The professional genealogist working with those on German records help me send a request for Helena Cleff's birth record and the marriage for her parents Otto and Helene (Ritz) Cleff. If I don't hear back by morning, I am prepared to continue my search on my Seidelmann line. My goal is to get as far as possible on my German lines as I don't know when I'll be able to get back here. US records are making there way online, so it is much easier to research from home or at least from the Fresno Public Library, where the Fresno Genealogical Society houses an extensive collection of US books. Hoping tomorrow will be just as productive.
Who would have thought it would be easier to trace my Seidelmann in Germany than in the US. Although I came up empty on my Cleff line in Germany, even though I knew where they were from in Germany, the records available ended before the birth of my great-grandmother Helene Cleff. Luckily I came somewhat prepared to work on my Seidelmann line. I found Peter and Magdalena (Sauer) Seidelmann's marriage and the birth records for their four children Katherine Marie, Valentine I (died at 10 weeks) and Valentin II (died just over 7 months), and Magdalena.
The professional genealogist working with those on German records help me send a request for Helena Cleff's birth record and the marriage for her parents Otto and Helene (Ritz) Cleff. If I don't hear back by morning, I am prepared to continue my search on my Seidelmann line. My goal is to get as far as possible on my German lines as I don't know when I'll be able to get back here. US records are making there way online, so it is much easier to research from home or at least from the Fresno Public Library, where the Fresno Genealogical Society houses an extensive collection of US books. Hoping tomorrow will be just as productive.
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