
Broad project to list European immigrants from any European country. From any European country and any date (Century). Everyone is welcome to collaborate and add more profiles.
Great Northern War 1700-1721. Prisoners of war and their descendants in Russia. There were many non-ethnic Swedes. From the Baltic States, Ingermanlandia (Kexholm, Vyborg, Narva, Noteburg (Oreshka), Nyenskans). Joining projects: in the project page, click "Actions" > "Join project". This also includes Swedish soldiers who were captured in Poltava, Russian Empire during the great Northern wa...
Livonia= The aim of this project is to collect people who have born, lived, influenced or died in Livonia during the centuries under it. All the collaborators are welcome. Livonia is a historical region between the east and the west on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. Given the location the borders of Livonia have changed to an extent but, by and large, Livonia refers to areas which now co...
Bergen-Belsen (or Belsen) was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as the prisoner of war camp Stalag XI-C, in 1943 it became a concentration camp on the orders of Heinrich Himmler, where Jewish hostages were held with the intention of exchanging them for German prisoners of war held overseas. Later...
ABOUT PROJECT Nazi Germany is the name of Germany as it was under Hitler's rule. This project is basically a pool of all the known people who were members of the Third Reich associated by marriage or work (not necessarily politicians or military, but also people who may have been employed as secretaries or servants). This is not a memorial project to glamorize a horrific era, but a project abou...
Project for the area of the former Duchy of Slesvig/Schleswig The aim of the project is to cooperate around profiles related to this area before and after 1864. This includes North Schleswig/Sønderjylland, South Schleswig as well as some other areas as Nørre Tyrstrup herred (which was transferred from Haderslev amt to Vejle amt after 1864). Feel free to add to the text in English, Danish an...
This project is designed to collect Profiles, Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the people who lived in Pfalz Germany. Paul Hart is the main researcher, and person to contact if you want to help with or add profiles to this project. Core profiles Overview of History / Progenitor Details Queries & Discussion Emigrants from Rhineland-Palatinate To United Sta...
A imigração alemã iniciou-se em 1818 quando os primeiros colonos alemães são mandados para a Bahia. Em 1823, após a independência, foram criados os batalhões de estrangeiros, para garantir a soberania nacional. Então, a busca oficial por colonos (nesta fase, alemães) passou a ser uma política imperial. Em julho de 1824, os primeiros alemães chegam ao Sul do Brasil, sendo assentados à margem su...
Este é um subprojeto relacionado ao Projeto Maior Imigrantes Alemães ao Brasil Este subprojeto visa organizar dados genealógicos dos imigrantes alemão que vieram ao Brasil e foram instalados na Colônia São Paulo de Blumenau, no estado de Santa Catarina. Os imigrantes já identificados estão na lista de perfis deste subprojeto, Quando o Dr. Blumenau fundou, em 1850, o primeiro núcleo colonial,...
The Bekenntniss der Professoren an den deutschen Hochschulen und Universitäten zu Adolf Hitler und dem nationalsozialistischen Staat (confession of professors at German universities and colleges to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist state) was persented the 11. November 1933 'to celebrate the "National Socialist revolution" at a ceremony in the Albert Hall in Leipzig . But were not all sig...
Family Roots in Germany Genealogical research in the areas of present-day Germany, Poland and Ukraine is influenced by historical events that have taken place over the centuries, forced relocations of certain ethnic, religious and language groups, or voluntary migration. Many of the original documents needed for genealogy have been destroyed, and therefore it depends a lot on luck how far the a...
Great Northern War==== The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony – Poland–Lithuania . Frederick IV...
Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda eestlasi Saksamaal läbi kõigi ajajärkude. 1919-1944 (elanike nimekirjad passisaajad, Eestist välja siirdujad, koos fotodega) Saksamaa inimeste arhiiviotsing
Lübeck= Lübeck , officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck , is a city in he state of Schleswig-Holstein , northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. On the river Trave , it was the leading city of the Hanseatic League, and because of its extensive Brick Gothic architecture, it is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site . In 2015, it had a population of 218,523.The purpose of this...
Hanseatic Town of Stralsund, Pomerania, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany==== Stralsund is a Hanseatic town by the Baltic Sea in the Pomeranian part of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany. The Western Pomeranian town has been the capital of the Vorpommern-Rügen district since the 2011 district reforms. With a population of about 60,000, it is the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg-Vorpo...
Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS= The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS ) was a motorized infantry battalion of the German Waffen-SS during World War II . It was formed from Finnish volunteers and fought on the Eastern Front as part of the SS Division Wiking . The unit was disbanded in mid-1943 as the two-year comm...
THE PALATINES Prior to 1871, what is now Germany consisted of a number of separate states such as Wurttemberg , Prussia , Bavaria , etc., whose boundaries changed frequently as a result of war and other causes. The Palatinate (German: Pfalz ) was one of these states, and was located along the Rhine, roughly corresponding to the modern German state of Rhineland-Pfalz . Please add your Palatine...
This project is for German Immigrants to the United States of America. Only add 1st generation German Americans to this project. German Americans are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. According to the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, "German-Americans make up the largest self-reported ancestry group within the United States accounting for roughly 49 million people and app...
This is a subproject related to the Larger German Immigrants to Brazil Project This subproject aims to organize genealogical data of German immigrants who came to Brazil and settled in the Santa Maria do Mundo Novo Colony, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul. The Santa Maria do Mundo Novo Colony was a colony for German immigrants located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It comprised the territo...
West Prussia was a Prussian province on both sides of the lower Vistula with the capital Danzig. It was formed in 1772/1793 at the time of the First and Second Partitions of Poland-Lithuania from annexed territories of the Prussian Royal Share, supplemented by part of the Prussian Uplands around Riesenburg and Marienwerder, which became the seat of government. The province comprised the Kulmerl...
This is a project with profiles associated with Silesia (Schlesien, Śląsk, Slezsko, Schläsing, Ślōnsk). Feel free to improve and add to this text.
Sivusto on rakenteilla Tähän projektiin voi etsiä ja liittää Turun porvareita; kaupan ja käsityön harjoittajia ja heidän Geni-profiilejaan. Porvaristo Suomessa Ruotsin vallan aikana Suomessakin porvarissääty oli yksi neljästä valtiosäädystä. Muut olivat aatelisto, papisto ja talonpojat. Porvaristolla ja kaupungeilla oli eräitä varsinkin elinkeinojen harjoittamista koskevia erioikeuksia, jotka v...
Scope of project ==This project identifies ruling members of the royal house of Wettin. Wiki - House of Wettin == Overview ==The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that once ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia for more than 800 years. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at va...
German people and their descendants in Russia