This paper was first presented to the German Interest Group of the San Diego Genealogical Society via Zoom at 1:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time) on 18 February 2026. My 2xgreat grandmother and her 9-year-old daughter also known as Anna were among … Continue reading →
The finding of Daniel Schlinke’s 1848 Naturalization Certificate This paper was presented to the San Diego Genealogical Society GIG (German Interest Group)’s Annual Bring Your Brick Walls to Class and 2025 Successes on 21 January 2026 1:00pm PST (San Diego … Continue reading →
This attached article was prepared by for the Wednesday 3 December 2025 1845 Retrospective Lunch Meeting of The Pioneers’ Association of South Australia Inc. My presentation covered the 1845 year of my great grandmother, Johanne Louise Bradtke, who started the … Continue reading →
My ancestors came to South Australia from a small area in the middle of Europe as shown in the table below. Relation to me Birthname From Date of Birth Ship Year of Arrival 2xggf Johann Samuel Kuchel Langmeil, Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus, … Continue reading →
After discovering an ancestor born in Schwabendorf, Hesse, I accessed the town website https://www.ak-schwabendorf.de/ and learnt that it was a town established to resettle Huguenot refugees from France. After helpful research from the site administrators, I purchased “Familien von Schwabendorf … Continue reading →
This article was published in The South Australian Genealogist of February 2020 and subsequently presented to the German and Continental European (GCE) Special Interest Group (SIG) of Genealogy SA on 10 June 2020. My February_2020 article
Continue reading →I presented a paper on Daniel Schlinke to FoLA (Friends of Lutheran Archives) on 26 June 2025. A link to to the presentation on YouTube is below. I have now made 3 updates to the FoLA paper and the latest … Continue reading →
Saturday 17 May was the culmination of 3 months’ planning. In February, I received an email from Mark Cody, a complete stranger, who had found among his late father’s UK collection an 1848 Naturalization Certificate for Daniel Schlinke, who was … Continue reading →
This paper was presented to the Germanic and Continental Europe (GCE) Special Interest Group (SIG) of the South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc (SAGHS) on 9 April 2025. Helpful Handy Hints GCE 09042025
Continue reading →MyHeritage indicates that I share 52.1cM DNA over 4 segments with a woman living in Germany. No public tree is accessible so I have evaluated the public trees of our shared matches. This evaluation indicates ancestors of our shared matches … Continue reading →