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Heimatkreise, or “homeland organizations” exist for various Pomeranian counties in Germany today. They strive to preserve both the cultural heritage and historical materials, and facilitate communication among their members through regular get-togethers, newsletters, and special interest groups. Members include those who were born in the respective Kreis or had their permanent residence there, as well as their descendants. Many groups have homepages on the Internet ( usually in German), which can be located by entering “Heimatkreis + [county name] “ in a search engine such as www.google.de. The Heimatkreis may be able to help you locate relatives or others who came from the same area as your ancestors. See http://heimatkreis-schlawe.de/index.php for an example of a Heimatkreis homepage. Reunions of former residents of various villages are listed in a calendar. This page also includes links to village pages and pages of interest to the genealogist.  

The genealogical society for Pomerania, the Pommerscher Greif, has volunteer research specialists for many Kreise [counties], who know about available sources and strive to encourage dialog between researchers. A contact [Ansprechpartner] list is found at http://www.pommerscher-greif.de/aktiv/ansprechpartner.htm .