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My great great grandparents from Alsace

Hello I’m looking for any information on my ancestors . Would I still be able to find out where they’d lived ( street , house number ) in Dambach-La-Ville?

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Laboureur vs cultivateur in Alsace

In French records in the 1800s, was there a distinction between a 'laboureur' and a 'cultivateur' or were they interchangeable to mean a farmer?

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Records for the Colmar area prior to WWI.

According to family history my Great Grandfather had a home in the Colmar area prior to WWI. How would I research this? Land records, census records

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Moselle, France ancestors Alsace-Lorraine

I have German ancestors going back to at least 1700s from Achen and Etting, Moselle France Alcace Lorraine area. Some were married into French families.

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Living relatives in Alsace France?

Both my husband and I have ancestors from Alsace. My great grandfather, Georg Vetter, was born in Beinheim, Bas-Rhin, in 1824. My husband's great-grandmother,

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My great grandfather from Colmar was he German or French

Hi, I'm wondering about my great grand father. Was he German or french when he was born in Colmar in 1887? Thanks, THM

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Looking for info on Zehner lineage in Rauwiller Alsace

I have traced our family tree back to Henry Gottfried Zehner and Sophie Girardin to the village of Rauwiller. Their son, Henry, was born there in 1852.

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Hatten relatives

Have you ever come across the Halty/Halte family. My great-great grandparents. Thank you.

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Merckling genealogy Alsace France

I'm looking for Jean Phillip Merckling or Mirtling and Salome Peter and their families from Schillersdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace Lorraine. Also, what was

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ancestors in Schoenenbourg

Hello! We are traveling to Strasbourg in October 2025 and would like to visit the village of Schoenenbourg which is the ancestral home of my relatives.

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Looking for a distant grandmother

I have a 9th great-grandmother named Anna Woerker. I suspect that the last name could have a different variation. She was married to Thomas Elias Van Court,

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Alsace Heritage Tour: Learn about Your Family's Culture in Alsace

mulhouse 1800s photo poste

Get to know your Alsace ancestors on a special tour all about their way of life and culture in Alsace, even if you only have a little info about them.

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Adoption

My gr grandfather was adopted by an Italian couple. His obit states he was born in Alsace Lorraine France. September 27 1855.Educated in Rome, Italy. His

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Executioner lineage - where to find more?

Executioner lines 1600-1750 Alsace

Hello, As I have learned over the past few years of researching this, I felt I have exhausted what is found online. My husband has an enormous line of

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looking for birth record in St Pierre le Vieux for Gabriel Constant around 1740-1750

I am looking for the birth record of Gabriel Constant in St Pierre le Vieux, Strasbourg around 1743 His parents are said to be Catherine Longue and Gabriel

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Surname clarification needed

While researching civil records in Kientzhiem for surname Jooss, have also encountered surname Joss, sometimes for same person in a different record (birth

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Boesinger family history Alsace

I am looking for church records regarding the Jacob and Margarethe Boesinger family. They are said to have lived in Hermerswiller in the Alsace region.

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House or address of my grandfather from Haguenau & Riedseltz long ago.

Looking for any records of my Starck family from Haguenau, & earlier, Riedseltz. Charles/Carl Starck was born in 1885 in Haguenau. His father, Jacques/Jacob

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Wolgemuth family in Balbronn,France

My great grandma was Salome Wohlgemuth, from Balbronn, France. Born in 1879. She and her sister Marie Wohlgemuth came over to Pittsburgh, PA via Ellis

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Hoping to find Ritzenthaler cousins!

Some of my family & I plan to visit Alsace in June 2024, and we're hoping to see the area where my great-grandparents came from in Fortschwihr. From what

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