We are nearing the end of the Family History Scavenger Hunt, with the last prize being tomorrow. I hope you had fun learning about new websites and records during the last 2 weeks. I can continue to provide more scavenger hunt activities if there is interest, we just won't have any more prizes after tomorrow.
The scavenger hunt clues have been posted daily on the Indian River Genealogy Conference Facebook page (www.facebook.com/IRGConf), Friends of Vero Beach Family History Center Facebook group (www.facebook.com/159642411143167) and the genealogy blog at https://milesgenealogy.blogspot.com/.
The purpose of the event was to introduce you to a variety of online sources and help you learn new research sites and how to use them effectively to discover your ancestors.
Join in the fun, discover new sites, and learn how to research on sites that you may have never used before.
Answers will be submitted using a Google Form found at https://forms.gle/otUuLxS4CiLAAHjN8.
Today’s Challenge
We are now on Day #16. I hope you were able to find some useful information yesterday with the land records at the Bureau of Land Management’s General Land Office Records. Today we will explore Catholic records from central Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland and Serbia) with Matricula (https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/). You will have to read some German to do this challenge but it won’t be that hard.
Click on the globe on the Matricula homepage to see the map of where the records are from. In the search box enter Damme, Germany. Zoom in until you see the pin for St. Viktor in the center of Damme. Click on the pin and go to the St. Viktor page to learn about the history of the church.
Questions
- What is the first year that records are available for this site?
- Go to record set KB15 Taufen (baptism) 1820-1839. Select page TA_032 and find the individual born on 8 May 1822. What was his name?
- Who was the father of the person born 8 May 1822?
- Go back to the Damme page and select record set KB14 Beerdigungen (funerals) 1819-1829. Go to page B_030 and look in the Gestorben (died) column. Who died on 15 December 1821?
- On the same page, look in the Begraben (burial) column. What day was this person buried?
Bonus Points (Optional)
- Visit the Familienregister (family register) record set FR_19Jh and search the index for Heinrich Poppelmann. What page is the family listed on? Find the family’s listing. What was his wife’s name? Did they have any kinder (children)?
Hint
Knowing just a few German words can make the task easier. I have provided some translations in the questions. For more German words that are important to genealogy research visit the FamilySearch Wiki (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Genealogical_Word_List).
Action
Answers will be submitted using a Google Form (https://forms.gle/otUuLxS4CiLAAHjN8). All answers received before 8:00 pm EST on June 16 will be considered for today’s prize which is a 1-year Ancestry World Explorer subscription.
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