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Apr 22, 11, 18:34 #1

Hello,

I could use some advice. My great-grandmother was named Herda Anna Dorothea Schnell and she married John Robinson (British). Herda came from a family of Germans living in Poland (allied, not axis) and they had a son Ralph Robinson in 1922. I now know that my grandfather lived in Poland until he was 11 years old and then fled to Palestine to escape the Hitler youth movement.

My question is, since the family lived in Gdansk (or Zoppot, Free City of Danzig) for so long, what records would still be avaliable today?

Thank you!

valpomikeThreads: 20 Posts: 244 Joined: Apr 20, 09 ♂	Apr 22, 11, 18:37 #2
Good luck, I have been searching for years, with so far, not much. But keep at it, some day, a door will open, for both of us, and we will know. Mike

Justwondering	Apr 22, 11, 19:16 #3
Try the Evangelisches Zentralarchiv (EZA) in Berlin. They have most (?) churchbooks of Danzig on file. ezab.org/d/bframe.html

SoftsongThreads: 6 Posts: 588 Joined: Sep 2, 07 ♀	Apr 22, 11, 20:41 #4
This might help, too: http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.ceeurope.histreg.westprussia/118 .2/mb.ashx And here are other suggestions: http://www.jewishgen.org/danzig/resources.php

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Apr 26, 11, 19:18 #5
SCHNELL: German for swift ROBINSON: English patronymic (Robin's son)

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