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Below are gazetteers and parish register inventories for Germany  
Below are gazetteers and parish register inventories for Germany  


=== GENERAL ===
=== General ===


==== German Empire  ====
==== German Empire  ====
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*Various volumes of Gemeindelexikon Preußen are also available on [http://books.google.com/ GoogleBooks] and the [http://www.compgen.de DigiBib] (Genealogy.net)
*Various volumes of Gemeindelexikon Preußen are also available on [http://books.google.com/ GoogleBooks] and the [http://www.compgen.de DigiBib] (Genealogy.net)


=== REGIONAL ===
=== Regional ===


A number of gazetteers and parish register inventories are available in the [http://www.compgen.de digital library (DigiBib)] of the German Society for Computer Genealogy. The are found under the tab “Digibib”. New titles are added regularly.  
A number of gazetteers and parish register inventories are available in the [http://www.compgen.de digital library (DigiBib)] of the German Society for Computer Genealogy. The are found under the tab “Digibib”. New titles are added regularly.  
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==== Bremen  ====
==== Bremen  ====


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


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==== 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, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ 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


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


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


==== Pommern  ====
==== Pommern  ====


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


==== Posen  ====
==== Posen  ====


*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2094 Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908)]
*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2094 Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908)]  
*[http://donhoward.net/genpoland/posguide.htm Posen Vital records]
*[http://donhoward.net/genpoland/posguide.htm Posen Vital records]


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


*[http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Gemeinde/gemeinde_index.html Gemeindelexikon 1885] - PDF that can be downloaded in sections
*[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
*[http://www.compgen.de Gemeindelexikon 1885] - DigiBib version


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*[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).  
*[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]  
*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://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon] - all original volumes; read online or download.
:*Anhalt  
:*Anhalt  
:*Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)  
:*Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)  
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:*Reuss-Gera (Junior Line)  
:*Reuss-Gera (Junior Line)  
:*Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line)  
:*Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line)  
:*Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen  
:*Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen


==== Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)  ====
==== Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)  ====
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*[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).  
*[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]  
*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://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  
*[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)  ====


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


*[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.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.  
*[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  ====


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


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


*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902)] - parish register inventory,  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902)] - parish register inventory,


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


*[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  
*[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  ====
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*[http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ Evangelical parish database] - includes links to other related databases  
*[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  
*[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)]
*[https://archive.org/details/staatshandbuchf01landgoog Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1907)]  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/W%C3%BCrttemberg/Staatshandbuch_1936/ Staatshandbuch (1936)]  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/W%C3%BCrttemberg/Staatshandbuch_1936/ Staatshandbuch (1936)]  
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parish]
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parish]