Welcome! You'll benefit from reading this entire page before you do anything else. This section of the tree is my mother's family. Her ancestors emigrated from Germany and Prussia to Australia in the 1800s, but some relatives went to America.

  • This is a 'work in progress', and thousands of names, facts and sources are yet to be added.There will be errors, so please verify the facts yourself, and tell me if I'm wrong. I have not yet reviewed and updated all my early work, so in some cases, source references may be sub-standard or absent; but I'm gradually rectifying that.

  • This tree will disappear when I retire (soon!) unless your donations cover the ongoing cost of website hosting.

  • Below each person's data, note the Citations (brief source references) and follow [S..] links to Source pages, which have more details or explain how to find a document. You may need to inspect it to understand why I cited it as evidence for a certain fact.

  • Details of living people have been withheld for privacy. Please let me know if a deceased person is missing from this tree, or if I've shown a place as 'reg.dist.' (registration district) and you have documentary evidence of the exact town/suburb. These and other additions and corrections are welcome. My email address is at the bottom of the page.

  • Women are indexed under their maiden surname; but what I thought was a maiden name may occasionally turn out to be a surname from an earlier marriage.

  • Entries on Person pages are in order of ID number (*not* alphabetical by name).

  • To ensure that future generations have an accurate family tree, we must exchange information and ensure the long-term preservation of reliable data; but we must also respect privacy and copyright. If you extract anything from this site, you must comply with copyright laws by stating that it came from 'www.judywebster.com.au'.

  • You can't select / copy text on Person pages, but you can on Source pages.

  • Website URLs may change. If a link doesn't work, do a Google search for key words.

  • Please ensure that I always have your current email address so I can tell you about future discoveries.

  • Thank you to everyone who has shared family documents, some of which are irreplaceable. Special thanks to Jan RIENECKER, Jean JUDD and Barry MUCHE.

  • My family tree is divided into two parts - my Mum's side (see Surname Index here) and my Dad's side.