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REGIONS

We are professional genealogists working in those geographical regions in which German is or has been spoken. We are working for clients from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, France, USA, Canada and Australia.

PRUSSIA

Prussia was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centred on the region of Prussia on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. In 1871, German states (notably excluding Austria) united to create the German Empire under Prussian leadership. The following German regions belonged to Prussia until 1918: Brandenburg, East Prussia, Hanover, Hesse-Nassau, Hohenzollern, Holstein, Pomerania, Posen, Rhine Province, Saxonia, Schleswig, Silesia, West Prussia and Westphalia

POMERANIA

The former Prussian Province of Pomerania, which consisted of Farther Pomerania and the southern Western Pomerania, and former Swedish Pomerania. It resembled the territory of the former Duchy of Pomerania, which after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 had been split between Brandenburg-Prussia and Sweden.

MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg, Low German is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow.

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