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Banned Books…
If you are opposed to banning and/or burning books, here are some Internet sources which provide insight into unbanning, as well as, access to books that have been banned by restrictive communities. Books for All: “The New York Public Library stands by the right to read freely.” Books Unbanned: “Brooklyn Public Library is adding our voice to those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement, BPL’s Books Unbanned initiative is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books tackling a wide range of topics…
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WW2 American Nazism
German American Federation/Bund Quoting the US National Archives: “The German American Bund was an unincorporated voluntary national association established on March 29, 1936, to spread the philosophy of National Socialism and to carry out Adolph Hitler’s program insofar as it affected the United States. The leadership of the Bund attempted to meld Nazi racial theories with American patriotic values. Headquartered in New York, the Bund was a nationwide organization having three departments and approximately seventy local chapters throughout the United States, as well as numerous organizations which were directly or indirectly affiliated with it.” The FBI investigated the Bund’s relationship to the Nazi Party of Germany. The FBI records release…
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My Books Read
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Ukraine War (WWWIII ?) News
Ukraine War News: This European conflict is thought by many to be World War III (in a modern hybrid warfare guise). All news articles on our Ukraine War Flipboard magazine are curated daily (assuming I’m near a computer). ‘Most propaganda’ has been avoided. Russian apologist propaganda and non-factual materials are avoided, such as is possible. The articles provided on our Ukraine War Flipboard Magazine are significantly biased towards military-related information, as well as academic and European sources. Ukraine War News (WW III?)
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British (UK) Nazism
Quoting from: Martin Pugh https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199594788.013.0027 Pages: 489–506 Published: 18 September 2012 Traditionally, fascism in Britain has been seen in fairly narrow terms as a phenomenon of the 1930s associated with Sir Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF). This approach to the subject made it easy to account for the fortunes of fascism as a movement essentially marginal to British society and thus of limited significance. The Union Movement that Mosley founded in 1948 campaigned for imperial control of Africa, a united Europe, and an end to coloured immigration. But this did not amount to a full fascist programme; the movement found itself caught halfway between the conventional…
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Zeyersvorderkampen (1945)
My opa’s (Richard Senger) farm (before 1947) was located in Zeyersvorderkampen Freie Stadt Danzig- Westpreußen (today: Kępiny Małe in North Central Poland). My oldest family friend Rainer Mueller-Glodde provided me with this map. My opa & great-onkel’s (Richard u. Julius Senger) farm was located at number 23 (bottom of the map on the right-hand side). ——— English Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) ————- In the Ordnance Survey sheet “1781 Jungfer”, 1 : 25,000, from 1936, the farms of Zeyersvorderkampen and their owners are shown here in color; status ca. 1940 / 1945. The map was created by Gerhard Dyck, b: Einlage 1927, d: † 2003, based on the information of…
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1666 & 1667 New France Census
If you research New France, as I do; you may find our new ‘sub-site’ of value (link below). The ManyRoads’ 1666/1667 New France Census site focuses on gathering and providing to combined content of both the first and second Censuses of New France. These enumerations were taken by intendant Jean Talon. He conducted the census largely by himself, traveling door-to-door among the settlements of New France. He did not include Native American inhabitants of the colony, or the religious orders such as the Jesuits or Recollets. The initial census was taken during the winter of 1665-66. But because the first census missed as many as 25% of the colony’s French…
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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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Ethnicity, Race, DNA
I have been wanting to get on this soapbox for a while. Which soapbox you might ask. Well, let’s talk a bit about Ethnicity, Race & DNA. I see more confusion in this ‘arena’ than almost any topic within family history. It seems almost everywhere I go, I read about people wanting to be part of one ‘ethnic’ group, and frequently trying to avoid being in another. People want to identify with what they consider a ‘good’ grouping and/ or dislike some other group. As an even sadder historical fact, people are willing to go so far as to destroy those they dislike or see as being amongst those ‘evil’…
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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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ManyRoads’ Newsletter
ManyRoads is pleased to announce that we will begin publishing a genealogical Newsletter once we have reached 100 subscribers. The ManyRoads’ Newsletter is free and will include tips & updates. Our first issue will contain a single question survey to help me gauge interests for future tips and guidance, for both Blog Posts here and future Newsletters. As you might guess, our Newsletter will be biased towards information regarding Prussia, German, Mennonite, Shoah (Holocaust) and French America research. Please signup/ subscribe for your free subscription to the ManyRoads Newsletter!! (top right-hand side of the screen) ===>
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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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Magnificent Map/ Location Resource
If you are looking for ‘lost places’ in Europe and do not know what ‘ever became of them’, you will likely find this tool helpful. I have to say that I think it is simply astonishing. The tool itself is called “Mapire”. According to their website: Arcanum Adatbázis Kft [Mapire owner firm] has been leading the digitisation, georeferencing and development of the software to visualise […] maps on different systems. Austrian State Archives as the owner of the first and second military surveys Hungarian National Archives as the owner of Hungarian cadastral maps Government Office of the Capital City Budapest (legal successor of the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote…
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“Life in the Past Lane” Podcasts
“Life in the Past Lane” is now available for your listening pleasure. ‘Released’ podcasts are are available from anywhere on the ManyRoads site; just click on the “Life in the Past Lane” logo (truck) on the right menu. Wherever you see the Life in the Past Lane truck, click on it to access our podcasts. If you prefer to listen to podcasts from our Podcast hosting site on anchor.fm you may certainly do that. The major difference between Podcast sites is that the show notes are only together with the Podcasts here on ManyRoads. As of this writing, you will find that we have 4 episodes available; that will expand…
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Library Updates
I am pleased to announce that ManyRoads now provides much easier access to our Free (no-cost) European resource source materials. Convenient links to the materials are not only accessible below in this document but also are available from our banner menu as European Libraries under the “Libraries” menu link. Our European Library currently contains some 1500 European Genealogical and Historical texts including the following historical/ genealogical research topics: Amish-Mennonite Austria-Hungary England Huguenots Jews of Europe Middle Ages Poland Prussia-Germany Roma & Sinti Scandinavia Switzerland Wales
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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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Soviet Aerial Attacks (2 partial Reports)
The content and material for this post came to my possession via a recommendation of a very good Polish friend who lives in Elbląg, Polska (formerly Elbing, Westpreußen). The Soviet military text was generously translated by Irina Yanushkevich (retired Linguistics Professor and ManyRoads partner). The original source material was sourced and posted on facebook by Szymon Gieryga. English translation of the two Soviet documents (contained in the above folder). Frisches Haff Flucht-Report-1 (English Translation) 3) ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST THE ENEMY TROOPS RETREATING ALONG ICY ROADS ACROSS THE BAY OF FRISCHES HAFFOn the 18th the division was to perform a special task: to destroy the enemy troops retreating along the spit…
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The past…
I smell the scents of my grandparents. I feel the movement and receive the warmth of my predecessors. I sense their movements around me and even feel the brush of their hands. I see their shadows and ‘understand’ their encouragement. It is strange how the past haunts me. Or rather I should say, it is strange how it envelopes me. It seems the past and shades of my past are everywhere in my life. Hardly a day goes by where I do not ‘hear’ the voices of my predecessors. They provide me with caring advice, consul, and criticism. They provide me sounding boards for my thoughts, ideas, and actions. They…
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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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January 2019: What’s new on GenTeam (Austrian Genealogy)
Posting of Felix Gundacker, Prof. Ing. Felix Gundacker email dated 20 Jan 2019 (reformatted for WordPress by ManyRoads). GenTeam.eu – 530,000 new records online Vienna, January 20, 2019 What’s new on GenTeam About this update: Now approximately 19.4 million records online! Updated search list of looted publications of the Collection IKG Military: Austro-Hungarian casualty lists 1914-1919 Already 1.3 million records online Diocese of Passau: 4,3 Million records online Vienna: Roman Catholic baptisms Vienna: Roman Catholic marriages Vienna: Roman Catholic burials Vienna: Civil marriages 1919-1920 Indices of Roman Catholic church registers for Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol and Bohemia Dear researchers, About this update With this update, GenTeam’s 44,500 registered users…
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New site security measures
Be advised that ManyRoads/ eirenicon llc web site development and management has placed reCaptcha “are you a human” user verification on all websites’ points of access/entry including: Login Pages Comments Contact Pages Forms etc. Hopefully these small inconveniences (ticking a check box) will ensure our sites are less attractive to brute force attackers. Over the past several weeks, we have received in excess of 500 such attacks. For those who may be unfamiliar, here are some links describing the problem and implemented reCaptcha solution: Brute Force Attack reCaptcha
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West Prussian Mennonite Church Records & Land Records
In an effort to simplify and gather crucial West Prussian Mennonite Records, I have developed this small list. Most of the pointers come from Forums and Listings associated with Bethel College, MennonteGenealogy, and Dr. Tim Janzen. Genealogical Resources for the Low German Mennonite Researcher Prussian/Polish Mennonite church record books: Alexanderwohl/Przechowka Danzig/Gdansk Mennonite congregation Elbing/Elblag Mennonite congregation Fürstenwerder Mennonite congregation Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia, Mennonite congregation Heubuden Mennonite congregation Karolswalde, Volhynia, church book notes Königsberg congregation Ladekopp Mennonite congregation Michalin-Gnadenberg-Grace Hill Mennonite congregation Montau Orlofferfelde Rosenort Schönsee-Kulmer Niederung congregation Thiensdorf-Markushof Tiegenhagen Tragheimerweide Land Records: Graudenz and Schwetz land records Mennonite Villages in the Danzig District in 1820 Mennonite villages in the Marienwerder District, West Prussia 1820 West Prussian…
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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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Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte (German Administrative History) 1871-1990
One of the Internet’s most valuable German research websites has been removed from service, Dr. Michael Rademacher’s: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990 (German administrative history from the Reich Agreement of 1871 to reunification in 1990). I do not know the reason for the site’s (and its related facebook site’s) removal; but I happen to have a copy of the original site (reconstructed from the Wayback Machine) and present it here in memory of its author: Dr. Michael Rademacher M.A.. I make no claim of ownership, nor do I acknowledge responsibility for the original site’s content. As per the original site: alle Rechte vorbehalten (all rights…
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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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ManyRoads’ Galleries- update
I am pleased to announce that the ManyRoads Public Galleries (Images) have been reformatted, reorganized, and expanded. There are some 2000 images in our public galleries. Please be advised that images may take ‘awhile’ to load. Delays can result from slow Internet connections accessing the ManyRoads Image data files (on DropBox) as well as your GPU (graphics processor unit) and a myriad of other factors. Of most general interest are the following image galleries: Ehemalige deutsche Gebieten ~Former German Regions Flucht und Vertreibung (post WW2 Expulsions of Germans from the East) East & West Prussia (WW2-era) Elbing- Elbląg Preußische Dörfer/ Städte – Prussian Communities Be advised we are always…
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ManyRoads has relocated….
For those of you who rely on ManyRoads, I am pleased to announce we have moved to a new, more expensive, cloud based server. Theoretically everything should work as it has in the past, albeit a bit more ‘energetically’. Please test the site, to see if you are able to use it as you did in the past. If you do use the site, I would greatly appreciate hearing about any problems you might encountered. Please report any difficulties via our contact page or via email (genealogy@many-roads.com).
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DNA & Ethnicity- Who, me?
Like most genealogists (and family historians): I am not a DNA expert, but am curious about my family history, and I want as many clues and facts as I can unearth. All in all, I guess that makes me pretty average. Although, I hesitate to emphasize my being normal. By way of providing some further background and context, I really do know quite a bit about my familys’ histories (awkward grammar alert). But, I continue to want to learn more. Like most of you, when I get stumped chasing previously obvious leads, I look for new information and data threads to pull. DNA clues have always seemed to offer…
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Are you new to GEDmatch?
If you are like many family genealogists and historians, you are likely involved in analyzing the potential of using DNA for your research. As you may have read, here or elsewhere, my wife and I have both ‘taken’ 23andme and AncestryDNA ‘tests’. We obtained some useful and interesting information; I even solved one small mystery using DNA. But for all that, I’d have to say the whole DNA thing seemed overblown and over valued to me. That is until now. This last week a friend strongly suggested I use GEDmatch. I dutifully downloaded one of my DNA test results (the one from AncestryDNA because it was newest and I only…
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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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Shoah Statistics
ManyRoads is extremely pleased to announce the pre-release of our new Shoah Statistics website. ShoahStatistics is ManyRoads’ largest, most historically significant, genealogical work effort and publication, to date. The main focus of ShoahStatistics.com is the systematic, disciplined compilation of the statistics (and source documentation) of the German Jewish population (as well as the other victims of National Socialism) at the time of national socialism. ShoahStatistics is in a pre-release state (today) and remains a work in progress. Our new site is not finished; however, I do believe that we have enough primary source Holocaust content online to be useful. Rest assured more content is on its way. To view the…
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Subscriber Feature(s)
With the onset (advent?) of 2018, ManyRoads is pleased to announce that we are introducing our first special Subscriber features: The ManyRoads’ Discussion Forum This Moderated Discussion Forum allows ManyRoads subscribers to discuss topics related to the those covered on ManyRoads. Participants may freely add topics/subjects they wish to discuss or learn about and respond to those already ‘active’. I am also, able to create additional Forum Areas as Subscribers feel they are needed. Just let me know what you might want; and, if the proposed Area fits on ManyRoads, I will add it. To access the Forum, you simply need to be logged in on your ManyRoads account and then…
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Victims of National Socialism
ManyRoads’ recent client work has resulted in the identification of Information Resources on the victims of National Socialism (Nazism), 1938- 1945. These resources include information and data on those people(s) persecuted on political grounds; on grounds of religion, nationality, sexual orientation; for their physical or mental handicap; for accusations of so-called asociality; those who otherwise fell victim to Nazi injustice; or left their homeland to escape persecution. These sites include information on Sinti and Roma (Gypsies), Intellectuals, Homosexuals, Catholics, political opponents, and, of course, Jews. If you have other links you would like us to share, please use our contact page to notify us. The links on this page encompass…
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Finding Online Records in Poland
Are you researching the regions which are part of today’s Poland including: the lost Eastern German Provinces of West Prussia (Westpreußen), Pomerania (Pommern), Silesia (Schlesien), Posen and parts of the former province of East Prussia (Ostpreußen) the Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) Poland Galicia If you are, you may know that that access to records across this large Central European region can be difficult to find. The following article (Blog posting) provides an excellent road map of where to hunt. The content format and material on the following material in this post is mirrored from a posting on The Lost Shoebox. (I have mirrored the complete original posting so as not…
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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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Better, broader, ManyRoads’ language translation support
I am very happy to announce that we have established a partnership with Irina Yanushkevich. Irina is a professional translator; but being retired now, she feels bored “doing nothing.” In order to busy herself by helping others, she has most graciously offered to help ManyRoads clients/ readers as a translator, translating vital records. Briefly, her credentials are: Retired University Professor, Ph.D. Former-Head of the Linguistics department Former-Director of the Translator/Interpreter Training Program Irina’s translation skills include: Russian to English – fluent Russian or English to German – basic (sufficient for genealogical documents) Polish into English or German – basic (sufficient for genealogical documents) Irina has experience in helping several genealogical…
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World War II: “The Resistance”
In conducting a client search recently, I had need to unearth information regarding Nazi Resistance and Group Membership. As part of my effort, I elected to gather and archive many of the links I used to help me conduct my investigation. The links are listed below, perhaps you will find them useful. Perhaps you have others you would like to share. Should you be seeking additional guidance and help in conducting European genealogical research, you will find help on our Prussian-German Free Genealogy Help page. WW1 & WW2 (Links)
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Matricula Online
Just today, I stumbled across an excellent source for Free online “German” Church records. And to think, I thought I knew all the really best locations… The site is called Matricula Online. This site offers church registers (mostly containing birth, marriage and death records) from several “German or former German speaking regions in today’s European countries of Austria (with the most data), Germany, Serbia and Poland (around the former Breslau today Wrocław, Poland). It appears that Matricula has plans to expand, although I am not sure into which regions. To get an idea of their present coverage see the map (on the right) for more details on their current record…
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Allenstein (Ostpreußen) Records
For those interested in, or researching the region(s) near, the former German/ Prussian city of Allenstein Ostpreußen – East Prussia (today the city is known as Olsztyn in Poland) numerous updates have taken place recently with respect to available pre-1945 records. These involve most notably: Churches near the former German city of Allenstein (Ostpreußen) – the Polish city of Olsztyn today. Polish State Archive of Olsztyn ( Archiwum Państwowe w Olsztynie )- the records archive. The man whose leadership is key to bringing these records online is project team leader Bernhard Ostrzinski. Bernhard and his team of dedicated “researchers” publish digital copies of records in the Olsztyn State Archive…
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Racial & Citizenship Laws in the Third Reich
First, let me provide you with a bit of context. Currently, I am engaged in a very significant holocaust research and website development effort. While conducting my research and developing the related websites, I have come to believe that many people today have an extremely limited understanding of the legal background and governmental frameworks constructed by the Third Reich to legalize and justify the abomination that was the Holocaust (or Shoah). Be advised, I in no way condone or approve of the underlying laws and/or government actions mentioned in this article. I offer this information for informational and understanding purposes only. This human tragedy did not happen by accident; it…
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Add’l Holocaust Resources Uncovered
For those of you who are seeking good sources of information regarding the Holocaust- Shoah, hopefully you will find the following sites of value. While conducting a Holocaust- Shoah site development activity with a colleague from Germany and in performing Shoah client work, I have recently uncovered several extremely valuable websites. Included among these are: The International Tracing Service “ITS Digital Collections Online“ The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI)-Countries A general introduction to the EHRI country reports can be found on the EHRI project website. The EHRI also has three very interesting recent BLOG entries: Forced Labourers and the Water Works Camps in the Lublin District Online Finding Aid on…
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Satirical (Persuasive) Maps
Most certainly you, and I, know what maps are. But just to be perfectly clear, here is the primary meaning of the term (definition) from Dictionary.com: […] a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation […] So if that is “what a map is” then what is a satirical or persuasive map? It should come as little surprise that there is a class of Maps (most generally known as Satirical or Persuasive Maps). These reasonably rare and unique maps…
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Recent Mennonite Record Discovery
If like me you are always in search of new Prussian Mennonite records, my recent discovery of Mennonite Church records located in Berlin may be of interest. The records are I stumbled upon are located in the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin (The Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage). The archives offer online (Free) access to the Kirchenbücher von Mennonitengemeinden (Church Books of the Mennonite Communities); they cover the years 1661 – 1905. The communities included in this archive are those Mennonite Communities formerly in Königsberg, Markushof, Montau und Gruppe, Thiensdorf. All of these communities were ethnically cleansed of Mennonites following WW2 by the Soviets and their allies;…
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GULAG
Many families, like mine, were victims of the Soviet GULAG system. My oma (maternal grand mother) spent more than two years in a Central Asian Gulag from 1945 to 1947. You may read her story in an earlier post on ManyRoads: Frieda Senger- Post WW2 Gulag. To celebrate 70 years since her release, I have gathered and provide the following listing of GULAG related Internet sites: Gulags (Links) Should you be aware of additional Internet GULAG resources, please contact me with requisite ‘link information’.
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ManyRoads Magazine (Flipboard)
View my Flipboard Magazine. ManyRoads is pleased to announce the creation of a new online magazine we have hosted on and built using Flipboard. The initial release of the magazine was published yesterday with a bank of some 20 recent published online articles covering topics of genealogical and historical interest. Our curated articles should remain online and available for quite a long time, as is the case with most online magazine publications. It is my intent regularly update the magazine (daily or so). We’ll see how good I am at it. As with almost everything on ManyRoads there is no charge for our magazine. It is accessible directly via html…
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Library Update!
Do you want to learn more about where and when your ancestors lived? Are you looking to uncover ‘lost family histories’? Would like to see where your ancestors lived? Do you want to hear and see what they may have seen and heard? If you want to find more than birth, marriage, and death information, our libraries are a good place to begin that quest. I have spent more than ten years gathering the images, sounds, texts, and films housed in the ManyRoads’ libraries. As of this writing, our holdings have reached ‘new levels’. Currently, our libraries house: ~11,000 Texts, Books, Documents ~1500 Photos & Images ~100 Videos & Audios…
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Early western (US) travels, 1748-1846
If you are attempting to better understand what the United States may have looked like when your early European ancestors were moving westward, this set of texts can help you visualize and better understand those by-gone days. This collection is deemed to be among the best genealogical and historical works available. Title Early western travels, 1748-1846 : a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement Contributor Names Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913, ed. Created / Published Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H.…
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ManyRoads’ Libraries and Research Support- UPDATE
ManyRoads is pleased to announce a considerable expansion in our available, and reserved, libraries. These include not only our online and offline text libraries, and German address books, but also, our cartographic and video libraries. By the beginning of May 2017, our libraries will contain some: 10,000 genealogical and regional history books, as well as old German address books Materials in English, German, and French, spanning Europe and North America. Most of our digitized texts were originally published in the 1600 to mid-1900s. 500+ maps in our Cartographic areas (from about 800- 2000) 1200+ ‘historical’ photographic images (mostly from 1900- 1950) 100+ vintage WW1-WW2 era videos (mostly from the 1910 to…
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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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Luise Senger WW2 and after
Now that my mother is no longer with us, I think it is safe to share her WW2 and post-WW2 military career(s). This written remembrance of Luise Senger’s Military Service was related to Mark Rabideau by Luise (Senger) Rabideau in December of 2005 and was approved by her for publication in our family history after her death. Luise Senger was a Lieutenant in the Deutsche Luftwaffe during WWII. (This is extraordinarily rare as there are essentially “no records” of female officers in the WW2 Deutsche Luftwaffe.) She served in Berlin, Bromberg, Munich as well as other German Air Force bases. On January 14, 1945, she departed Fliegerhorst Bromberg and was…
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