Content
Welcome
1m 25s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 34s
Introduction
11m 54s
1919 to 1939
7m 54s
Life in the 19th Century
4m 59s
Surnames
6m 41s
U.S. Sites
6m 24s
German Sites
22m 4s
Announcements / prizes
4m 15s
Questions / answers
19m 27s
About this webinar
This presentation discusses the turbulent history of the former German states of East Prussia and West Prussia, now part of Poland and Russia, and introduces resources for genealogical research in the region. The evolution of German culture in these two neighboring Prussian states was surprisingly divergent. Insight into the social and political history of these states is essential for successful research in the area.
About the speaker
Ute Brandenburg is a professional genealogist in Iowa City, Iowa. Born in the US and raised and educated in Germany, she is not only equally fluent in German and English, but intimately familiar with ...
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Comments (80)
Excellent presentation. My great great grandparents were from Posen in early 1800's. Their name was Hickstein.
My Ancestors came from East and West Prussia - they have been prosecuted \nby Brandenburg Hohenzollern princes, put into prison because of their loyalty to the \nPolish kings. One ancestor had been city mayor of Koenigsberg - put into prison \nbecause he refused to recognize the Hohenzollern as new ruling princes.
Thank you to Ute. Extremely interesting presentation of a very complex subject. Will be very helpful in looking further into my partner Angela's paternal line.
As my family immigrated to the US from these areas, I greatly appreciated this presentation. Is it possible for me to contact Ute for personal research?\n\nThank you
My two websites are shown on my opening slide of this presentation. You can find contact information on either website.
Very helpful on history of what happened to Prussia. Plus on how to track down family members that came from Prussia.
Very informative and interesting! I would like to see more webinars by Ute Brandenburg.
Great presentation filled with good hints and sites plus an interesting history lesson. I hope I can use of this to track my maternal ancestors.
Very well structured webinar. Ute included a great syllabus. I missed most of the live webinar but what I did see was very interesting and I look forward to watching the recording.