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Ahnenforschung in OWL…und ab und an auch mal darüber hinaus…

Blog by professional genealogist Angela Schwentker about genealogical research in Germany, especially in Eastern Westphalia and Lower Saxony. Written in German.

Auswanderung aus Lippe / Immigration from Lippe to the USA

Including a database with more than 15,000 individuals from Lippe-Detmold.

FamilySearch Wiki - Lippe, German Empire Genealogy

GenWiki - Portal:Westfalen-Lippe

Lippe Detmold, DE (FamilyTreeDNA)

The scope and purpose of this Geographical DNA Project is to offer help to those reseachers who can either trace their ancestral roots to, or currently live in what was the former Principality of Lippe. Although there is a German DNA Project, the Lippe Detmold Project is designed to offer a more confined geographical area of research. Currently Lippe consists of roughly 481 square miles, this is walking distance. I originally started a DNA SURNAME PROJECT, which I still administer. Due to the German practice of changing surnames with the transfer of real-estate, either by purchase or inheritance through a female spouse, this project made sense to me. Historically Lippe has existed as a country since 1123 and was once an independent state within the Holy Roman Empire,later, it was incorporated into Prussia. Lippe was elevated to the satus of Principality from 1789 to 1949, it is now part of the state North Rhein-Westphalia. In the 19th Century 20,000 people from Lippe emigrated to the the Americas, mostly to the United States and Canada.

Nordrhein-Westfalen -- North Rhine-Westphalia (WorldGenWeb)