Surname
Database
One of the biggest problems in genealogy, and especially in German
genealogy,
is finding the ancestor's specific place of origin. If you have no
information
at all about his family, sometimes the only way to find him will be
collecting
information about the family name in general - when and in which place
it is documented -, and following these leads.
Consequently, any evidence about where a certain surname is
documented may be helpful for the research. The following files show
extracts from our databases - partly based upon the past fifteen years
of research, partly based upon extracts from publications stored in our
library. They contain:
- Surname
- Number of different places where this family name appears
We offer lookups in this database for a fee of EUR 20 per family name.
For this, you will get the full listings from our database, i.e.
including
the towns and earliest known years of appearance of the family name in
those towns. For additional EUR 20 per family name and place, you will
also get copies of the sources the information was taken from.
For an up-to-date conversion of EUR to USD, please visit http://www.fxtop.com.
The database of course is (very) far from being complete, but it
will
be built up continuously. At the moment, many of the entries refers to
Southwest Germany, the prominent area of 18th century emigration to
America;
but most of the other areas are represented, too.
Names beginning with A
Names beginning with B
Names beginning with C
Names beginning with D
Names beginning with E
Names beginning with F
Names beginning with G
Names beginning with H
Names beginning with I
Names beginning with J
Names beginning with K
Names beginning with L
Names beginning with M
Names beginning with N
Names beginning with O
Names beginning with P
Names beginning with Q
Names beginning with R
Names beginning with S
Names beginning with T
Names beginning with U
Names beginning with V
Names beginning with W
Names beginning with Y
Names beginning with Z
Last update: Sabine Schleichert,
2011 January 24