1,261
edits
Germany Gazetteers: Difference between revisions
added more gazetteers
(minor corrections) |
(added more gazetteers) |
||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
The gazetteer also indicates if the town had its own parish by using the abbreviation ev. Pfk. for a Lutheran parish [evangelische Pfarrkirche]; reform. Pfk. for a Reformed parish [reformierte Pfarrkirche]; or kath. Pfk. for a Roman Catholic parish [katholische Pfarrkirche]. A Jewish synagogue [Synagoge] is indicated by the abbreviation Syn. If no parish is indicated, you must check a regional gazetteer or parish register inventory to find the parish. Frequently Meyers only gives a “see” reference, indicated by the abbreviation s (lowercase S) which stands for the command "siehe" or "see". For example, if you look for the village of Filge, county Lübbecke, the gazetteer refers you to the larger village of Levern, Westfalen for more information. | The gazetteer also indicates if the town had its own parish by using the abbreviation ev. Pfk. for a Lutheran parish [evangelische Pfarrkirche]; reform. Pfk. for a Reformed parish [reformierte Pfarrkirche]; or kath. Pfk. for a Roman Catholic parish [katholische Pfarrkirche]. A Jewish synagogue [Synagoge] is indicated by the abbreviation Syn. If no parish is indicated, you must check a regional gazetteer or parish register inventory to find the parish. Frequently Meyers only gives a “see” reference, indicated by the abbreviation s (lowercase S) which stands for the command "siehe" or "see". For example, if you look for the village of Filge, county Lübbecke, the gazetteer refers you to the larger village of Levern, Westfalen for more information. | ||
=== Other general gazetteers === | |||
Other general gazetteers include: | |||
• The Genealogisches Ortsverzeichnis (GOV) on the website of the [http://www.compgen.de/ German Society for Computer Genealogy (CompGen)]. <br>• For the areas east of the Oder-Neisse rivers see [http://www.kartenmeister.com/ Kartenmeister]<br>• For phonetic searches in the area covered by today’s Germany, use the “[http://isodp.hof-university.de/fuzzyg/query/ fuzzy gazetteer]” . Uncheck the "all countries" box to linit the search to a specific country.<br>• The [http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/LocTown.asp JewishGen gazetteer ]has several search options, including “contains”. Be sure to change the country and choose a search option.<br>•The [http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7346&from=pubstats Deutsch-Fremdsprachiges Ortsnamenverzeichnis] - place name changes for formerly German localities as of June 1919.<br>• For latinized place names use the Orbis Latinus. Several volumes/editions are available on multiple websites. Examples include a copy of [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html volume one], published 1909 (with an English interface) and the [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orbis-latinus four-volume combined set] published in 1972 (in German).<br> | |||
=== Regional Gazetteers === | === Regional Gazetteers === | ||