Thanks to the Digital Library of Wielkopolska we now have free access to German casualty lists for the period of August 1914 to February 1915. Hopefully with...
As I mentioned in an earlier post (http://www.many-roads.com/2012/01/29/data-gathering-tools-new-to-me/), recently I came across a VERY promising research tool...
Hello all. I have been on a search for new and helpful tooling to assist me in my genealogical endeavors. Over the past several months I have stumbled across...
Hello all After all the web noise and activity around SOPA/PIPA, I thought this topic might be timely. Assuming you write and publish materials and you'd like...
In keeping with my current map theme, I have created a posting providing links to what I consider 4 of the web's premiere sites for pre-1945 maps on the former...
Hello all. After a forum message from a German friend, I decided to find and add pre-1945 Polska (Poland) maps to ManyRoads. As many of you may know I am a...
For those interested in such things as the Heimatortskartei, I have posted copies of the documents associated with my mother's family and her childhood...
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, I have added a second post with pointers to additional genealogical software, reviews and links. The post may be read at: ...
Hello all. I have just published a pretty lengthy post discussing a checklist of items to consider/ ponder when selecting any genealogy software. I hope...
Hello all, Have you ever wondered about how good and useful an automated translation might be? Well, me too. Recently I conducted, compiled and published a...
Searching for missing or lost family members from the former German Eastern Provinces can be quite challenging. I have published a rather lengthy (for me) post...
Presenting any family's genealogy on the web is something of a challenge. I have been struggling with this problem for more than 5 years now. Perhaps you are...
Hello all, I have placed a number of pointers to primarily West Prussian ( & some East Prussian) Mennonite information from two posts on ManyRoads. I have...
For those wishing to gain access to photographic images of the actual Heimatortskartei from the towns, cities & villages which were near what used to be Danzig...
What I am curious about is… do you feel, like I do, that the genealogy industry (e.g., Ancestry.com, familysearch.org, etc.) would benefit from having more...
Mocavo is embarking on a new extension of their already exceedingly useful services; one where they conduct automated research and linking between family...
While doing some research for an email response, I came across a body of work related to Die Vertreibung (The Expulsion). These papers are written by Dr....
This week I used the new FamilySearch.org microfilm (microfiche) ordering system for the first time. As you might expect, like any new service there are a few...
Ich habe die folgende Texts auf ManyRoads gestellt. (I have placed the following texts on ManyRoads). Geschichte des Kreises Marienburg- History of Marienburg...
Hello all!--- Hallo liebe listies! Kann jemand mir vielleicht helfen? Ich versuche etwas Information von mein O-opa Hermann Recht zu finden. Alles was ich...
If you, like me, research and search for family through the area of West Prussia (Westpreussen)- East Prussia (Ostpreussen) and Pomerania (Pommern), these...
Keeping notes, reminders and tasks synchronized as I move from place to place has been a real dilemma for me. Not surprisingly, I really need a place to take...
With the advent of Google+ there has been a lot of discussion in the genealogy world about the value of email, facebook, social media, etc. I have heard...
I have put a "reminder checklist" together to help me and others quickly examine obvious options when we either are stuck or just getting started. You may find...
A number of folks have requested link information on German, West- & East- Prussian Digitalized Newspapers. I have a number of links (several dozen?) on...
