The parish registers of Ephorie Grossenhain were first along the same ( Riesa , Zadel , Zscheila 1548) in the larger towns ( Grossenhain 1568, Elsterwerda 1575) and in the more important parishes (Ebersbach 1567, Glaubitz , Kmehlen, Ponickau , Sacka , Zeithain ca. 1580) created. Shortly after the third church visitation of the year 1575 they came into general use . church records include not just drought and dry enumerations , they pose rather a wealth of business , kultur- and historical remarks , even sometimes humorous and poetic effusions . your reliability gives them the status of full-fledged historical documents .

Subsequent church books are digitized Schlochau from the district and county in the former rain forest Pomerania, and in the group German crown in the county Marienwerder.

Register oder Index seiner zehnjährigen Arbeit und historischen genealogischen Cosmographia oder Welt-Beschreibung   Cosmus von Simmer (1581-1650) the son of the alderman Kolberger Jochim and his wife Judith Simmer Brunswick after his voice began studying and traveling across Europe in 1605 at the “Historical genealogy Cosmographia” to write, originally 14 Folios included. What remains of it is left, here for my readers as a Digital Edition. Cosmo was on 10. October knighted in Wroclaw. Literature on the author: Gottfried von Bülow: Cosmo of Simmer. In: Allgemeine  [...]

The first signs of a genealogy of the family are found in Gruenewaldt Hupel; But there is, except John, Adam and his sons, only the previous generation and the list is still very superficial. The real founder of the Baltic Genealogy Wrangell, Baron Moritz. Originally, the name Gronwald, Grönewald and other variants gelautet; The spelling has Gruenewaldt in the second half of the XVII. Century naturalized (Estonian of nobility) The name first appeared in 1297 on and in a suit because of the Lübeck robbery[...]

ZDFinfo shows the most spectacular criminal cases and the latest techniques of DNA analysis For genealogists, the DNA analysis is invaluable. Example Südharz Lichtenstein cave (Start the video at minute ZDF 29:30) Here was found a hidden cave entrance. The column is only 30 cm. Deep in the mountains an incredible discovery! Of bone 40 People, well preserved in the cold, covered by ice crystals. On Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology at Göttingen was cracked in an elaborate study of the genetic code. The skeletons are 3000 Years[...]