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Voelker Family Genealogy

Submitted by digicopi on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 1:17am
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Voelker Family GenealogyIn the spring of 1849 29 year old Martin Völker left his family in Sailauf Bavaria and made his way to Rotterdam, Netherlands where he boarded the ship General Harrison and sailed towards a new life in America.  After arriving in New York City on June 30, Martin made his way to Cincinnati where he married another German immigrant named Bernadina Brockhuis and together they started a family in the German section of town that became known as Over the Rhine.  More than 150 years and 7 generations later the family that Martin and Bernadina started continues to grow in the Cincinnati area and far beyond. 

Is ancestry.com worth the price?

Submitted by digicopi on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 12:18am
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ancestry.comAnyone who has used the internet to help with genealogy research, and it is by far the best way to approach this endeavor in my opinion, has bumped into advertisements for and has probably viewed the free content available on ancestry.com.  Invariably, they are intrigued as nearly any surname imaginable returns many, often hundreds or thousands, of results.  Ah, but here's the catch; you can view a small sample of data for free but if you really want to see what is behind curtain number 2 you have to fork over your credit card number.  You can buy a one-month U.S.

Voelker Family Antiquities Archive

Submitted by digicopi on Thu, 01/10/2008 - 2:28am
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Voelker family antiquities archivePerforming genealogy research can be one of the most joyous and frustrating endeavors you can undertake.  Anyone who has spent much time at all can empathize with the frustration of repeated dead-ends and the subsequent joy at finding a small piece of data that unlocks the door to a whole new room full of information.  Most often, these puzzle pieces are bits of data that get unearthed but sometimes they take other forms.  In my own research I was very fortunate to have discovered that a set of physical documents from my earliest known paternal ancestor that immigrated to the U.S.

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