Active Research

After my father passed away in 2026, I started to investigate the origins of my family. Although, allegedly, many documents were lost in the war, my father had still kept many, many documents about his past mainly starting around 1945. Also, he was a passionate photographer, so he had enough pictures to fill 50 large albums.

I use the app MacFamilyTree to maintain the tree and all related information. It was App of the year in 2022, and I can fully recommend it. It enables me to describe the past of my relatives in text, diagrams, and pictures.

Scope

This is what I collect of my relatives (direct and indirect lineages):

Primary information

At least one picture which can be used as the portrait picture (no need to edit, I can do this)
Date/place of birth
Date/place/confession of baptism (names of godfather, godmother)
Date/place of residence
Date/place of death
Date/place of burial

Major events (date, pictures, place)

First day at school(s)
Graduations
Engagement
Marriage
Divorce

Documents (preferably as JPG/PNG scans)

Certificates (birth, wedding, death, naturalization)
Contracts (job, apartment lease)
Congratulation cards
Driver’s licences
Passports
Tickets
Letters

Other Pictures

Different stages of one’s life
Group pictures

Online Version

In addition to the version of the tree on MacOS that I work with, I regularly export the tree to the protected part of my homepage. You can find the entry via this page. You will need an account to access the page. If you are interested, simply drop my a line.