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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 146 Send Message	Mark	Report	31 Mar 2015 23:34
	Hi, I wondered whether, where to look online for German ancestry records, ie Bmds. I am researching a friend's family tree, and her grandfather was apparently a German prisoner of war who stayed in England So I am hoping to trace her ancestry back Many thanks Mark
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	Gritty	Report	1 Apr 2015 07:12
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,262 Send Message	a few records here: https://familysearch.org/search Also some marriages and military records at Ancestry but if you post the details you know about him we may be able to help
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,448 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	1 Apr 2015 07:21
	Very difficult to find as most won't be online My grandfather was German and I have never been able to trace his family back from before they came to the U K. You have to know where they came from as bmds are kept in the towns rather than centrally ,plus lots of records were lost in WW2 bombings I have had outside researchers looking for me too but no luck
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957