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New resources for German family history research appear on the Internet frequently. Since I teach several classes on using the Internet for German research, my handouts have become very long. Complete link lists from several handouts are now posted on the FamilySearch Wiki for easier access. These lists will be updated periodically:.  
New resources for German family history research appear on the Internet frequently. Since I teach several classes on using the Internet for German research, my handouts have become very long. Complete link lists from several handouts are now posted on the FamilySearch Wiki for easier access. These lists will be updated periodically:.  


*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Research_on_the_Internet_-_an_Overview_-complete_handout German Research on the Internet- an Overview]  
*[[German_Research_on_the_Internet_-_an_Overview_-complete_handout|German Research on the Internet- an Overview]]  
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Internet_Resources_for_Finding_19th_Century_German_Emigrants Internet Resources for Locating 19th Century German Emigrants]  
*[Internet_Resources_for_Finding_19th_Century_German_Emigrants|Internet Resources for Locating 19th Century German Emigrants]]  
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Town_Genealogies_and_Parish_Register_Inventories_on_the_Internet#Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies German town genealogies and parish register indexes on the Internet]
*[German_Town_Genealogies_and_Parish_Register_Inventories_on_the_Internet#Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies|German town genealogies and parish register indexes on the Internet]]


=== Finding "displaced persons"  ===
=== Finding "displaced persons"  ===
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Similar homeland organizations exist for the various Kreise in East Brandenburg, Posen (Poznan), Silesia (Schlesien), East Prussia (Ostpreussen), and West Prussia (Westpreussen). The [http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/AGoFF/fst/index.htm Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ostdeutscher Familienforscher] [Work Group of East German Family Historians or AGoFF] can also point you to various helpful organizations and web links for each area.  
Similar homeland organizations exist for the various Kreise in East Brandenburg, Posen (Poznan), Silesia (Schlesien), East Prussia (Ostpreussen), and West Prussia (Westpreussen). The [http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/AGoFF/fst/index.htm Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ostdeutscher Familienforscher] [Work Group of East German Family Historians or AGoFF] can also point you to various helpful organizations and web links for each area.  


The [http://www.kirchlicher-suchdienst.de/en/ Kirchlicher Suchdienst] (Tracing service of the ecclesiastical Welfare organizations) can also help in locating relatives who were displaced after 1945. More than 20 million persons are included in card files arranged by the town of origin known as "Heimatortskartei". Information about the Heimatortskartei Pommern is found [http://hinterpommern.de/Wegweiser/node77.html here].
The [http://www.kirchlicher-suchdienst.de/en/ Kirchlicher Suchdienst] (Tracing service of the ecclesiastical Welfare organizations) can also help in locating relatives who were displaced after 1945. More than 20 million persons are included in card files arranged by the town of origin known as "Heimatortskartei". Information about the Heimatortskartei Pommern is found [http://hinterpommern.de/Wegweiser/node77.html here].  


== References  ==
== References  ==


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