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Tracking German ancestry

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Denis

Denis Report 12 Sep 2012 22:11

Can anyone help in identifying any organisation like GU in Germany as about 1850 England was graced with the arrival of a Huber. Have drawn a blank on shipping records and believe origin was Black Forest area. Am currently scrabbling in the dark!

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 12 Sep 2012 22:19

I have German grandfather born c1870 and the family came over between 1882 when a son was born in Germany and 1889 when the youngest son was born in Bradford,

I enquired at Kew re shipping records and was told no passenger records would have been kept as they came from Europe on what was just cross Channel crossings.

You would need to know were in Germany they came from as their records would be held locally. Its also possible that records may not have survived WW2 bombings.

It would mean going to the area and searching .

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 12 Sep 2012 22:30

Hello Denis - welcome to the boards

not quite understanding your posting - is Huber a surname? If so, there are stacks of Huber's on the census in the UK going back to the 1700s

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

George_of_Westbury

George_of_Westbury Report 12 Sep 2012 23:24

Dont know if this helps

http://genealogy.about.com/od/vital_records/p/germany.htm


George

Researching:
My avatar is that of my Dad and shipmates, taken onboard HMS Blanche in 1938, place unknown From left to right, my Dad,Sidney Mellor and Sidney Bateman.