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Some places in Germany have the same or similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the government district it was in, and the jurisdictions where records about him or her were kept. | Some places in Germany have the same or similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the government district it was in, and the jurisdictions where records about him or her were kept. | ||
Gazetteers can also help you determine county jurisdictions used in the | Gazetteers can also help you determine county jurisdictions used in the FamilySearch Catalog. | ||
=== Finding Place-Names in the | === Finding Place-Names in the FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
German place-names used in the Place Search of the | German place-names used in the Place Search of the FamilySearch 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". | ||
=== Meyers Gazetteer === | === Meyers Gazetteer === | ||
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[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister], is a website that contains 88220 locations with over 38.200 name changes once, and 5,500 twice and more. All locations are EAST of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: East Prussia, including Memel, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia.<br> | [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister], is a website that contains 88220 locations with over 38.200 name changes once, and 5,500 twice and more. All locations are EAST of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: East Prussia, including Memel, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia.<br> | ||
Additional gazetteers and similar guides to German place-names are listed in the Place Search of the | Additional gazetteers and similar guides to German place-names are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
GERMANY - GAZETTEERS | GERMANY - GAZETTEERS | ||
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*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_Bezeichnungen_polnischer_Orte de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_Bezeichnungen_polnischer_Orte]. | *[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_Bezeichnungen_polnischer_Orte de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_Bezeichnungen_polnischer_Orte]. | ||
=== German States and Provinces in Meyers Gazetteer and the | === German States and Provinces in Meyers Gazetteer and the FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
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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 | 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 FamilySearch Catalog, and the English spelling of the state or province. | ||
{{Germany|Germany}} | {{Germany|Germany}} | ||
[[Category:Germany]] | [[Category:Germany]] | ||