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Well, I've just started this ancestor hunt.Don't know anything really about mom's side in Hungary, but know a few things about dad's side in Germany.From what I heard from my dad,most of them were rather decent people,serving as burgermeisters,artisans, landholders,etc.
They also served in the german army. Some of them were for Hitler and others against him.
The most notable family member being Generaloberst Carl Hilpert,commander of Army Group Kurland during WW2.Far as I have been able to read about him in english,and what little I can understand in german, he was a good example to his men shared the same hardships they endured ,was very brave, and a decent fellow.Haven't seen anything yet about him ordering killings of russian civilians or jews on the eastern front.He came from an old bavarian catholic family with a long history of military and civil service to country and king.
Would love to go to Germany to Nuremberg and look at the family history book my cousins have. Sure there maybe scoundrels on both sides of the family, but I'm not concerned about it,the past is the past.
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My family's earliest traceable ancestors were pirates who sailed to Scotland, subdued the natives, and took over the land. Real nice guys. No one talks about that part when we're discussing tartan patterns, though- they just talk about how we're Scottish!
My family's earliest traceable ancestors were pirates who sailed to Scotland, subdued the natives, and took over the land. Real nice guys. No one talks about that part when we're discussing tartan patterns, though- they just talk about how we're Scottish!
Sounds like my Clan MacDonald Just a bunch of spirited lads out for a day of fun, LOL!
My family's earliest traceable ancestors were pirates who sailed to Scotland, subdued the natives, and took over the land. Real nice guys. No one talks about that part when we're discussing tartan patterns, though- they just talk about how we're Scottish!
I agree! I'm ashamed of the ones who left the birth/marriage/death records in the front section of the family Bibles blank!
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Well, I've just started this ancestor hunt.Don't know anything really about mom's side in Hungary, but know a few things about dad's side in Germany.From what I heard from my dad,most of them were rather decent people,serving as burgermeisters,artisans, landholders,etc.
Otherwise: wth? 
