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===Church Records=== | ===Church Records=== | ||
Church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials may provide additional information. If, for example, the civil marriage record showed that a couple was married by a minister, this marriage was probably also entered in the respective parish register. City directories and county histories may help you find the name of the congregation where the minister served. You can also “google” the minister’s name and city.<br> | Church records of baptisms, marriages, and burials may provide additional information. If, for example, the civil marriage record showed that a couple was married by a minister, this marriage was probably also entered in the respective parish register. City directories and county histories may help you find the name of the congregation where the minister served. You can also “google” the minister’s name and city.<br> | ||
===Passenger Lists=== | |||
Passenger lists, especially in the 20th century, may list birth place, last residence in mother country, and name and residence of a close relative in the mother country. Study the records of fellow passengers, as frequently relatives and neighbors traveled together. See [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]] | |||
===Naturalization Records=== | ===Naturalization Records=== | ||
*Naturalization records may also list an ancestor’s birth place. | *Naturalization records may also list an ancestor’s birth place. | ||
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*The process involved two sets of papers: a '''declaration of intention''' to become a U.S. citizen, and a '''petition''' filed some time later. | *The process involved two sets of papers: a '''declaration of intention''' to become a U.S. citizen, and a '''petition''' filed some time later. | ||
*Beginning in 1906, naturalization records became more detailed, as the responsibility shifted to the Federal government. | *Beginning in 1906, naturalization records became more detailed, as the responsibility shifted to the Federal government. | ||
*More information about naturalization records, along with helpful links, is found at | *More information about naturalization records, along with helpful links, is found at [[Beginning Research in United States Naturalization Records]] and [[United States Naturalization Online Genealogy Records]]. | ||
===Social | ===Military Records== | ||
Draft records for World War I and II ask for birth place, which can be listed as just Germany or in greater detail. | |||
**{{RecordSearch|1968530|U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} Index and images. | |||
**[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918] Indexes and images. ($) | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1339071|United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942}} Image Browse. | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1861144|United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942}} Images with partial index. | |||
===Social Security=== | |||
*The application for the Social Security card may also contain a town of birth. These records are available for deceased individuals who died after 1935 when Social Security began. | |||
**{{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} | |||
**[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014] ($) | |||
**[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007], Incomplete, ($). | |||
===Other Sources=== | |||
• County histories, newspapers, memorial books, and other printed sources may list an ancestor’s German home town. County- or state GenWeb pages may contain links to helpful articles or indexes. <br><br> | |||
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[[Category:Germany Search Strategies]] | [[Category:Germany Search Strategies]] | ||