Don't give up on finding your German ancestors

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Kiwibrit,

the most likely source is the Standesamt(Register Office) in Berlin.

there is a web page (german only) at
http://www.berlin.de/standesamt1/aufgaben/index.html

with postal and e-mail addreses.
( And this one translated to English by Google: http://www.rootschat.com/links/024g/  )


A letter might help, but you will probably need to verify that you are a direct descendant.

Bob

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I have repeated this answer, as I have now split the topic.
see also:
Topic: GERMANY: BMD certificates
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,264259.0.html

[Jan Prit]

Good Afternoon all, I hope I have the right message board for my ancestor Alice unknown surname, came from Bavaria Germany born around 1742 and settled in Westminster London, she married a John Bunkell around 1760 or earlier, children Susanna Bunkell, born 9/9/1761 St. James Piccadilly, William Bunkell (Gulielmum) born 27/3/1765 bap. 4/4/1765 Bavarian Chapel In Soho Westminster Warwick St. Lady of the Assumption and St. Gregory R.C. Chapel parents John and Alicia Bunkell, changed their religion to C.of E. death date 15/7/1847 St. John the Baptist Hoxton Middlesex my ancestor is Frances Bunkell born 27/9/1767 bap. 18/10/1767 marriage to a William Conway from Christ Church Spitafields, burial date 2/2/1837 St John Hackney UK. Middlesex. Parents burial dates John Bunkell 27/11/1791 St. James Piccadilly, Alice Bunkell 19/4/1811 Shoreditch Hackney. Would anyone be searching for this family.

Regards,
Janet

[Mowsehowse]

What a great tale LOO, I am very happy your persistence has paid off for you. 

I use free automatic translators on Google, which provide a good base line to work from.

I am interested that you seem to have found so little of your family history on-line for so long.

It has been my experience that my German Protestant and Catholic lines were found easily on FamilySearch (free) and Ancestry (free during Covid crisis). Some records go back several hundred years!

There is far less on those sites for my Jewish Ancestors of course, as most digitising has worked from church records, but it is always worth searching there to start. More is put on-line regularly so it is worth running searches every few months. 

I have made marvellous progress using: MyHeritage, the Arolson Archives, Yad Vashem, Geni, Mappingthelives and the American Holocaust Museum. 

[davecapps]

Hi Janet
- where did you get your dates from?
- what documents do you already have?

Ancestry has Alice´s death in 1811 aged 85. That would mean born 1726 and not 1742

Dave

[pb_devon]

Janet,
I cannot answer your query.
However I strongly suggest you start a new thread specifically for your query, as your enquiry is lost under this generic title.
Title should contain Country, time frame and a name/s.
Will catch attention far more.
Good luck.

[Jan Prit]

Thanks for your help, found a lot on Ancestry and other researches who are connected to my family. Feeling a bit tired at the moment been searching for a long time. Thanking you.

Regards,
Janet