Ahnenforscher Stammtisch UnnaType: Non-profit
Purpose:
Our purpose is to provide a venue for interested genealogists to informally meet to share experiences and learn from one another.
Membership:
We do not collect membership dues – all events are normally free to attend.
Membership Benefits:
We offer our members both informal social get-togethers, as well as interesting and practice-oriented genealogical lectures and workshops.
Events: Calendar
We meet every first Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. in the “Landhaus Massener Heide” in Unna, Germany. If the first Thursday is a public holiday, we meet on the second Thursday of the month.
Research (or Focus) Areas:
Our members’ research focus is very diversified regionally. Many of our members also focus on research in Westfalen and the Ruhr Valley.
Research Services:
We are glad to provide tips and suggestions for research. Enquiries are read as part of our regular monthly meetings and entrusted to members who volunteer to respond to the enquiry.
Library (or other resources):
We do not maintain our own library, but work with genealogical archives in our region.
Store/Publications:
Currently we do not operate a store or publish a journal.
More Resources:
Genealogy Resources in and around Unna, Germany ! STADTARCHIV UNNA Lindenplatz 1 , 59423 Unna Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: +49 2303 103 727 http://www.unna.de/kreisstadt+unna/konzern-stadt/kulturbetriebe-unna/stadtarchiv/stadtarchiv.html thomas.wardenga@stadt-unna.de ! STADTARCHIV DORTMUND Address: Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: Märkische Str. 14, 44135 Dortmund +49 231 5022156 www.stadtarchiv.dortmund.de stadtarchiv-dortmund@stadtdo.de Address: ! AHNENFORSCHER STAMMTISCH UNNA www.ahnenforscherstammtisch.de . ! FAMILY HISTORY CENTER DORTMUND ! NEWSPAPER RESEARCH: Institut für Zeitungsforschung (Institute for Newspaper Research) Telephone:: 02307/ 236 978 Internet: E-Mail: info@ahnenforscherstammtisch.de Address: Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 5, 44225 Dortmund (Brünninghausen) 0231/ 72 50 56 28 Address: Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: Max-von-der-Grün-Platz 1-3 (ehem. Königswall 18), 44137 Dortmund 0231/ 50-23221 !BUSINESS HISTORY RESEARCH: Address: Berliner Platz 5, Telephone: http://www.martin-opitz-bibliothek.de/ ! CHURCH BOOKS Stiftung Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv Märkische Straße 120 0231 / 5417-296 Internet: http://www.archive.nrw.de/wirtschaftsarchive/WWADortmund/wir_ueber_uns/ E-Mail: http://wwado@dortmund.ihk.de/ ! MARTIN-OPITZ-BIBLIOTHEK 44623 Herne 02323/ 16 2805 Internet: E-Mail: information.mob@mob.de The library’s collection focuses on the former German eastern territories (now Poland or USSR) and the German settlements in East, Central and Southeastern Europe as well as German displaced persons. Address: Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: Bethelplatz 2, 33617 Bielefeld 0521/ 594 159 www.archiv-ekvw.de johann.melzer@lka.ekvw.de Opening hours: Monday thru Thursday: 9.00 -12.30 and 13.30-16.00 Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna January 2018 or use the fee-based online digital church book portal: www.archion.de Bistumsarchiv Münster – Archive for the Diocese of Münster (north of the Lippe river) ) Address: Telephone: Internet: Georgskommende 19, 48143 Münster E-Mail: bistumsarchiv@bistum-muenster.de Erzbistumsarchiv Paderborn - Archive for the Diocese of Paderborn (south of the Lippe River) Address: Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: Opening hours: Domplatz 15 (Konrad-Martin-Haus), 33098 Paderborn ! CIVIL REGISTRATION RECORDS Personenstandsarchiv Westfalen-Lippe Address: Telephone: Internet: E-Mail: Opening hours: Landesarchiv NRW, Willy-Hoffmann-Straße 2, 32756 Detmold Monday 8:00–19:00, Tuesday to Thursday 8:00–16:00, Friday 8:00–13:00 This special archive keeps civil registration records from today's administrative districts of Münster, Detmold and Arnsberg. These documents include copies of church books for the period 1779-1876, Jewish and Dissident Lists of 1808-1876, French-legal civil status register of 1808-1814, and copies of the civil registration records for the years of 1874 / 76-1938. |