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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: Loumor on Friday 22 January 21 17:48 GMT (UK)
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Looking for ancestors with the surname leistikow Germany,my dad was born in Germany but can't seem to find any records at all,his mother was waltraud leistikow can't find any on her either
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more Info would help. Names, Dates
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Waultraud leistikow born 1936 hildesheim had 1 brother gunter leistikow born after 1936 who went on to marry Rita unsure of surname or dates they had a son juergon (thomas)
Leistikow and a sister tante grata (Margaret) leistikow they were from ahbergen
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Address book search
http://adressbuecher.genealogy.net/addressbooks/search?lastName=Leistikow&firstName=&occupation=&offset=0&max=25&_action_search=Suche+starten&placeName=
Meta search. Type Leistikow in field „Nachname“ - suche starten
https://meta.genealogy.net/search/index
POMERANIA - search engine
https://serwer1735115.home.pl/wyszukiwarka/
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Here´s a list of the familys in Arbergen
no Leistikow listed
https://www.online-ofb.de/famlist.php?ofb=arbergen&lang=en&modus=
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Checked the Address books for Hildesheim, no Leistikow
Addressbücher Hildesheim
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Adressbuch_f%C3%BCr_Hildesheim
1933
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index.php?title=Datei:Hildesheim-AB-1933.djvu&page=353
1939
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/w/index.php?title=Datei:Hildesheim-AB-1939.djvu&page=390
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Waultraud leistikow born 1936 hildesheim had 1 brother gunter leistikow born after 1936 who went on to marry Rita unsure of surname or dates they had a son juergon (thomas)
Leistikow and a sister tante grata (Margaret) leistikow they were from ahbergen
Hi Loumor,
It is important to use the correct spellings for the names, otherwise you will find progress is tricky.
I expect that Waultraud should be Waltraud.
Juergon should probably be Jürgen.
"Tante" is the German word for "aunt", so Margaret was known as Aunt Grata.
Gunter should probably be Günter. (I'm not advocating making cold calls, but for your information, there is a Günter Leistikow currently listed in the telephone book for Hildesheim.)
If you can't type an Umlaut on your computer, use "ue" for "ü" (Juergen, Guenter, etc.).
Best regards,
Karen
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Thankyou all for the responses still can't find any records
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Address book search
http://adressbuecher.genealogy.net/addressbooks/search?lastName=Leistikow&firstName=&occupation=&offset=0&max=25&_action_search=Suche+starten&placeName=
Thankyou
Meta search. Type Leistikow in field „Nachname“ - suche starten
https://meta.genealogy.net/search/index
POMERANIA - search engine
https://serwer1735115.home.pl/wyszukiwarka/
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Brilliant thankyou dave
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probable 2020 death notice for Gunter in Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung:
https://trauer.hildesheimer-allgemeine.de/traueranzeige/guenter-leistikow
and Rita in 2021:
https://trauer.hildesheimer-allgemeine.de/traueranzeige/rita-leistikow
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Yes I have seen these they are correct, thankypu for sharing im so stuck on this side of my tree
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Because the year of birth is within the last 100 years or so there is unlikely to be much online. You may need to start by contacting the civil registry for the relevant towns and ordering birth, marriage or death certificates where you are sure of the date/place.
For example I have a copy of a 2023 death certificate from Germany which gives a birthplace, so it would be possible to then work back from this information. Of course information on death certificates is only as good as the knowledge of the informant.
Guide here
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Germany_Civil_Registration
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So I managed to get abit of info off of a relative willi leistikow was born in simmatzig kreis belgard 1912 his mum was called anna steinhaus and father Albert leistikow
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Simmatzig now called Smardzko in Poland.
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20815028
Do you speak German? If not you'll have to run this through a translation
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smardzko
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No unfortunately I don't speak germa
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Google chrome web browser is the easiest to use to get a translation of a page apparently, not being a techno wizard myself!
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Guide to records, in German . Some come under Schivelbein now.
https://www.pommerscher-greif.de/datenbanken/quellensuche/suchergebnisse/ortsuebersicht/?userort=SIMZIGJO73WS
The family search ones don't seem to be online, but are viewable via family search centres.
The only records I can see online are these deaths, but I am not too familiar with what is available on other Polish websites
https://metryki.genbaza.pl/genbaza,list,279563,1
It may be worth looking through in case there are any Leistikow or Steinhaus mentioned.
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Thankyou think I might need to learn germa ;D
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Hi, just found out about this Post. I'm married to Ghünters Granddaughter. Fell free to Message us anytime if you wanna know something.