[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] german directories

[Sigrid Pohl Perry]

Hello Vera,

I first began to build my genealogy file by using EWZ; not only were my 
parents in there, but most of my extended family were as well. I just 
had to order EWZ films looking for relatives. I was even able to 
identify photos in the family album that way because of the "mug shots" 
in the EWZ Stammblatt records. But I, too, have no idea how many of 
these people survived WWII or where they were resettled during or after 
the war. You must also keep in mind that many people emigrated from 
Germany after WWII, eventually becoming citizens in the USA, Canada (my 
family went to both of these countries) or other countries. So looking 
only in German directories does not mean you will find these relatives, 
especially with a name as common as Hoffmann.

So, what can you do? First, you can post the sons' names, birth dates 
and ancestral village along with the names of their parents on this 
List. Second, you should prepare your data and send a gedcom to 
databases at sggee.org for inclusion in our database. Perhaps another 
member has already submitted some of the same data with information 
about these people; you will be contacted about this. As a community, 
SGGEE members have many people in common. And the German members are 
part of other German genealogy groups, so they may have good suggestions.

Through either members of SGGEE or people in Germany who subscribe to 
this List and pursue genealogy interests, I gained friends who knew the 
names of my primary family and that we shared in the Lublin parish 
community pre-1940. Some of these new friends located my missing first 
cousins in Germany and also connected me with others who were not on 
this list who shared my primary surnames, and they, too, were second 
cousins. Without being an active member of SGGEE, I would never have 
found these relatives.

Best wishes on your search,
Sigrid Pohl Perry
Pohl, Domres, Hapke, Nickel, Wolski, Schaeffler, Mantei, 
Buettner/Bitner, Dalke, Kuehn, Gatzke, et al

On 9/8/2012 8:15 AM, Vera Miller wrote:
> Hello all, I have EWZ files for the great-grandsons of my great-great-grandfather's sister. These people were born in 1931 and 1936. I would love to complete this line in my Hoffmann family tree. Maybe they have more Hoffmann ancestry information, too. Is there an easy or cheap way to find people in Germany, besides http://www4.dastelefonbuch.de? I know these people's parents' names, their birthdate, and birthplace. Thanks in advance, Vera 		 	   		
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