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From: "Molan, Gary" <>
Subject: Re: Genealogy
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 12:45:00 E


TPavlinac wrote:

>Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 02:57:32 GMT
>From: TPavli5947 <>
>Subject: genealogy

>how do I get started? I feel that I have a very unique last name,
>Pavlinac!
>Please help.

>THANKS!!

Hi,

Your letter is similar to Terry's so I am giving you the same advice.

There are 6 Pavlinac families in Germany. I am including a list at the end
of
this e-mail. They are available from the Germany phone disk on-line
(www.teleinfo.de).
They predominantly come from Ertingen. You can write directly to see if
there is a
connection.

The better way to determine where the family comes from is to talk to
all of the old family members that are still alive. There might be
some oral tradition that the family is Bavarian, Prussian, etc.

Next, start with the 1920 Census. It is soundexed for all inviduals. One
of the
questions asked was if the person was born in the U.S. You should be
able to find your Grandparents and possibly great grandparents in this
Census.

Next would be the 1900 Census which is also soundexed for all individuals.
Again
it asked if the person was born in this country and where their parents
were born. It also asked how many years were the people married and the
month and year of birth of each person. If the person was foreign born, it
asked how many years in this country. You build the family groups by using
these
Censuses. The 1880 Census was also soundexed only for families with
children
under age 10. The 1870, 1nd 1910 census generally will have to be searched
manually.

You will probably find the place of birth for your ancestor from the
marriage record of the immigrant ancestor or the christening statement
of the children. Also once you figure out the approx. year of immigration,
you can look for the person in Germans To America. This series indexes
most German immigrants from about 1850 through currently about 1885,6 or 7.
It
is available at many librarys with large Genealogical collections.

If the immigrants passed through Hamburg, there are the Hamburg Passenger
lists (available at your local FHC through loan) which would give the last
residence of the ancestor in Germany.

This should get you started, if you need more specific advice, feel free to
e-mail me. I would be happy to help further.

Good Luck,
Gary Molan

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