A German RootsChat?

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Nathalie,

Willkommen auf RootsChat 

 

Bob

[Jeanette H]

Hello Bob,

I have been having a look at these two forums.

............http://www.ahnen-und-wappen.de/foren/index.php
..................http://forum.genealogy.net/forum/index.php ............
Bob

However, with my very limited knowledge of the German Language, I am not sure how I would get on.  I was able to make out a few words which are of course used, or are very similar in the English language.
 
Is there by chance a language conversion system attached to these websites, as I have used this facility on various other sites?

I would dearly love to get moving on my German Family History Research, with names like:
'ECKHARDT' / 'HUBNER' / 'TACKI'
areas including: Alsace Lorraine, Frankfurt, etc.

Jeanette H.

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Jeanette,

How about putting requests on the Immigrants board, a separate one for each name, with as many details as you have.

We'll see what the folks here can do, and when we have enough information, then I'll put a query on your behalf on Ahnenforschung.org at http://forum.genealogy.net/forum/index.php 

Nathalie, a mod there, has already said that that would be OK.

Bob

[Nathalie]

Hello Jeanette,

you can write also your post in our forum in englisch. Many User understand it. If you put the post in the wrong category it doesn´t matter, we will push it to the right category.

Maybe Bob can write an instruction about the meaning of all our cathegorys and buttons in english. We can publish it in our forum and Bob can do the same here.

Nathalie

[Jeanette H]

Hello Bob and Nathalie,

Welcome to you Nathalie.
Thank you both for getting back so quickly.

Great suggestions, plenty of food for thought!

I will have a think about which directions I will take.

Firstly, I will get my thoughts and research details together, then we can take it from there.

Thanking you both again,

Jeanette H.

[Rossi14]

Hi,
I'm one of the administrators of http://forum.genealogy.net/forum/index.php 
To answer your question, Jeanette:

Is there by chance a language conversion system attached to these websites, as I have used this facility on various other sites?

Theoretically yes. Practically, it does not really work. Even if you change your language in your profile to English, the buttons are still in German. We are working on a solution for that for quite some time, as we can see there is an increasing demand from English speaking users, mainly from North America, though. At least I didn't realize so far that there were many immigrants from Germany to the U.K., thought, most of them went straight to the 'New World'.

Rossi

[Jeanette H]

Hello Rossi14,

Welcome to 'RootsChat'.
Thank you for replying to my question, I can understand how difficult this problem can be. 

There would not be a real problem with selecting the appropriate geographical / regional areas in Germany, or specific countries, even searching for relevant Surnames etc. 

The problem would be in conversing with people, and in trying to understand the correct details.

Also the main problem would be in knowing what the translations are as to which buttons to (Click on), so as to move around the Forums.

As also previously mentioned by Nathalie, in an earlier post: [/b][/i][/color]
Perhaps instructions and translations about the meanings of all categories and buttons etc, could be published in all reciprocal forums.

I guess I will have to try and brush up on a little conversational 'German'.  Which will only become more easier, the more often one attempts to use it.

Actually our Ancestors came out to Australia in about the mid-1800s.  Probably travelling via ship to England first, then transferring to another ship, for the long voyage to Australia.

Thanking You,
Jeanette H.

[Berlin-Bob]

Just a suggestion:

I've noticed that at least 2 other RootsChatters have joined Ahnenforschung.org at http://forum.genealogy.net/forum/index.php 

I know user names are always a personal choice, but it's nice to recognise people when we 'meet' them.

So if anybody else is thinking of joining, how about sticking to your RootsChat name ?
(just a suggestion  )

Bob

[SwissGill]

I used my real name for the Ahnen.de forum but when joining the genealogy.net forum thought it would be useful to use my Rootschat user name so both sides would know who I am.

I'll alter Ahnen.de to SwissGill, too.

Gill