Germany Locating Parish Records
A gazetteer is a list and description of places. It is valuable tool to help find records for a locality. This site is a great resource for online German gazetteers. Genealogical gazetteers have been created for the following provinces:
- Bavaria
- East and West Prussia
- Hohenzollern
- Lippe (Detmold)
- Lippe (Schaumburg)
- Hessen-Darmstadt
- Hessen-Nassau
- Mecklenburg
- Waldeck
Content
Each entry may contain
- Name of town
- Province
- Kreis (district)
- Protestant Parish
- Catholic Parish
- Civil Records Office
Internet address
or search google.com for German gazetteer
Cost
Free