Finding Prussian Ancestors in Online Archives

Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS
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Discover online records for German-speaking ancestors from Brandenburg, East Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, and West Prussia. Despite some record loss for these geographic areas, hundreds of years of church and civil records can be found in archives in Poland, Germany, and the US, using the search strategies in this presentation.

Thu, August 10 2023: 0:00 UTC

About the speaker

About the speaker

After a long professional career in academic archives and libraries, Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS, is now a genealogy educator, researcher, and writer. She specializes in US and European research, and provides expert guidance on organizing research and f
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