by Marc Jarzebowski | Apr 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
From place of worship to place of worship A few days ago I was back in Lübeck and on my way to the St. Gertrud district. It is named after a late medieval plague cemetery and a chapel dedicated to St. Gertrude of Nivelles, a relative of Emperor Charlemagne. The...
by Marc Jarzebowski | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Discoveries at the edge of genealogy Do you know Wünsdorf? – I didn’t know it until I found it on the map near Zossen. Zossen is a small town south of Berlin, with a pretty but much too small district court building. I recently had work to do there for a...
by Marc Jarzebowski | Dec 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Archives and Libraries The year began for me as the old one had ended: with no end to pandemic-related restrictions. Gradually, however, normality returned to archives and libraries. When I was able to pass through the barrier to the reading room of the...
by Marc Jarzebowski | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Beginnings The territory of the modern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt belongs to the oldest Jewish settlement areas in Germany. Jewish merchants are mentioned in chronicles and in royal charters for the episcopal towns of Magdeburg, Merseburg and Halle as early as...
by Marc Jarzebowski | Aug 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Homeoffice as usual Corona has also changed my work as a family researcher. At first, there was not much of that, in March and April. Because home office is everyday life for me. I spend about 80% of my time at the computer anyway, with customer contacts, writing...
