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If your ancestor's town is the subject of one of these books, you will probably be able to easily trace his or her family back many generations. Since it is compiled information, you should verify it whenever possible. These books usually list only families whose members were born or married or died in the town. Some regions of Germany have more than others; Baden, Württemberg, and Hannover have the most. | If your ancestor's town is the subject of one of these books, you will probably be able to easily trace his or her family back many generations. Since it is compiled information, you should verify it whenever possible. These books usually list only families whose members were born or married or died in the town. Some regions of Germany have more than others; Baden, Württemberg, and Hannover have the most. | ||
A list of on-line Ortssippenbücher ( | A list of on-line Ortssippenbücher (fully searchable online)available on www.genealogy.net is found at: | ||
http:// | http://www.online-ofb.de/ | ||
However, other websites also host compiled genealogies. Some regional genealogical societies have published town genealogies. For example, ''Die Maus'', the Bremen area genealogical society, includes about thirty town genealogy databases on its website http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/maus/datenbanken/index.php?lang=de . | |||
A list of published Ortssippenbücher is found at: | A list of published Ortssippenbücher is found at: | ||
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuchindex/html | http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuchindex/html | ||
For more information on digital town genealogies see | |||
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Town_Genealogies_and_Parish_Register_Inventories_on_the_Internet#Bibiographies_of_Town_Genealogies. | |||
Some of these books are indexed in the composite indexes described in the “Periodicals” section. Below is listed an important bibliography of 668 village lineage books in alphabetical order by town name: | Some of these books are indexed in the composite indexes described in the “Periodicals” section. Below is listed an important bibliography of 668 village lineage books in alphabetical order by town name: | ||