My grandmother came from Dingolfing, Germany. Her mother, father, brother and her moved to the states just before Hitler's rise leaving the rest of their family behind. My family subsequently lost contact. I know there were some Nazis (a few SS officers) in my family that left for Switzerland and Paraguay. Does anyone know anything about Dingolfing's (Bayern) involvement or how I could track down my long lost relatives? I think it would be interesting. I have a photo of one in full SS uniform with RFSS cuffband and dagger etc but I'm not sure I can post it on here. It is old anyway.
2007-04-01 16:22:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
What more can I tell you?
2007-04-01 16:26:09 · update #1
Wow. I love the challenges that I can get my teeth into.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingolfing
Starting with the simplest, wikipedia gives background on the town, which is/was part of Bavaria. Like many towns in Eastern Europe, you run into changing political boundaries.. so ya gotta hop from one mindset to another.
http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/EN_DE_AR_archives.pdf
This is link to a pdf file about German archives, and reading just the few first paragraphs, you really need to do some focusing. I don't know how or if these places can be acessed online... I'd suggest googling a german translator web site, since it will probably be of use.
Via www.rootsweb.com, mailing lists exist for almost every place in the world. You might benefit from subscribing to one or more German ones. This allows you to network with others who have been working in that locality, who could have more tips.
Many people expect "all" records to be accessible online. What gets overlooked are mountains of records that are buried in old libraries or archives. This might include things like war courts or tribunals.
As for those that left, the obvious is that they went to avoid prosecution. For that reason, it is very probable that there are name changes, and ones that won't be easily uncovered. I would not overlook trying the family files at www.rootsweb.com, for the surname, since there MAY be persons who remained in Germany, who are related.
Research situations like this can be tricky, to put it mildly. I work hard to remain neutral in what I find... you may run into some who won't see it that way.
Good luck to you. You can drop me a note via my profile, if you want... I might find other sources for you if I do some in depth searches. (I checked your profile, and you don't have a way for me to get back to you)
2007-04-01 16:51:04 · answer #1 · answered by wendy c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have quite good data. Dingolfing has always been in Western Germany, so there is an unbroken track record - in the municipality and/or in the Catholic church.
Why not contact the town of Dingolfing? See the link below - and I'm sure an English e-mail would answered (choose "Kontakt").
It would be important to note the birth date and birth name of your grandmother as well as known names of any relatives. I'm sure you'll find some persons easily.
Have you already searched the WWW with the known names? Or are the names too common?
2007-04-02 22:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by swissnick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
befor the wars most people got registered in there local church's or religious institutes. you would have to get in contact with these in germany. but being that some of your relatives were in the military, you should go to a war museum and ask for the records that they have. and they might be able to advise you better then i can!
2007-04-01 16:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
diingolfing is a place that their inteligence is kept and usually no one know any about it
2007-04-01 16:26:41 · answer #4 · answered by Xers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what??? explain more.
2007-04-01 16:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by mike m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋