[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Vergissmeinnicht booklet

[Omar W]

What I have found in my research is "family Bibles" .. in these bibles there
were pages were the owner could record ancestors, births, deaths and
marriages. In one case, my Krebs family, I found information stretching back
five generations, complete with locations and dates. It was quite the find.
Another only had 3 generations, still very exciting to find. I think it was
fairly common for families to keep this information ... other in the forum
may know more.
Omar Welke
Guelph, On

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ancestors" <ancestors at telusplanet.net>
To: "SGGEE Messages" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:32 PM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Vergissmeinnicht booklet


> A relative mentioned a booklet that was in the possesion of his aunt. He
> thought that the origin was his grandfather's. In it there were birth
dates of
> ancestors going back several generations to 1810. Does any know if this is
a
> normal custom among Germans that lived in Russia? Have others seen this
type
> of booklet before? I would be interested in hearing similar stories.
>
> Dwayne
>
> http://www.geocities.com/ancestors/Volhynia
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by
> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org
> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv