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Schleswig-Holstein and are not able to do the research yourself, then please
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Legal
parameters for genealogical research
Here you find notes about the legal basis for genealogical
research in Schleswig Holstein (applicable as well in other German states)
Please read the recommendations of my clients
My sources for genealogical research in Schleswig-HolsteinThe old handwriting
An image of the ABC of the handwriting as it was used
to write church records. Feel free to copy it, but please write a note into the
guest-book.
Dithmarschen
emigrants 1868-1920
Here you find about 3600 emigrants listed by surnames who
departed between 1868-1920 from the district of Dithmarschen
(Northern-Dithmarschen and Southern-Dithmarschen)
An
example of an application for emigration
Here you can read such an application to Emigrate.
Sometimes such applications list a lot of family-history.
A person wanting to emigrate to another country, e.g. USA or Brazil, had to file
an application to surrender his citizenship. To move within Germany to another
city or county, one had to file an application to leave. For Schleswig-Holstein,
such applications are available at Landesarchiv Schleswig. Such documents exist
for only about 10 percent of the emigrants; 90 percent of emigrants either never
made an application or the document was lost.
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copy of an application and sent it to you by airmail. The total costs are US$60.
The History of Schleswig Holstein
To understand the causes of the various wars and conflicts
in Schleswig-Holstein, it is necessary to understand its political developments.
The relationships between the various governing families and dynasties and their
disputes and conflicts must also be explored. However, I am not a historian. I
gleaned these historical data from a variety of sources. Therefore, the reader
should not expect a detailed exploration of Schleswig-Holstein’s history;
rather, I am outlining it in broad strokes only.
Historical maps
Here you find two online maps: Prussia within its borders
of 1871 and the German Empire around 1530.
Photos
of a few churches in Schleswig Holstein
Here you find images of some churches and of the
surrounding villages.
The
Death in the jail and asylum in Glückstadt
Between the years 1787-1800 179 people perished in the
prison or in the insane asylum of Glückstadt. They came from all over the
duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
An old contract of my ancestor (about
1 minute to download)
In 1857 my ancestor HANS VOSS received a farm from his
step-father. This is a scan of the first page of that contract.
The English translation of that contract
This is the translation of the first page of that contract
The
AGGSH in Schleswig Holstein
The AGGSH is an informal association of historians and
genealogists with these aims:
- jointly undertake intensive research of emigration from Schleswig-Holstein and
to publish the results;
- transcribing the Schleswig-Holstein Census registers of 1769 to 1860 and to
make them freely available as data banks;
- furthering German-Danish and German-American cooperation in the fields of
historical and genealogical research;
- cultivating a close cooperation with the provincial, federal, church and
regional archives to the extent that their records may be accessed within the
framework of AGGSH projects.
My
"Genealogy-SH.COM" site
Here you find additional free-of-charge information as:
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Emigrant databases |
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Family trees |
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Census reports |
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Schleswig-Holstein ROOTSWEB Mailinglist |
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other information |
E-mail me at : Hans-Peter.Voss (at) t-online.de
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My snail mail address:
Hans Peter Voss
An de Marsch 6
25557 Steenfeld
GERMANY
Hans-Peter Voss , Germany ( last worked on this page in January 2009 )
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