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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 17 April 18 21:26 BST (UK) »
I just mailed Hamburg Nord in German and gave them a gentle nudge, well i tried to.
Got a mail back asking me to be patient, it could take up to 3 weeks before we get an answer.

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 04:03 BST (UK) »
Davecapps - I wondered about the hyphen myself. Possibly he put the hyphen in first as he didn't know his mothers maiden name but found out later and inserted it. That's why I wonder if her name is correct or maybe a bit made up just to get the immigration papers accepted.

I don't know how many archives survived the WW2 bombing of places like Hamburg and Dresden but possibly all his original documents were destroyed. Wonder if they had to be reconstructed from other sources?

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 04:12 BST (UK) »
Davecapps - I've just seen your previous post, thank you for the nudge in German to the registrar. You are much better at this than I am!

I do hope I will get even a tiny shred of info from Hamburg Nord, at the moment I cannot do anything from over the North Sea (or on some old maps, the "German Sea")

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 11:19 BST (UK) »
Just had a mail from Herr Schlegel, Hamburg Nord.

He verified that your request was received on the 9 April.
Processing time will be about 4 Weeks


     

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 18 April 18 16:20 BST (UK) »
Good, I can live with 4 weeks.

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 23 May 18 14:55 BST (UK) »
Hi
Did you ever get a answer from Hamburg nord?

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 23 May 18 19:50 BST (UK) »
I was just saying I'd not heard anything, to a friend today. Do they need a prod with a sharp stick?

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #25 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 07:04 GMT (UK) »
Research totally stalled! Son in law is now back on Australia and when he is settled into a job and house, I will resurrect the application for his father's birth certificate from Hamburg.

This has been going on for sooooo long. By now, I would be back to 1837 if he was English!

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Re: Germany - huge brickwall - WW2 story reads like a novel!
« Reply #26 on: Thursday 04 June 20 16:31 BST (UK) »
I've found a possible birth online for a Maria Magdalena (von) Leliwa. Maria Magdalena could be Marianna!

Her birth was in 1905 but on the margin is this note. Can some kind soul translate in for me, please?

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