tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post445155413138524114..comments2024-03-18T04:14:44.770-05:00Comments on The Dead Relative Collector: Weerts... My own neglected SurnameNick Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765069683773652161noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-9521724266822624722017-08-23T23:41:08.700-05:002017-08-23T23:41:08.700-05:00I have been using many German grave sites and it l...I have been using many German grave sites and it lets me translate to English. My ancestors are from Ostafriesland. I have ancestors with the first name of Weert. I had my DNA done through Ancestry.com. It has helped me and my cousins a lot. You might found out you are more Dutch than German? The borders switched eons ago after war. I have relatives from Petkum. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08054974230876224083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-36577801575637867112015-11-13T14:21:43.675-06:002015-11-13T14:21:43.675-06:00These heritage book are like population reconstruc...These heritage book are like population reconstructions. They're created by people who specialize in research in the area. Unfortunately, these books mostly do not contain source citations so there's no way to assess the quality of the underlying research. Yvette Hoitinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807310204372870735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-64526960536603795182015-11-13T14:16:19.711-06:002015-11-13T14:16:19.711-06:00It wouldn't surprise me if the Weerts info cam...It wouldn't surprise me if the Weerts info came from the online "Ortsfamilienbuecher" at Genwiki.de (local heritage books). The profile for your immigrant ancestor is here: http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=petkum&ID=I7094&nachname=WEERTS&modus=&lang=en You can go to the books of other towns in the top right corner, which will give you more ancestors. <br /><br />Enjoy :-)Yvette Hoitinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807310204372870735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844447851381618050.post-49050715631811842552013-12-08T05:49:26.912-06:002013-12-08T05:49:26.912-06:00hi my great great grandmas name was goldie c.weert...hi my great great grandmas name was goldie c.weerts she lived in Peoria il.and married my grandpa Patrick j. curran who passed away in 1913 and then a man with the last name fleugel-her dad was Anderson weerts -the 3 male weerts generations above that were johann George weerts- johann Jacob weerts then johann Christian WIRTH- we are german slavaky and jewish and dutch-then my grandpa curran added irish-found your blog interesting :)kellieshouldbesleepinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862321174257563830noreply@blogger.com