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==== Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)  ====
==== Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)  ====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4JJMAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ortschaft-Verzeichnis von Elsass-Lotharingen (1880)]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4JJMAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ortschaft-Verzeichnis von Elsass-Lotharingen (1880)]  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraalsac/alsaceaz/geninfoger.htm Die Orte des Elsass] (List)  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraalsac/alsaceaz/geninfoger.htm Die Orte des Elsass] (List)  
*[http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ortenamen.htm Deutsch-französisches Ortsnamenverzeichnis]
*[http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ortenamen.htm Deutsch-französisches Ortsnamenverzeichnis]  
*[http://michel.barbier.pagesperso-orange.fr/AlsaLor-DG.html German-French place name list for Alsace]   
*[http://michel.barbier.pagesperso-orange.fr/AlsaLor-DG.html German-French place name list for Alsace]
 
==== Baden ====


==== Baden ====
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Das_Grossherzogtum_Baden_in_geographisch.html?id=GjEBAAAAQAAJ Das Grossherzogtum Baden in geographischer, naturwissenschaftlicher, geschichtlicher, wirtschaftlicher und staatlicher Hinsicht dargestellt] - Explanation of symbols and abbreviations see p. 768; alphabetical place name list follows.  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Das_Grossherzogtum_Baden_in_geographisch.html?id=GjEBAAAAQAAJ Das Grossherzogtum Baden in geographischer, naturwissenschaftlicher, geschichtlicher, wirtschaftlicher und staatlicher Hinsicht dargestellt] - Explanation of symbols and abbreviations see p. 768; alphabetical place name list follows.  
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parishes]
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parishes]
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==== Bavaria (Bayern)  ====
==== Bavaria (Bayern)  ====


*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/landesbeschreibungen-orte#1888 Amtliche Ortsverzeichnisse” (official gazetteers)] Download version available. Begins with 1877.
*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/landesbeschreibungen-orte#1888 Amtliche Ortsverzeichnisse” (official gazetteers)] Download version available. Begins with 1877.  
*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/ortsdatenbank Ortsdatenbank (place name database)] - entries include links to articles and nice maps  
*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/ortsdatenbank Ortsdatenbank (place name database)] - entries include links to articles and nice maps  
*[http://geoportal.bayern.de/bayernatlas/ Bayernatlas regional atlas] - modern
*[http://geoportal.bayern.de/bayernatlas/ Bayernatlas regional atlas] - modern


==== Berlin  ====
==== Berlin  ====
*[http://www.alt-berlin.info/ Berlin Street maps]  
*[http://www.alt-berlin.info/ Berlin Street maps]  
*[http://www.luise-berlin.de/strassen/indexstr.htm Directory of historic and current Berlin street names]  
*[http://www.luise-berlin.de/strassen/indexstr.htm Directory of historic and current Berlin street names]


==== Brandenburg  ====
==== Brandenburg  ====
*[https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/view/3315714/quellen-zur-bevolkerungsgeschichte-in-der-mark-brandenburg-bis-/3 Quellen zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte in der Mark Brandenburg bis 1945] (2012) by Stefan Rückling
 
*[https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/view/3315714/quellen-zur-bevolkerungsgeschichte-in-der-mark-brandenburg-bis-/3 Quellen zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte in der Mark Brandenburg bis 1945] (2012) by Stefan Rückling


==== Bremen  ====
==== Bremen  ====
*Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824) - [http://books.google.com/books?id=AZcwAAAAYAAJ Volume 1]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=pW0AAAAAcAAJ Volume 2] - the table of contents is at the end of volume 2.
*Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824) - [http://books.google.com/books?id=AZcwAAAAYAAJ Volume 1]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=pW0AAAAAcAAJ Volume 2] - the table of contents is at the end of volume 2.


==== Brunswick (Braunschweig)  ====
==== Brunswick (Braunschweig)  ====
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortsverzeichnis_des_ehemaligen_Herzogtums_Braunschweig_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Westphalen Place list of the former Duchy of Braunschweig in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1806-1813)] - Lists boundary changes that had happened under Napoleon
 
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortsverzeichnis_des_ehemaligen_Herzogtums_Braunschweig_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Westphalen Place list of the former Duchy of Braunschweig in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1806-1813)] - Lists boundary changes that had happened under Napoleon


==== East Prussia (Ostpreussen)  ====
==== East Prussia (Ostpreussen)  ====


*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_das_K%C3%B6nigreich_Pre.html?id=EcEzAQAAMAAJ Gemeindelexikon Ostpreussen 1905]  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_das_K%C3%B6nigreich_Pre.html?id=EcEzAQAAMAAJ Gemeindelexikon Ostpreussen 1905]  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ostpreu%C3%9Fen/Genealogische_Quellen Inventory of extant genealogical sources] - arranged by ''Kreis''  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ostpreu%C3%9Fen/Genealogische_Quellen Inventory of extant genealogical sources] - arranged by ''Kreis''


==== Hamburg  ====
==== Hamburg  ====


*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ausf%C3%BChrliche_Nachrichten_%C3%BCber_die_s%C3%A4mmtlichen_evangelisch-protestantischen_Kirchen_und_Geistlichen_der_freyen_und_Hansestadt_Hamburg Ausführliche Nachrichten über die sämmtlichen evangelisch-protestantischen Kirchen und Geistlichen der freyen und Hansestadt Hamburg] (1826) – History of Hamburg parishes with lists of pastors. Click on „Inhalt“for a table of contents linked to images.
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ausf%C3%BChrliche_Nachrichten_%C3%BCber_die_s%C3%A4mmtlichen_evangelisch-protestantischen_Kirchen_und_Geistlichen_der_freyen_und_Hansestadt_Hamburg Ausführliche Nachrichten über die sämmtlichen evangelisch-protestantischen Kirchen und Geistlichen der freyen und Hansestadt Hamburg] (1826) – History of Hamburg parishes with lists of pastors. Click on „Inhalt“for a table of contents linked to images.  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download


==== Hannover  ====
==== Hannover  ====


*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Historische Ortsdatenbank] - historical place name database; For Ostfriesland, see Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908); includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Historische Ortsdatenbank] - historical place name database; For Ostfriesland, see Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908); includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_die_Provinz_Hannove.html?id=AEfcPgAACAAJ Gemeindelexikon (1908)] - digitized together with Westfalen and Pyrmont. Hannover is on images 1-274
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_die_Provinz_Hannove.html?id=AEfcPgAACAAJ Gemeindelexikon (1908)] - digitized together with Westfalen and Pyrmont. Hannover is on images 1-274


==== Hessen  ====
==== Hessen  ====


*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_und_Standesregister_f%C3%BCr_alle_Wohnpl%C3%A4tze_im_Land_Hessen_(1939) Kirchenbücher und Standesregister für alle Wohnplätze im Land Hessen (1939)] - in the DigiBib *[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen  
*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_und_Standesregister_f%C3%BCr_alle_Wohnpl%C3%A4tze_im_Land_Hessen_(1939) Kirchenbücher und Standesregister für alle Wohnplätze im Land Hessen (1939)] - in the DigiBib *[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen  
*[http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer/parish register inventory]  
*[http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer/parish register inventory]


==== Hessen-Nassau  ====
==== Hessen-Nassau  ====
*[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen
 
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hessische_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher Kassel Church Book Archive] – list of parish registers already filmed  
*[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hessische_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher Kassel Church Book Archive] – list of parish registers already filmed


==== Hohenzollern  ====
==== Hohenzollern  ====


*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hohenzollernsche_Lande/Gemeindelexikon_1887 Gemeindelexikon Hohenzollern’sche Lande 887]  
*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hohenzollernsche_Lande/Gemeindelexikon_1887 Gemeindelexikon Hohenzollern’sche Lande 887]


==== Lippe-Detmold  ====
==== Lippe-Detmold  ====


*[http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe_orte-d.html Bilingual (German/English) gazetteer] - includes parish, civil registration office, post office and more
*[http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe_orte-d.html Bilingual (German/English) gazetteer] - includes parish, civil registration office, post office and more


==== Lübeck  ====
==== Lübeck  ====


*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on the Fürstentum Lübeck; read online or download  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on the Fürstentum Lübeck; read online or download
 
==== Mecklenburg-Schwerin  ====


==== Mecklenburg-Schwerin ====
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]


==== Mecklenburg-Strelitz  ====
==== Mecklenburg-Strelitz  ====


*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]  
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]
 
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==== Oldenburg  ====
==== Oldenburg  ====


*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Oldenburg_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer] - table
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Oldenburg_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Oldenburg Gazetteer] - table  
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/OGF/index.html Oldenburg] - list of parishes for the 1814 area of Oldenburg, with beginning date for records and expert to contact for help
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/OGF/index.html Oldenburg Parishes] - list of parishes for the 1814 area of Oldenburg, with beginning date for records and expert to contact for help


==== Palatinate (Pfalz)  ====
==== Palatinate (Pfalz)  ====


• Die Kirchenbücher der Bayrischen Pfalz ( 1925), parish register inventory, see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_der_bayerischen_Pfalz_(1925) • http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf -Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer and parish register inventory  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_der_bayerischen_Pfalz_(1925) Die Kirchenbücher der Bayrischen Pfalz (1925)] - parish register inventory
*[http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer and parish register inventory]


==== Pommern  ====
==== Pommern  ====


• Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1885 see http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=7545&amp;from=FBC Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1905 see http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7326  
*[http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=7545&amp;from=FBC Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1885]
*[http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7326 Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1905]


==== Posen  ====
==== Posen  ====


• Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908) http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2094 • http://donhoward.net/genpoland/posguide.htm - List of vital records for the Prussian Province of Posen
*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2094 Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908)] 
*[http://donhoward.net/genpoland/posguide.htm Posen Vital records]


==== Rheinland  ====
==== Rheinland  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1885 available at http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Gemeinde/gemeinde_index.html as a PDF that can be downloaded in sections, and in the DigiBib on www.compgen.de  
*[http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Gemeinde/gemeinde_index.html Gemeindelexikon 1885] - PDF that can be downloaded in sections
*[http://www.compgen.de Gemeindelexikon 1885] - DigiBib version


==== Saxon Duchies: ====
==== Saxon Duchies  ====


• For some areas, see the Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony (Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen) [in German] http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ The project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes). Use the Ämterverzeichnis to see the districts that are included in this work, http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ All original volumes of the Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon are available digitally and can be downloaded. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen for links. o Anhalt o Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) o Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) o Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen) o Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) o Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) o Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line) o Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen  
*[http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen (Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony)] - Covers some areas; in German; project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes).  
*To determine districts included: [http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ Ämterverzeichnis] 
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon] - all original volumes; read online or download.
:*Anhalt  
:*Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)  
:*Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha)  
:*Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)  
:*Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)  
:*Reuss-Gera (Junior Line)  
:*Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line)  
:*Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen  


==== Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)  ====
==== Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)  ====


• Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony (Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen) [in German] . See http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ .The project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes). Use the Ämterverzeichnis to see the districts that are included in this work, http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ • All original volumes of the Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon are available digitally and can be downloaded. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen for links. • Die Kirchenbücher im Königreich Sachsen (parish register inventory) see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Sachsen_(1901)  
*[http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen (Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony)] - in German, project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes).  
*To determine districts included: [http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ Ämterverzeichnis]
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon] - all original volumes; read online or download.
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Sachsen_(1901) Die Kirchenbücher im Königreich Sachsen] - parish register inventory


==== Saxony [Prussian province] (Provinz Sachsen)  ====
==== Saxony [Prussian province] (Provinz Sachsen)  ====


• Parish register database can be searched by localities and parishes, see http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/index.html • Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen ( 1854), see http://books.google.com/books?id=d9oAAAAAcAAJ • Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen (1839), see http://books.google.com/books?id=wQs8AAAAMAAJ  
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/index.html Parish register database] - can be searched by localities and parishes 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=d9oAAAAAcAAJ Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen ( 1854)]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wQs8AAAAMAAJ Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen (1839)]


==== Schaumburg-Lippe  ====
==== Schaumburg-Lippe  ====


• Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe / Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer, see http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NSAC/SLP/gaz.html • see also http://www.blume-gen.de/index-orte.html . Parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.  
*[http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NSAC/SLP/gaz.html Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe] - Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer; parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.
*[http://www.blume-gen.de/index-orte.html Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe] - Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer; parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.  


==== Schleswig-Holstein  ====
==== Schleswig-Holstein  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1897 see http://books.google.com/books?id=FYNAAQAAMAAJ&amp;source=gbs_similarbooks • Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908), read online or download https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=FYNAAQAAMAAJ&amp;source=gbs_similarbooks Gemeindelexikon (1897)] 
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - read online or download 


==== Silesia (Schlesien)  ====
==== Silesia (Schlesien)  ====


• Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902),parish register inventory, see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_Schlesiens_beider_Confessionen_(1902)
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902)] - parish register inventory,  


==== Waldeck-Pyrmont  ====
==== Waldeck-Pyrmont  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1905, included with Westfalen, see the addendum beginning on page 131, https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA247&amp;lpg=PA247&amp;dq=Gemeindelexikon+Waldeck-Pyrmont&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Dq1YeAIbz1&amp;sig=ZQu3Sj6wuOlWxU7ywfOMG59VrCo&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=RvP5VOPmKseRoQSnrIDIBw&amp;ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&amp;q=Gemeindelexikon%20Waldeck-Pyrmont&amp;f=false  
*[https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=Gemeindelexikon+Waldeck-Pyrmont&source=bl&ots=Dq1YeAIbz1&sig=ZQu3Sj6wuOlWxU7ywfOMG59VrCo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RvP5VOPmKseRoQSnrIDIBw&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Gemeindelexikon%20Waldeck-Pyrmont&f=false Gemeindelexikon (1905)] - included with Westfalen, see the addendum beginning on page 131


==== Westfalen  ====
==== Westfalen  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1905, digitized together with Hannover and Pyrmont; Westfalen begins with image 245, see https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA249&amp;lpg=PA249&amp;dq=westfalen+Gemeindelexikon&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Dq1YeAI5wY&amp;sig=PUO5fBSFAp-BsT9eQ5lGabnZ5Ns&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=y_D5VKjMKJH0oASEqYK4Bw&amp;ved=0CFQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&amp;q=westfalen%20Gemeindelexikon&amp;f=false • Gemeindelexikon Westfalen 1887 see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Gemeindelexikon_Westfalen_1887
*[https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=westfalen+Gemeindelexikon&source=bl&ots=Dq1YeAI5wY&sig=PUO5fBSFAp-BsT9eQ5lGabnZ5Ns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=y_D5VKjMKJH0oASEqYK4Bw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=westfalen%20Gemeindelexikon&f=false Gemeindelexikon (1905]) - digitized together with Hannover and Pyrmont; Westfalen begins with image 245


==== Westpreussen  ====
==== Westpreussen  ====


• Nice gazetteer with records inventory and links to maps (in German). Can search partial place names (at least 4 letters required), see http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/ortsverzeichnis.php  
*[http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/ortsverzeichnis.php Westpresussen Gazetteer and record inventory] - in German; links to maps; can search partial place names (at least 4 letters required)


==== Württemberg  ====
==== Württemberg  ====


• http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ - database of Evangelical parishes, with links to other related databases • Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg – several editions can be viewed or downloaded on GoogleBooks. For the 1901 edition see http://books.google.com/books/about/Staatshandbuch_f%C3%BCr_W%C3%BCrttemberg.html?id=nMsnc6NvbnUC • Same, 1907 edition see https://archive.org/details/staatshandbuchf01landgoog • Staatshandbuch 1936 see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/W%C3%BCrttemberg/Staatshandbuch_1936/ • http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon does not list parish, but gives history
*[http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ Evangelical parish database] - includes links to other related databases  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Staatshandbuch_f%C3%BCr_W%C3%BCrttemberg.html?id=nMsnc6NvbnUC Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1901)] – several editions can be viewed or downloaded
*[https://archive.org/details/staatshandbuchf01landgoog Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1907)] 
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/W%C3%BCrttemberg/Staatshandbuch_1936/ Staatshandbuch (1936)]
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parish]
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