks to my good childhood friend Sharon we now have a translation of these records. (See bottom of page for the complete text.) Frieda Senger before her incarceration in Soviet Gulags, circa 1940. Here are the documents (with the translations I have in English and German). Translation: German, member of fascist organization (abbreviation in the left corner)Dossier/Document about Frieda Senger German Civil Air Defense. Start: 17th of March 1945 End: ….. 19… Übersetzung: Senger Frieda 40 176 876 Reichsluftschutzbund Anfang…
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Flucht und Vertreibung (Gallery)
This image gallery contains photos of the German Expulsion from “the East”. Some of the images are disturbing and may not be well suited for young children. Should you notice any problems with respect to time, place, information or copyright with these photos, please inform me so that I may rectify things immediately. The following link describes a bit about why this gallery appears on ManyRoads as well as our thoughts on Ethnic Expulsion: On the “Vertreibung”, Expulsions, and Hope Across the years, many of our ancestors (Rabideau & Henss alike) have been expelled, persecuted and “driven out or away” because of their beliefs or ethnicity. Rabideau & Henss forebears have been: Imprisoned…
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a little help???
Unfortunately my LDS ev. Church books for Zeyer – Ellerwald (West Prussia) are reaching an end…I’d love to hear from you if you have any pointers as to where I might look for earlier data (pre-1774). I am looking for information on the following family members: Esther Adelgunde (geb Grindemann) Kiehl (Graudenz Tiegenhof area) 1810-1850 Erdmann Kiehl (Graudenz) 1810-1850 Anna Christina Wilhelm (Zeyer-Ellerwald area) 1720-1800 George Poek (Zeyer-Ellerwald area) 1720-1800 Wilhelm Landig (Zeyer-Ellerwald area) c. 1720-1800 Heinrich Heyn (Zeyer-Ellerwald area) 1720-1800 Michael Saenger (Zeyer-Ellerwald area) 1700-1780 Judith Saenger geb. Sufust???(Zeyer-Ellerwald area) 1720-1790 …mark UPDATE: I just received the following note: Hallo! Für Ellerwald waren die evangelische Kirchen in Elbing zuständig:…
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Switzerland
In total, ManyRoads’ library of information is fairly extensive and frequently written in language of the original area (be that German, English, French, etc.). So far as we know, all of our texts are freely available (unless otherwise noted). You are free to download these texts, consistently with their licenses/ copyrights.If you know of additional open source, freely available digital texts that should be added to our collections, please use our Contact page to send us the particulars. If you have personal histories that you you would like to share on ManyRoads, please let us know and we will do our best to make them available to our readership.
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Links
To access our ~1000 links, please click on a ‘likely’ sounding header to view the links filed within that topic category. If you have links that you would like to share with us, please let us know via our contact page.
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HELP: Deutsche Vertriebene- German Expulsions
Hello Readers, Because of the great shortage of information and histories associated with the expulsions of Germans from Eastern Europe after World War 2, I am placing a call to anyone willing to share their family story with others. Please contact me (use our contact page) with any histories that you may have from family members or elsewhere that involve the expulsion, flight or ethnic cleansing of Germans following the second world war. I will place the information you send (assuming it is not politically motivated) on the internet for others to view and share. It is my hope to contribute a bit of our past in order to help…
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WW2 News & Propaganda Films
ManyRoads does not in any way or manner condone war, racism or hated. But without knowledge and understanding of the past, we run the risk of repeating it. Please note: Propaganda films may be found to be offensive. We simply present them to provide historical perspective. Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) source: Wikipedia Triumph des Willens is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg (the Nuremburg Rally was attended by Nazi supporters to promote the Nazi political party), which was attended by more than 30,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at…
