Leveraging MyHeritage's German Resources Effectively

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1. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Thank you so much for the great information!\n\nThank you, the maps were very helpful. \n\nThank you. The webinar was a very informative, especially in regards to what is available via MyHeritage. It will help me make the most of my subscription. \n\nThat was pretty good! I quite enjoyed it.\n\nThe maps were great\n\nThe webinar gave me insight into the timeline and how the regions were mapped out. This helps with trying to locate vital documents. Thank you.\n\nThe websites provided are a great help for me as more of a novice to genealogy. Thanks\n\nThis was fabulous! James is always such a great speaker. Thank you!\n\nThis webinar was awesome. I learned a lot and there is so much information of sites to go and research. I have just gotten one of my several lines that are German to their immigration through Philadelphia, which I didn't know was a port. Now I have lots of sources to use in my research. Please thank Jim for a wonderful webinar.\n\nthx!!\n\nUseful introduction. More specific sites and URLs with descriptions of the site contents would be even more useful. I learned a lot.\n\nVery good hints for databases on My Heritage and a lot of the unique places to look in tracing ancestors from Germany.\n\nvery helpful\n\nVery helpful\n\nVery helpful view of MyHeritage resources\n\nVery helpful! The Germans from Russia have very distinct histories depending on what region of vast Russia was settled. The Volga Deutsch to the east, in the Volga River and steppe area, were those specifically linked to Catherine the Great. That is not true for all regional groups of Germans from Russia.\n\nVery Helpful.\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative\n\nVery informative \n\nVery informative - time went too quickly!\n\nvery informative regarding German searches. Took lots of notes!\n\nvery informative with wonderful maps and notes\n\nVery interesting and helpful presentation by very well versed Mr. Beidler.\n\nVery interesting and informative. Thank you very much!\n\nVery knowledgeable \n\nVery knowledgeable and helpful.\n\nVery nice. Loats of info.\n\nVery pleased with the speaker's depth of knowledge and presentation.\n\nVery practical and concretely helpful. Really appreciate the simultaneous conciseness and comprehensiveness of Mr, Beidler's handout. Great guide for where to go in my research. I particularly valued his explanation of how Swiss Germans are linked to Communes (I will go there first for research) as well as his description of how Bavaria has two distinct patterns of records by these two segments of location. Thank you MyHertage for bringing this speaker to us! \n\nVery useful information\n\nWe should just stop with all surveys as all webinars I have attended are so great!\n\nwealth of information\n\nWell done as always\n\nwell organized, clearly presented, but not enough for newbies on how to use the German sources on MyHeritage. Mr. Beidler did say that they are great resources, but how to use them other than wait for an instant discovery?\n\nWell-presented as always. \n\nWish he'd named some sources for Bavarian records and talked more about what might be available.\n\nWonderful! Exact information I was looking for. Extremely helpful!\n\nWOW. So much useful information. Thank you very much.

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2. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Looking forward to searching for my German ancestors on MyHeritage. Great job, Jim!\n\nLots of great information!\n\nlots of information on the different German states, i.e. area encompassed, time periods, etc. extremely helpful to get started. Thanks!\n\nLots of useful information. I learned that MyHeritage has some databases that may be useful for my search for German ancestors. I'm very grateful these free webinars are available.\n\nLots of very good materials for finding my German ancestors, Thank you.\n\nMany great facts and tips given to help me find my German ancestors. Thank you!\n\nMost helpful!\n\nMy husband's family came from Germany ... Bad Boll ... southwestern area. I have done some research, but need to do more.\n\nThank you for the prize I received in the drawing!! I'll look forward to that. Barbara Bernauer \n\nNice overview of MyHeritage German Resources etc. I plan to buy his Atlas Book.\n\nOne thing that might make it more interesting is to see an example through an image. For example, show what one of the minor nobility books looks like and what you learn on that page, how the handwriting looks on those newer copied church records versus old ones, etc.\n\nOutstanding\n\nShow examples from the resources you list from MyHeritage. Some are indexes so not very interesting, but look for some examples from the original documents.\n\nSo informational; will definitely watch again, and printed out the chat log - thanks for the hint on doing that. \n\nSo informative Thank you Mr Beidler and My Heritage. Look forward to more webinars\n\nSo much good information, thank you\n\nSo very interesting! Thank you for sharing. :-)\n\nSome good leads on German research.\n\nSooo much great information. James is well worth hearing :)\n\nSuch a pleasant voice, great pace, very useful tips and handout. I'm feeling more encouraged to search yet-again for my Catholic Wurrtemberg ancestors, who came to the US [PA] in 1730s-40s. So glad to be able to watch these webinars! Merci to MyHeritage for making these free, including the handout. Much appreciated!\n\nSuch knowledge! James Beidler is a fabulous resource for any German question you may have.\n\nSuperb presenter with an endless fountain of knowledge. I have participated in many webinars with James as the presenter and I always leave wanting so much more. I never feel like I have heard it all before, in fact it just builds. More, yes more please!!

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3. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   German Records on MyHeritage by James Bielder he is a knowledgable man for sure! \n\nGerman research is one of my favorite topics (with many German and Swiss ancestors) and Jim Beidler is my favorite speaker on this topic.\n\nGives some new ideas about where to look!\n\nGood information about sources on MyHeritage.\n\nGood introduction to German research. Thank you for offering the webinar.\n\nGreat content!\n\nGreat info...I am Germans from Russia...thank-you!\n\nGreat information - thank you!\n\nGreat information very good presenter\n\nGreat information! Thanks!\n\ngreat information!!!!! Thank You\n\nGreat information. Thank you!\n\ngreat overview what MyHeritage offers for German search\n\nGreat resources discussion\n\nGreat resources for my German ancestors and those of my husband also. Thank you.\n\nGreat resources.\n\nGreat speaker and information. Found a couple of new items to check out. Thank you.\n\nGreat!\n\nGreat! I always learn so much from him. Thank you!\n\nGreat! I had hit a wall with my German relatives; I now have new options to explore.\n\ngreat! Thank You very much\n\nGreat!!\n\nGreat. Email follows!!!\n\nHe definitely knows his stuff!!!\n\nHe is a great speaker. I have seen him in person. \n\nHe is always a good speaker and entertaining. \n\nI appreciated having my question selected. He offered several suggestions for following up to gather more information. I heard about new sources of information I was not familiar with for my German ancestor search. I am pleased I took time for this webinar. It was definitely useful and interesting to me. Presenter was clear and organized. Handout was a real plus. I will request second handout as well. \n\nI appreciated knowing about German resources on MyHeritage - I had no idea!\n\nI could listen to him for days\n\nI do not have My Heritage, so left the webinar early\n\nI enjoyed a great deal and look forward to using the information and websites as well as the bibliography. Thanks much.\n\nI got some good info here although my ancestors did not come to the US.\n\nI have his books, but James has a wealth of information on a country with a very busy history! Would love to hear more from him in the future. Migration waves and ports of departure and arrivals would help tracing back. I have a group in NC that we are trying to trace back to PA in the 1700s which is quite a challenge.\n\nI liked learning about specific resources in Germany.\n\nI LOVE learning about German ancestry & resources. Jim Beidler is a wonderful instructor who expresses his knowledge with great ease and makes his lectures interesting & memorable. Excellent job!\n\nI really enjoyed listening to this meeting. My grandfather’s family came from Germany.\n\nI really enjoyed this webinar. It may have inspired me to get off my lazy rear & start researhing again, particularly when libraries open again. Thank you!!\n\nI thought it was very good\n\nI will watch this again!\n\nI would like to have seen an example of how to FIND the databases and do a search on My Heritage. I can only assume that you go to Collection Catalog then select Europe and then do a search for Germany? That seems to work, but was not very intuitive... and there may be an easier way.\n\nI'll buy his book!\n\nI'm glad he encouraged people to write emails with other questions or for the other handout if they want it.\n\nInteresting and easy to follow. I just might find my 4th-gr-grandmother's date of birth, her maiden name, and which Matthias Blust she married. Thank you!\n\nInteresting and informative.\n\nIt was great! \n\nIts not easy to find the links discussed. Please put everything in one place\n\nJames Beidler is an excellent speaker and very knowledgeable about his subject. \n\nJames is great for Germany. He knows everything about them. His books are excellent, too. I always learn new things from him.\n\nJim Beidler's webinar was really terrific and I appreciate the handout.\n\nJim gave great answers to questions. I always learn from him!\n\nJust where I need to look! Great timing. Love the maps.\n\nlearned a lot about where to find things about my ancestors

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4. LT

   Legacy Family Tree

   5 years ago

   Clear explainations. Well organized presentation. \n\nA lot of great ideas for searching! \n\nA very good webinar with many useful links and suggestions to find my German ancestors.\n\nAlthough the information was good, I've been working on German Genealogy for 20 years, and I anticipated a more in depth seminar. Although some of the websites mentioned were not known or used by me, much of the info that would be gleaned from his websites I have found already. Thanks --I'll check these websites out, \nand probably learn more!\n\nalways enjoy webinars and articles by Beidler\n\nAnother excellent webinar :) off to spend the day doing more research on my Lankow ancestors who came to New Zealand from Mecklenburg.\n\nAnother excellent webinar from James Beidler. Thank you! There's so much information in his webinars and it's hard to catch it all at one time so I'm glad they stay at LegacyFamilyTree webinars to be watched again. \n\nAnother great webinar. It helped me decide that I must get a subscription to My Heritage, as there are so many benefits I was unaware of. As always, a BIG thank you.\n\nAnother very interesting, very helpful webinar. He is very good.\n\nAs I have found out that I have more German than I first thought this will be very helpful. Thanks.\n\nAs usual, Jim Beidler made a great presentation with plenty of helpful information.\n\nAusgezeichnet!\n\nBecause this is an area that I have tried to connect my local research to (mostly unsuccessfully), I really had interest in participating today. Great reminders! Thank you.\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of great information for helping to find our German ancestors.\n\nExcellent\n\nexcellent\n\nExcellent as always!\n\nExcellent info - I learned about some databases on MyHeritage that I didn't know about.\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information!\n\nExcellent information.\n\nExcellent information....could be longer!!!!\n\nExcellent list of resources data bases and search srtategies\n\nExcellent presentation in all respects.\n\nexcellent presentation. James Beidler is very knowledgeable and I enjoy his webinars. Plan on watching this one again since there is so much to absorb!\n\nExcellent presentation. Thanks MyHeritage!\n\nExcellent presentation. We have been doing German Research for over 25 years and learned a lot from from your well organized detailed charts. We were fortunate to get a copy of Ahnen-Pak from a Koepp relatives because who father had to serve in the German Army.\n\nExcellent presenter. Though I have a lot of German genealogy resources, James provided me with some new suggestions. Thanks!\n\nExcellent webinar -- very informative!!\n\nExcellent webinar, fantastic speaker and great talk - learned a lot! Thank you!\n\nExcellent! Thanks!\n\nExcellent!!\n\nExcellent!! Great speaker and interesting topic. Thank you for another great webinar.\n\nExcellent...so much material to work with\n\nExcellent; easy listening … I did not fall asleep !!\n\nFantastic information on the types of records to look for when researching German ancestors. Lots of ideas to incorporate into my search for information on my ancestors. Thanks!

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