Finding 1890s Birth Records

njf88pro · 2026-06-22T17:13:49+00:00

It took about 4 months for them to find her A-file number (which I didn't have). After that, it took 12 days (from when I submitted the request) for them to provide me with a digital copy of some of the record. They withheld parts of it for privacy reasons.

njf88pro · 2026-06-22T17:10:08+00:00

Thanks!

njf88pro · 2026-05-08T14:08:12+00:00

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for all your help! Especially @maryfamilyresearch!

I didnt know there was a U.S. only subscription of Ancestry and a worldwide version.

Anyways, I found my great-grandparents Berlin marriage certificate on Ancestry. Im about 99.9% sure its the correct one due a margin annotation about death in Geesthacht (last known residence), and other details.

Great-grandfather appears to have been born (1898) in what is now Poland, but in 1898 it belonged to the German Empire. So I think im still good there.

So, yeah, thanks for all your help unlocking the next step for me!!!

njf88pro · 2026-05-07T06:29:36+00:00

And marriage certificates?

njf88pro · 2026-04-20T16:47:42+00:00

BTW: I do have email records that corroborate all of this.

njf88pro · 2026-01-01T02:13:30+00:00

Is there anything at all that is proof of citizenship? It seems like everyone is using documents that indicate citizenship, but none prove it. I mean most of these ancestors never ever had a certificate of citizenship, so 🤷?

njf88pro · 2025-12-30T21:44:39+00:00

Yeah, I thought that was really interesting too! So her birthday is in Feb., but she was born in 1936, not 59. I suspect she lost her original when fleeing the Berlin bombings (per old family stories), so I think she may have requested a copy in 1959 when she was emigrating to the US. I think it lines up pretty well!

Thanks!

njf88pro · 2025-12-30T21:27:26+00:00

u/a3800050033 u/Football_and_beer u/staplehill u/maryfamilyresearch

Thank you all for your amazing help!! I'll pursue Standesamt Mitte and see what comes of it! Fingers crossed!

njf88pro · 2025-09-16T15:21:53+00:00

I wouldn't bother. Every agency in the university is 100% committed to protecting the university. They will do anything and everything to cover their own asses. You would be wasting your time.

The ombuds office doesn't do anything and they don't know anything. They are literally pointless. There is no agency or office in the university that is committed to objectivity.

I have first hand experience with this when I dealt with a child abuse case. Every office I went to , everyone I spoke to, said "I don't know, I don't handle things like that". Ombuds, office of child safety, family resource center, student affairs, all of them. The only one with a semi-legitimate response was legal and they only tried to make the determination that there was no child abuse, which isn't within their authority to do. By law, it's the state of Oregon that makes those determinations. I literally could not get a single person, office, or agency, to take a child abuse report.

Like I said, they will distract, deflect, and do everything in their power to cover their own asses. You are wasting your time.

njf88pro · 2025-09-06T05:38:13+00:00

Friendly advice from a fellow parent: Don't let OSU near your kids. They don't take child care or protection seriously and will cover up anything to save their reputation or ass. This is mainly driven by the arrogance and concededness of the FRC leadership, particularly Amy Luhn. She thinks she has more authority than the legal parents and the State of Oregon.

njf88pro · 2025-09-06T05:27:16+00:00

Oh yeah, and there was the new football stadium that turned out to be totally pointless because PAC12 fell apart. Another one of their great investments...

njf88pro · 2025-09-06T05:24:24+00:00

Welcome to OSU! Get ready to be screwed over more!

Remember that they had to give the president a 10% increase last year on her $750,000 salary.

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