I am descended from German people who emigrated at different times, from
various places in the old Germany, to Australia. While I acknowledge that
from an estimated 6 million German peoples who emigrated from the German
fatherland over a period spanning the middle to late 19th Century, only a
very small fraction of these people (some 200,000 odd) emigrated to
Australia or New Zealand. Most of the 6 Million people ended up in the
United States or Canada and others ended up in various parts of South
America.
In my case I have German ancestors from Mecklenburg, West Prussia,
Pommern, Brandenburg and also from near Bremen in Hanover. My German
ancestors immigrated here to Queensland Australia over a range of years
from 1862 to 1888. In all cases, the reasons for my different families
immigrating to Australia were for economic reasons not religious.
I have been involved in researching my German ancestry for around 8 years
now and the biggest single obstacle to someone researching German
ancestry from Australia is the sheer distance that this country is from
Europe.
As a matter of interest does anyone in Germany know of any of his or her
Research families who immigrated to Australia in the 19th Century.
Interested
Noel Bergman
Brisbane Australia
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