Which Johann Christoph is Mine?

Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA
Oct 23, 2024
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About this webinar

Researching in a native country is hard. Researching in Germany? Even harder. When every family in town shares a surname and all the sons are Johann Christoph or Gerhard, and all the daughters are Maria or Margarethe, how do we distinguish among them? What are the tools we can use to figure out which Johann Christoph is mine?

About the speaker

A genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealog...
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  1. JH
    Jen Hupf
    1 year ago

    Judy is always such a great presenter. Today's webinar was full of great techniques to distinguish between same-named people in our trees.

  2. KG
    Kathleen A Gaige
    1 year ago

    Judy Russell always excellent.

  3. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    This was helpful. I am not struggling with German (yet) but with the English.Scott side - John and Mary Smith

  4. RD
    Rosalyn Dowling
    1 year ago

    Great webinar! Very informative & interesting! Judy is the best! Thank you!

  5. BM
    Bill Moore
    1 year ago

    Great webinar! Judy is always able to take a complex problem and break it down into understandable steps.

  6. JV
    Jeffrey Vaillant
    1 year ago

    wonderfully exhausting presentation

  7. NC
    Nancy Cutway
    1 year ago

    Great!

  8. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Great explanantion of your analysis of ancestral records.