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Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY??

Posted By: Canvasback2

Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/12/22 11:38 PM

Can't find this place on a Map.

Hackenwalde, Pomerania, Prussia. I was able to trace my Great Grandparents to this place. They were born back in 1847. Is that Russia, Germany , or Poland ?
Posted By: DaveP

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 12:08 AM

LOL, some towns changed hands a number of times!
Poland, Belarus, Russia.

Might as well add Ukraine to tell list now.
Posted By: furlover

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 12:13 AM

It was in Germany. When I googled in the names you gave, I got a link about it's history and map with location.
I've been doing ancestry and had some ancestors from Prussia.

If I was more proficient in technology I would send you link.
Posted By: cathryn

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 12:14 AM

Be careful what you ask for.

My dad did that and he wasnt.oo happy to find out we were related to a first degree murderer.

That ended his search
Posted By: Providence Farm

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by cathryn
Be careful what you ask for.

My dad did that and he wasnt.oo happy to find out we were related to a first degree murderer.

That ended his search



May find out your your own grandpa. DNA test can come out scary
Posted By: SJA

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 12:19 AM

It was not a part of Germany at that time stated in 1847. It was Prussia, Germany was not unified as a country until 1871.
Posted By: furlover

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 12:20 AM

http://www.vorfahreninfo.de/Orte/Hackenwalde_e.htm

I've never tried to do this before, I hope link works.
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by Canvasback2
Can't find this place on a Map.

Hackenwalde, Pomerania, Prussia. I was able to trace my Great Grandparents to this place. They were born back in 1847. Is that Russia, Germany , or Poland ?



Pommern as the place is called in German is an area that was pert German and part Poland its on the baltic coast reaching about 120 miles inland. Many folks there spoke both german and polish. when it got divided a lot of the german names of towns got changed to the polish counterparts and the German was no longer used.

Hope that helps. If you need to know more, ask Koiso ... he apparently knows a lot about geography
grin
Posted By: 20scout

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by cathryn
Be careful what you ask for.

My dad did that and he wasnt.oo happy to find out we were related to a first degree murderer.

That ended his search

Had an aunt do some digging into our family tree. Supposedly we are relayed to Gen. George Armstrong Custer.
Posted By: warrior

Re: Researching the Family Tree : GERMANY?? - 06/13/22 01:43 AM

Lots of map dots all over Central Europe that no longer exists. Some of them with good documentation going back centuries.
But it's not surprising if you know the history. Those folks have been trying to wipe each other off the map before there even was history.
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