Feel your roots -Find your ancestors from Mecklenburg
Thousands of Mecklenburger left their home to find and live their American Dream.
Were your ancestors among them?
Do you wonder where they lived and how?
Do you want to feel your roots?
Mecklenburger - more than an origin
About 200,000 Mecklenburgers left their home from the mid-19th-century onwards. Most of them were simple farmhands or day laborers. Due to their Low German mother tongue they easily learned English. It is said that after only one generation they had adapted the American way of life completely. All Mecklenburg traits lost.
But is that really true? I believe that some typical elements still exist today. Maybe a certain dish you grandmother used to cook. Or a special expression your grandfather used to say. It also might be a typical family tradition. I invite you to find out more about your ancestors origin in my and their home Mecklenburg.