Mein Ahnen-Pak
I have my great grandfathers Ahnen-Pak. What are your thoughts regarding this document? I'm sure they do come with human error and flaws, but how do you feel about accuracy. Each entry is certified with an official seal from a church? My thought is they are pretty accurate.
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They certainly provide information that one can attempt to verify by finding actual church and civil records.
Given the purpose of the Ahnen-Pak, there certainly was motivation for some to contain inaccuracies. I suppose they were as accurate as they were intended to be by the person creating the specific Ahnen-Pak.
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May I ask what an "Ahnen-Pak" is? Is it something I have missed out so far - or the "Ahnenpaß" issued during the Third Reich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnenpass)?
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I think many misread Ahnenpaß to be Ahnen-Pak and so it now has become incorrectly called Ahnen-Pak by some.
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Yes that picture is what I am referring too.
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That's interesting: this is not the official NSDAP-Ahnenpass (see my link above): if you (@gstodd) have a copy of this type - does it give any indication when and by whom it was issued or printed?
Also: could you, please, upload a sample page (empty if you prefer) to compare with the NSDAP version?
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The picture you posted looks like a inside cover. The inside cover of mine has the Mein Ahnen Pak title and then a place for the name of the individual who it belongs to along with place and date of birth and an explanation that if someone finds this book please return it to the address located and that expenses will be gladly reimbursed. Reprinting prohibited. The outside cover is dark brown leather like and has the title Mein Ahnen- Pak. Looks like printing and publishing was done in Berlin. My German family lived in Poland,
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