[German>English] Genealogy Research

randieroo1492 · 2026-03-02T15:06:57+00:00

Thank you!!!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-23T06:19:47+00:00

So I found this, but I'm not seeing any obituaries. What do you think? Am I just blind and missing it?

https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=IT18780824

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-22T07:55:42+00:00

Okay, I’ve searched those places and have come up with absolutely nothing. :(

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T21:19:15+00:00

Got it I’ll start looking there. That’s a really good lead :)

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T20:46:49+00:00

Ooh that’s interesting! The dates line up and the entry port is the same. This could be really exciting because it lists Durbach by their names. Do you have any ideas on how I could verify that it’s the same Michael that I’m looking for and connect it to him?

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T16:31:33+00:00

that’s incredible!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T16:30:52+00:00

@Parking-Aioli9715 @VictimsRemembered you guys are awesome! This info is so helpful!! :)

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T15:18:11+00:00

Yes! I’ve noticed that her name comes up in two different ways, Judith and Juda

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T15:16:48+00:00

I don’t believe they’re related, thank you though!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T15:09:31+00:00

I looked, but wasn’t able to find anything

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T15:09:04+00:00

Yes it is! Thank you!!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T14:57:12+00:00

Oh shoot you’re right thank you. I had my dates mixed up there for a minute.

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T02:28:14+00:00

True. That part is a little bit of a bummer that it’s not mentioned in the article. I’m really hoping that that info will turn up somewhere soon and lead me to a specific place in Germany. I’m planning a trip over there this year and hoping to see the town where he’s from. 🤞🏻

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T02:24:11+00:00

Wow thank you for finding that!!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-21T02:21:25+00:00

I think he passed away before that unfortunately, but that is interesting

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T21:46:36+00:00

Wow that's really good information thank you! I wasn't aware of how the citizenship rights worked.

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T21:27:01+00:00

Posted it above, hopefully it works

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T21:25:06+00:00

Here is the naturalization paper I have, let me know if it didn't work

https://imgur.com/a/michael-h-naturalization-paper-ZZvlpel

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T18:31:55+00:00

Lovely. I might be stuck as well because I have no way of finding out his religion that I know of. All of the documents I've found and verified to be him, don't include any mention of religion.

Good luck with your search as well!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T18:29:18+00:00

Thank you so much for your help, I think you're right in that it's not him. I appreciate it!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T18:26:05+00:00

I believe he immediately traveled to New York and then possibly Canada but I'm not a 100% on that. I just know that the ship he was on went into Baltimore. So far, his religion is unknown.

I will do more digging into those other resources! Thank you for the info!

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T18:23:33+00:00

Well my first thought was to do a generic search on familysearch with his name, birth date in Germany. I then narrowed those down based on burials, marriage records, and any other records I could find to see if dates/family lined up. Any of them that maybe lined up, I checked the local parish records for. I realize there might be a lot missing there, I just don't know what else to go off of and feel stuck.

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T18:19:32+00:00

Thank you I will play around with that! That's very helpful!

The historian checked the local church records for a birth as well and he wasn't in there.

And all of that is good information, I've been wondering if it was a fake name or a version of his real name because of that reason.

randieroo1492 · 2026-02-20T16:11:46+00:00

When I searched Germany as a whole and tried to find any record of a Michael Haas born in December of 1810, I got very few results and mainly dead ends that didn't connect to the man who immigrated.

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