About us
This project was started by Al Tieman, who explained its origins in the next two paragraphs.
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 consist 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.
Those of you, who want to join, please click the "Join" link in the banner above, or contact Dave Nicolson at NicolsonCrawcord@gmail.com, and please let me know which of your lines traces to the area, particularly if it is either your Y-DNA (direct paternal) or mtDNA (direct maternal) line.
Some generalized information about Lippe / Lippe-Detmold may be seen on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe
Of possible interest, there is a public database aiming to account for all the emigrants who left Lippe-Detmold over the years for the USA. You should check it out here:
http://www.lippe-auswanderer.de/index-eng.htm
At some point the following website is supposed to have some records relevant to Lippe-Detmold, but I have not personally confirmed any are there yet. Feel free to drop us a line to note if you find any relevant records:
https://www.archion.de/en/familienforschung/
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 consist 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.
Those of you, who want to join, please click the "Join" link in the banner above, or contact Dave Nicolson at NicolsonCrawcord@gmail.com, and please let me know which of your lines traces to the area, particularly if it is either your Y-DNA (direct paternal) or mtDNA (direct maternal) line.
Some generalized information about Lippe / Lippe-Detmold may be seen on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe
Of possible interest, there is a public database aiming to account for all the emigrants who left Lippe-Detmold over the years for the USA. You should check it out here:
http://www.lippe-auswanderer.de/index-eng.htm
At some point the following website is supposed to have some records relevant to Lippe-Detmold, but I have not personally confirmed any are there yet. Feel free to drop us a line to note if you find any relevant records:
https://www.archion.de/en/familienforschung/