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Post by AdA on Jun 2, 2015 13:23:23 GMT -5
Hi!
I am trying to get all the documents for an application to reclaim Luxembourg citizenship. I have a couple of problems there.
1- My great-great-great grandmother was born in Luxembourg between 1815 and 1839: I know her birthdate but I don't know which city though. Would you have any helpful hints where to search (to find the city)?
2- She got married to a German guy in France. I thought she would have lost her citizenship but from what a member of my family (who doesn't want to give any help, so I can't ask him for more information) said, she did not. It looks like that she was still Luxembourgeoise on 1.1.1900. Would you have any ideas where I could look to find the nationality law that applies to her case?
Thanks in advance!
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Post by hilton1 on Jun 2, 2015 13:37:34 GMT -5
Hi AdA! You can try www.luxroots.com or research the files of the www.familysearch.org. In this site you have acess to the digitalized books of Luxembourg records. So Civil as Church records. Births, marriages and Deaths. In my case too, my great-grandmother who was daughter of a luxembourger, has married a Brazilian man. son of German Imigrants. The Ministry of justice of Luxembourg ask me to send the documents. Then they will can answer about my case. Sorry for my English. I am Brazilian. If you have any doubts I can help you. Best regards. Hilton Ruthes |
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Post by hilton1 on Jun 2, 2015 13:42:38 GMT -5
Ada
See the Thread: Who has a Luxembourgish ancestor who died before 1.1.1900, see in the page two the case of Jim G. Its about marriage with a foreigner.
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Post by hilton1 on Jun 2, 2015 13:49:38 GMT -5
In the site www.familysearch.org the steps are: Click search, then records, then you click in the global map, the Europe, and select Luxembourg. Then click start to search in Luxembourg. Then you scroll down the page and select the image records. You will need to search the birthdate in the books. How, you don t know the city, it must be aleatory. |
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Post by AdA on Jun 2, 2015 14:48:11 GMT -5
Thanks very much for the help.
I had already looked at familysearch but it didn't give me anything, I'm going to the other sites now.
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Post by Helena on Jun 2, 2015 15:03:21 GMT -5
I found deltgen.com helpful.
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Post by moike92 on Jun 2, 2015 15:34:28 GMT -5
Hope you find everything you need! I tried doing research on my family when I first started this process but I had no luck finding anything through online records. Luckily my grandfather already had all the information that I needed. Good luck!
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Post by Helena on Jun 2, 2015 19:14:37 GMT -5
Other ideas: obituaries may have place of birth listed. Tombstones may also list place of birth.
I've been able to trace my ancestry back to Luxembourg without familial assistance, so it is possible.
Obviously, start with closer relatives and work your way back.
Familysearch is an awesome site. People wrongly assume that they can just input names and dates and get all the information available. No, when you know areas in which they have lived, you'll then want to scour the birth records page by page manually. It is incredibly time consuming, but it's an awesome site. So, once you suspect a town or two, contact familysearch and ask them if they have birth records for that area and how to access them. They are incredibly helpful there.
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Post by AdA on Jun 28, 2015 12:29:29 GMT -5
Thank you very much for all your answers. I found them quite helpful.
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