Book excerpt: Beginning with those who reached or were born in the New World, explore to the starting points in their or their family’s immigrations from the Old Country and beyond to the Germanic roots of these 3 family branches! This book, Volume III, starts with Carrie Dietz – born in Bavaria in 1859, she came to Indiana with her parents in 1867 and moved to Oklahoma late in her life. Using this pedigree format, the researcher can then work back in time to the known origination of these Dietz ancestors. Thirteen generations are included in this volume that spans over 4 centuries. All books in this series provide extensive information about ancestors from personal data (name, gender, birth & death dates and places, religious affiliation and even occupations if known) to timelines with the ancestor’s life events – often authenticated with transcripts from original records. As well, there is some information provided about their families along with pedigree charts for most ancestors and relationship charts between the starting ancestor and all other ancestors included. For ancestors where it applies, a DNA Confirmation section presents known AncestryDNA® matches and gives details about which children passed this DNA to descendants who match to the ancestor they have in common. This can include several generations of offspring from a particular ancestor. Note: The internal links are disabled in this online version and cross-referencing is unavailable. Download this free book to take advantage of this feature.