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*The population size. | *The population size. | ||
* | *Boundaries of civil jurisdiction. | ||
* | *Longitude and latitude. | ||
*Distances and direction from other from cities. | |||
*Schools, colleges, and universities. | |||
*Denominations and number of churches. | |||
*Major manufacturing works, canals, docks, and railroad stations. | *Major manufacturing works, canals, docks, and railroad stations. | ||
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Höpker, H. ''Deutsches Ortsverzeichnis: unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der zuständigen Standesämter (German gazetteer of civil registration offices).'' Frankfurt/Main: Verlagfür Standesamtswesen, 1978 reprint of a 1930 edition. (FHL book 943 E5h.) In part one (pp. 1-310), any locality with an asterisk (*) has a civil registration office. The civil registration office for towns without the asterisk is shown immediately following the double ring (4). In part two (pp. 313-66) the civil registration offices for areas Germany lost after World War I are shown. | Höpker, H. ''Deutsches Ortsverzeichnis: unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der zuständigen Standesämter (German gazetteer of civil registration offices).'' Frankfurt/Main: Verlagfür Standesamtswesen, 1978 reprint of a 1930 edition. (FHL book 943 E5h.) In part one (pp. 1-310), any locality with an asterisk (*) has a civil registration office. The civil registration office for towns without the asterisk is shown immediately following the double ring (4). In part two (pp. 313-66) the civil registration offices for areas Germany lost after World War I are shown. | ||
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*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Online_German_Gazetteers Online German Gazetteers] includes links to regional gazetteers and parish register inventories by historic state | *[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Online_German_Gazetteers Online German Gazetteers] includes links to regional gazetteers and parish register inventories by historic state | ||
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This table shows the state or province abbreviations used in [[ABBREVIATION TABLE FOR MEYERS|Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs,]] a sample entry from the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog, and the English spelling of the state or province. | This table shows the state or province abbreviations used in [[ABBREVIATION TABLE FOR MEYERS|Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs,]] a sample entry from the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog, and the English spelling of the state or province. | ||
=== Lutheran and Catholic Parishes === | |||
To locate Lutheran and Catholic parishes as well as civil registration offices in Schleswig-Holstein, please use the Gemeindelexikon Schleswig-Holstein. FHL call number 943 E5kp or FHL film number 806635 Item 3.<br>Here is a diagram showing the column headings in German and their English translations: | |||
[[Image:Gaz Headings2.jpg|border|600px]] [[Image:Gaz headings.jpg|border|600px]] | |||
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