From the Life of the Colditz Mayor: Georg Leuschner (1549-1620)

For anyone doing genealogical research on the Leuschner family or the area of Colditz in the 16th or 17th centuries, this document may provide valuable insight. Dr. Johannes Loschke was a descendant of Georg Leuschner. Loschke lived more than 350 years after Leuschner, but had enough material from the family’s own archives to delve into history on a solid footing.

Genealogical research has been improved and facilitated greatly by the growth of online software and platforms for creating family trees. Along with that, the sharing of previously “family only” documents has become common. As our ancestries began to link and correspond with those of people we previously had no idea even existed, many of these private and exclusive documents began to come into public view.