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Europe / Re: Prussia research ideas please
« on: Friday 27 April 12 09:57 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to you both for the ideas.  I'll have a look at them,  but as I suspected and you suggest it seems unlikely that there will be much more to be found on-line.    The Berlin address book is interesting but as the residence appears to have been Brandenburg a/d Havel it may not prove useful in this case. 

Regards,

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Europe / Prussia research ideas please
« on: Wednesday 25 April 12 20:31 BST (UK)  »
I am interested in tracing more information (dates,marriage,offspring, ancestry etc) on an individual living in Brandenburg, Prussia in the early-mid 1800s and would appreciate any helpful ideas on how I might proceed.  This is to build on the very sketchy information gathered so far:
- an 1882 UK marriage certificate of his son (b 1854) gives his first name, family name and occupation and shows him as deceased.
- there is reference to what is possibly him as father of a bride married in Berlin Lichtenburg in 1873 on the IGI records, but no mention of a mother. I can find no linked B/C/M/D records for him or B/C records for either of these children on FamilySearch.
- an article on the history of the town's Optical Telegraph station published in BRAWO, (Brandenburger Wochenblatt) and a publication of memoirs of a former resident provide anecdotal evidence of his carrying on the trade of optician and having several children. 

Does anyone know of any obvious resources other than the IGI which might help me take the story a bit further?

Thanks.

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Midlothian / Re: Gellatly Edinburgh
« on: Monday 23 April 12 21:24 BST (UK)  »
Wee Lassie and All Blacks,

An hour to spare, another brief look for ancestral clues and a few keystrokes led me unexpectedly to Wee Lassie's 2011 request for information about Milne Square Edinburgh.   Being a descendant of John and Maria (via Thomas) I was very curious to see what other information was available so I have just registered and found your exchanges on Maria's parentage.   This is where my part-time research drew a blank some years ago.

To come across other family members on this side of the tree exchanging information is a new experience for me so it's going to be interesting to read through what has been said.   Perhaps I'll be able to fill in a gap or two and maybe you'll allow me to ask the odd question where I draw a blank?

For the record I had hoped to find Milne Square on a visit to Edinburgh a few years ago, but I think it now lies underneath an Italian restaurant!.  I recall there were however a couple of other addresses of family members from the 1800s still in existence.

Regards,

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