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German place-names used in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog are based on the German Empire as it existed in 1871. Use either "place search" or "keyword search" to see pertinent catalog entries. The state or province is listed as part of the place name heading. If a village did not have its own parish, it may only be listed in the notes of a catalog entry for the civil or parish jurisdiction it belonged. Such entries can be found using "keyword search" rather than "place search". | German place-names used in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog are based on the German Empire as it existed in 1871. Use either "place search" or "keyword search" to see pertinent catalog entries. The state or province is listed as part of the place name heading. If a village did not have its own parish, it may only be listed in the notes of a catalog entry for the civil or parish jurisdiction it belonged. Such entries can be found using "keyword search" rather than "place search". | ||
=== Using Meyers Gazetteer<br> === | |||
The Family History Library uses one gazetteer as the standard guide for listing German places in the catalog. Regardless of the various jurisdictions a place may have been under at different times, all German places are listed by the jurisdictions used in the following reference: | The Family History Library uses one gazetteer as the standard guide for listing German places in the catalog. Regardless of the various jurisdictions a place may have been under at different times, all German places are listed by the jurisdictions used in the following reference: | ||
Uetrecht, E. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F325694 <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Meyer</span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> | Uetrecht, E. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F325694 <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Meyer</span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;">s Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Riechs</span></span>]''(Meyers commercial gazetteer of the German Empire).'' Fifth Edition. Leipzig, Germany: Bibliographisches Institute, 1912-3. (FHL book Ref 943 E5mo; films 496,640-1; fiche 6,000,001-29.) | ||
Meyers Gazetteer (often referred to as Myers Orts) lists the names of places as they existed in Germany from 1871 to 1918. It gives the name of the state or province where each town was located at that time. The gazetteer is written in gothic print, which can be hard to read. | |||
Meyers Gazetter is available in digital form in the following places:<br> | |||
A digital copy of | *FamilySearch: A digital copy of Meyers Gazetter is in two volumes and is found at: part 1 A-K, {{FSbook|74680}}; part 2 L-Z , {{FSbook|74645}}. See "[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Step-by-step_guide:_Using_Meyers_Gazetteer_Online Step-by-step guide: Using Meyers Gazetteer online]" for detailed user instructions. An abbreviated guide to locating place names and jurisdictions in Meyers Gazetteer is found [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog here]. | ||
*Ancestry.com: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1074 Meyers Gazetter of the German Empire]. This version is also searchable. (For best results, use the Keyword rather than the Location search box.) | |||
The first volume of this gazetteer contains an explanation of the many abbreviations the gazetteer uses. For example, Meyers indicates where to find the civil registration office [Standesamt]. If a comma or semicolon follows the abbreviation StdA (Standesamt), the town had its own civil registration office. If it does not have a comma or semicolon, the town name that follows the abbreviation and has a comma or semicolon after it is the town where the civil registration office is found. | The first volume of this gazetteer contains an explanation of the many abbreviations the gazetteer uses. For example, Meyers indicates where to find the civil registration office [Standesamt]. If a comma or semicolon follows the abbreviation StdA (Standesamt), the town had its own civil registration office. If it does not have a comma or semicolon, the town name that follows the abbreviation and has a comma or semicolon after it is the town where the civil registration office is found. | ||
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This table shows the state or province abbreviations used in [[ABBREVIATION TABLE FOR MEYERS|Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs,]] a sample entry from the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog, and the English spelling of the state or province. | This table shows the state or province abbreviations used in [[ABBREVIATION TABLE FOR MEYERS|Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs,]] a sample entry from the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog, and the English spelling of the state or province. | ||
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