Research Assistance Request
Hi. I am trying to determine if I am related to Gruppenfuhrer Richard Jungclaus (Freiburg) 1905 - 1945. I have been unsuccessful in finding any genealogy information on him either through my family tree or by researching his name. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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@Kenneth Jungclaus Mod note: Your discussion was edited to remove personal information for privacy reasons. Please see the Community Code of Conduct for more details
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I'm sorry if I violated any rule. What personal information did I include that I shouldn't have?
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If I have found your correct lineage it looks like your most recent direct Jungclaus ancestor born in Germany was Hermann Detlef Jungclaus (9CJR-3YM) born 1831 in Lamstedt. And it appears his direct Jungclaus ancestors were all in Lamstedt for the 100 years before that.
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/20008068.
Wikipedia gives Richard Jungclaus' birth as 17 March 1905 in Freiburg (Elbe) and his marriage to Friederike Renninghoff on 10 July 1934 in Hamm (North Rhine- Westphalia).
Freiburg (Elbe) is quite close to Lamstedt (about 15 miles) so it seems reasonable that there might be some family connection but it could be quite far back. Since his birth and marriage dates are over 110 years and 80 years ago they should be public records. I did not find either readily available online so you might try contacting the civil registrars for Freiburg and Hamm to get copies of the birth and marriage records. The marriage record might be a military record since it appears he was in the military at that time.
Also keep in mind that sometimes biographies will name a nearby larger city as a place of birth rather than the actual smaller town. But I did find some older Freiburg (Elbe) records online that showed Jungclaus families living in Freiburg in the 1800s so hopefully the bio is accurate.
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Thank you Greg! I appreciate your help. I`ll reach out to the regislrars in Freiburg. I was told as an SS Officer, he would of had to provide a lineage going back 7 generations to prove his German heritage and this would be in his personnel file. But the German archives won't release his file. I found it odd that there was very scant information available in genealogy institutions. I thought it was just me being a novice at this.
Thank you again.
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