Start with your name. Sometimes your name will open up loads of leads - you just have to sift thru them. Your parent's names. Their marriage cerificate will usually have at least one of their parents names on it. Your local library is always a good place to start. Old newspapers (obits), local history books, etc. Courthouse records are good too. Land deeds, will probates, estates, taxes, land grants etc. lots of this information is at your local courthouse. If you still hit a brick wall email me at bgmsanders@aol.com and give me what information you do have and I will give it a shot. Barbara
how do you do research when you have very little information?
Very little information is the name of the game, at least you have some, put in what info you have and try and match things up, don't try and be to spacific to start, close matchs somes times help more, try differant combinations, and differant spellings, sometimes that helps also. Good luck..
Sorry to ask if this is obvious but I did not find the way to generate a second genealogy site based on my mother's name without creating a brand new tree.
This works fine on my father's name but how can I create an new site for my mother's name ?
Hi, I would like any information on the Vornfett famliy?
Heinrich Josef Vornfett b,1920 married Luise Wilma Mudder b,1924. Heinrich & Luise migrated from Bremerhaven Germany to Australia in 1954 with 3 children Ingrid Wilma, Waltraud, Heinrich Josef (junior). Heinrich now deceased had 2 brothers & 5 sisters,one brother Werner believed to be dead missing in action in WW2.
Heinrich parents were Ferdinand Josef Vornfett & Elfriede Henriette Koch (year born unknown).
I'm the daughter of Wilfried Janßen and I live in Germany. I'm a relative of Luise Vornfett. Luise was the sister of my grandmother Gertrud Janßen.
I found your entry by chance, when I was searching the internet for information about our relatives in Australia. Luise Vornfett had visited my grandmother in 1993 for six weeks, so I got to know her.
What relation was Luise to you?
I would be glad, if we could get in contact. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
I am looking for a good genealogist that works in the Brazoria County area of Texas. Must have the ability and background in researching African Americans in and around that area. Please email me if you and someone you know has this an interest or desire. I have collected a great deal of information already so this would not be a new start up project, just one that needs to do more digging to connect the dots.
Go to Association of Professional Genealogists. They have a member list that tells what parts of the country they cover and what they specialize in. Good luck. www.apgen.org
