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Finding Aids for German Records (view source)
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[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/872 '''Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!'''] and [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/401 '''Finding Places in the Former German Areas of Poland Using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com'''] | [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/872 '''Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!'''] and [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/401 '''Finding Places in the Former German Areas of Poland Using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com'''] | ||
=== | ===First Use Meyers Gazetteer=== | ||
Once you know the town name you need, the other facts you need are contained in '''''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs''''', the gazetteer on which the FamilySearch catalog for Germany is based. This covers Germany as it existed in 1871, recently unified from its former existence as many small countries. | Once you know the town name you need, the other facts you need are contained in '''''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs''''', the gazetteer on which the FamilySearch catalog for Germany is based. This covers Germany as it existed in 1871, recently unified from its former existence as many small countries. | ||
*Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find the details you need, particularly the Kreis (county) it belonged to, found after '''"Kr"'''. | *Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find the details you need, particularly the Kreis (county) it belonged to, found after '''"Kr"'''. | ||
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*If you find several towns of the same name, checking each one for the birth record of your ancestor may be needed to narrow down the field. | *If you find several towns of the same name, checking each one for the birth record of your ancestor may be needed to narrow down the field. | ||
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===Kartenmeister=== | ===Kartenmeister=== | ||
Kartenmeister covers areas of Germany that were given to other countries (mostly Poland) in the treaties following the World Wars | Kartenmeister covers areas of Germany that were given to other countries (mostly Poland) in the treaties following the World Wars | ||