Directory of Surnames Resources

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Contains sites devoted to the history and etymology of a particular surname and its spelling variations, as opposed to sites devoted to the genealogy and history of individual or family lineages.

Resources in This Category

• Brefeld

  http://www.oord.org/THE_BREFELD_LINEAGE/brefeld_index_gb.htm
  Netherlands/Germany; descendants of Joannes Henricus Brefeld, b. circa 1790 in Kloster, Westphalia, Germany.

• BuentingFamily.com

  http://buentingfamily.com/
  Information including reunion planning for decedents of Heinrich Bünting and Ollie Hanssen, mostly living in the midwest United States.

• Eshbach Eschbach Family Tree

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eschbach/
  Genealogical research on the Eshbach Eschbach Eschbacher surnames in Germany.

• Genealogy in Westprussia

  http://private.freepage.de/olafschmidt/english.htm
  Genealogy of the Bomke, Stoyke, Schiemann, and Schmidt families.

• Genealogy Page of Manfred Härtel

  http://rz-home.de/~mhaertel/ahnen/ahnen.html
  Includes a family tree with ancestors mainly from southern Hesse.

• Gerber

  http://www.familytreedna.com/public/gerber
  A DNA surname project focused on enumerating Gerber families of the world and helping to find relatives.

• German Ostertag association

  http://www.ostertag-verband.de/
  Researching Ostertag worldwide.

• Goethert Research

  http://www.magazinepublisher.com/family/index.html
  Attempts to find other Goetherts (Götherts) families throughout the world.

• Göran Enderlein's Place

  http://www.enderlein.se/page6.html
  Researching the surname Enderlein.

• Grunwald Surname

  http://grunwalds.com/
  Dedicated to bringing the worldwide Grunwald family together and providing contact, support and chance to find lost ancestors and relatives.

• Gueinzius Genealogy

  http://www.genealogy.net/privat/gueinzius.h/
  Information on the surnames Gueinzius and Weintz.

• Henken Family Genealogy

  http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/e/n/Stephen-C-Henken/index.html
  Including research on surnames Henken, Georgino, Haverstrom, Johanns, Schroeder, Poschmann, Massetti, Rosener, Behr, Kuhlmann, and Muermann.

• Irmer

  http://www.irmer.org/
  Information about the name Irmer. Links to Irmer sites and general genealogical sites.

• Kastler Genealogy

  http://kastler.net/
  Database of several Kastler families from around the world, plus many individuals not yet linked to any family. Please submit your Kastler family history and help others.

• Keyserlingk Family

  http://www.keyserlingk.info/
  Brings together information on 23 generations of the Keyserlingk family, including the Baron and Count branches. It also allows for searches on the family tree and building relationship trees. It contains family history as well as information on family reunions.

• Korndorfer Family Worldwide

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~korndorfer/
  Visit the Korndörfer homepage for more information on this surname, the coat of arms, links, databases and the names of most of the Korndörfer emigrées that left Germany for either Brazil, USA or the Netherlands.

• Musburger.Net

  http://www.musburger.net/
  Site for Musburger family research.

• Ohmann

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~baillargeon/ohmannfamilies/
  Genealogy of Ohmann Family from Reinshagen, Mecklenburg, Germany to New York State.

• Origin of Names

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jbabensee/
  Babensee, Bevency, Bebensee, an accurate origin of the name provides professional confirmation translation by University Professor of Old Saxon and Germanic languages.

• Orth Family History

  http://www3.sympatico.ca/don.orth
  family history of Johann Peter Orth, born in Fürstengrund, Hessen, Germany, in 1818, and died in Wallace Township (Kurtzville), Perth County, Ontario, Canada in 1893.

• Quade - Kwaad

  http://www.kwaad.net/Quade-Kwaad.htm
  Gives information on the possible origin and meaning of the surname Quade.

• R Garbe

  http://www.rgarbe.com/
  Describes German genealogy of R Garbe. Includes Florlauken, Kosmidry, Bursian, Knorn, Augstein, Alt Ristow, Bernburg, Thielemann, Krieg, Knoblauch, and Knoefler.

• Schrank

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schrank/Schrank_en.html
  Information on the various Schrank families of Pomerania and surrounding areas (including Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, West Prussia and Posen).

• Schwiesow Family Reunion

  http://schwiesow.freehosting.net/
  Site is devoted to Schwiesow family history.

• The Frey Family

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~frey/
  A search for the ancestors and descendants of Adam Frey from Bingen-am-Rhein, Germany to Wayne County, New York.

• The Gottlieb Bartz Families

  http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/bartzfamilies/index.html
  Features the descendants of Gottlieb Bartz and his wife Pauline (Reich).

• The Kettwig Families

  http://www.kettwig.org/
  Information about the Kettwig and Kettwich families. Most families can be found in East Frisia (Germany) and the United States.

• The Wolpert Connection

  http://wolpertconnection.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
  Dedicated to the research of Wolpert and related surname genealogy, including Smith, Kincaid, Harper, Dunkle, Allandar, Wassmer from Germany.

• Von der Kammer

  http://www.members.shaw.ca/heike4/default.htm
  28 Generations of the Von der Kammer family. Includes different branches as well as noble lines.

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