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Offline Lambendsor (aka IGS)

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A German RootsChat?
« on: Friday 17 August 07 16:34 BST (UK) »
This site seems to be the German equivalent to RootsChat (though on a somewhat more modest scale):

http://www.ahnen-und-wappen.de/foren/index.php

Has anyone with German roots discovered anything else like this?
ENDSOR: Tamworth/Manchester
LAMB: Leeds/Manchester
SMITH: Manchester
HOLMES: Kirk Ireton/Manchester
WORTHINGTON: Middleton/Manchester
SHORROCK: Manchester
BROOKS: Wilmslow/Knutsford
By marriage in Manchester: BAXENDALE, DODD, EYERS, FIRTH, FISHER, FO(R)STER, HARGREAVES, J(A/E)RVIS, McKEOWN, OSBALDESTON, PICKWELL, PODMORE, SCHOFIELD, SHALLCROSS, STONES, WALKER
GREY, DOYLE, GOLDEN, MONAHAN: Ireland
HAWE, FRENEY, NARY: Co. Kilkenny
DONOHO and variants: Co. Longford

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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 18 August 07 14:18 BST (UK) »
Hi IGS,

thanks for posting that link.

I've been having a look and it looks interesting. 

I'm wondering whether I should suggest a 'kulturaustausch', a cultural exchange - we put some of our "immigration from Germany" queries on their forum, and they put any "emigrated to England, or countries in our Emigrants board" queries on RootsChat.

I'll contact their webmaster and see what he says.

Bob
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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 18 August 07 14:55 BST (UK) »
e-mail sent, wait and see  :)
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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 18 August 07 16:56 BST (UK) »
That would certainly come in handy. I don't speak or read German, but the site resembles RootsChat enough that, illiterate or not, I was able to register and to post a query (albeit in English).
ENDSOR: Tamworth/Manchester
LAMB: Leeds/Manchester
SMITH: Manchester
HOLMES: Kirk Ireton/Manchester
WORTHINGTON: Middleton/Manchester
SHORROCK: Manchester
BROOKS: Wilmslow/Knutsford
By marriage in Manchester: BAXENDALE, DODD, EYERS, FIRTH, FISHER, FO(R)STER, HARGREAVES, J(A/E)RVIS, McKEOWN, OSBALDESTON, PICKWELL, PODMORE, SCHOFIELD, SHALLCROSS, STONES, WALKER
GREY, DOYLE, GOLDEN, MONAHAN: Ireland
HAWE, FRENEY, NARY: Co. Kilkenny
DONOHO and variants: Co. Longford


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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 24 August 07 10:43 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the link. Have also registered and noticed that some posts written in English have been answered (in English).

Gill

Whitlow: Witton-cum-Twambrooks/Northwich
Bowers: Marthall, Siddington, Cheshire
Owen: Cheshire
Pfisterer (Fisher): West Riding Yks 1850-1875
Fisher (Pfisterer): Des Moines, Iowa 1886-
Wallis: West Riding Yks/Des Moines, Iowa, 1892-
Heinzmann: Hull/Northwich
Pfisterer, Heinzmann, Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg
Brueck: Kocherstetten B-W
Volpp: Morsbach B-W
Schluchterer: Künzelsau, B-W

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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 26 August 07 08:25 BST (UK) »
no reply yet to my email to http://www.ahnen-und-wappen.de/foren/index.php

I've registered with them, and put on a query which was answered fairly quickly.


I've now also registered with Ahnenforschung.org at http://forum.genealogy.net/forum/index.php

this seems to be a much larger forum, judging by the number of "new posts" per hour.
I've started two topics here, and both were replied to pretty quickly.

I made a similar suggestion to one of the mods there, about a 'kulturaustausch', a cultural exchange - we put some of our "immigration from Germany" queries on their forum, and they put any "emigrated to England, or countries in our Emigrants board" queries on RootsChat.

She likes the idea and will pass it on to their mods/admin to discuss.

More on this later !


First impression in both forums:
not so "welcoming" as RC, i.e. no "Welcome to ...", which usually happens in RootsChat, but, as I said, the replies came fairly soon after posting.  (Reminds me of my first impressions of RootsChat, before the "Lighter Side" started up  ;D )

The style in http://forum.genealogy.net/forum/index.php seems to be a bit more relaxed, on  ahnen-und-wappen there seems to be more of the the formel Sie for you; on forum.genealogy.net there's seems to more of the informal du

Bob
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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 26 August 07 09:58 BST (UK) »

I made a similar suggestion to one of the mods there,


She is already here  ;D

Greetings from lower saxony

Nathalie

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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 26 August 07 10:02 BST (UK) »
Welcome to rootschat. :D
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: A German RootsChat?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 26 August 07 10:14 BST (UK) »
Thank you.

It´s true that in german genealogy-forums it is not usual to welcome new users. I don´t know why - in other german forums this is obvious.

I say welcome to them when i answer to their first post.

But I will tell your critisicm to the other mods. Perhaps we can create a new sub-forum to welcome the users. I like the idea!

Nathalie

(sorry for my english, i left school a long time ago  ;D )