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Kevan Hansen has prepared a 53-volume guide to maps of all the parishes in Germany, both Cathoilc and Lutheran (with information about minority religious groups--Jewish, French Protestant, etc.). To learn about these guides and how to use them, watch this online course: [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/489 '''Hansen’s Map Guides: Finding Records with Parish Maps.'''] | Kevan Hansen has prepared a 53-volume guide to maps of all the parishes in Germany, both Cathoilc and Lutheran (with information about minority religious groups--Jewish, French Protestant, etc.). To learn about these guides and how to use them, watch this online course: [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/489 '''Hansen’s Map Guides: Finding Records with Parish Maps.'''] | ||
*These are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. | *These are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
*They can also be purchased online at bookstores such as Amazon.com. To determine which volume to use or purchase, consult Handout #2 in the [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/489 online course.] | *They can also be purchased online at bookstores such as Amazon.com. To determine which volume to use or purchase, consult Handout #2 in the [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/489 online course.] This might prove useful as your research takes you to other nearby communities as your family moves from parish to parish or marries into families from nearby parishes. You might need to be continually consulting the book for each new locatiopn. | ||
*You can contact the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/CentralEuropeGenealogyResearchCommunity/members/ '''Central European Genealogy Research Community'''] to see if one of their volunteers could consult the map guide for you. | *You can contact the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/CentralEuropeGenealogyResearchCommunity/members/ '''Central European Genealogy Research Community'''] to see if one of their volunteers could consult the map guide for you. | ||
*Another option would be to hire a [[Professional Genealogists who specialize in German Research|professional genealogist]] to consult the reference work for you, even though you would continue to do your own research after that | *Another option would be to hire a [[Professional Genealogists who specialize in German Research|professional genealogist]] to consult the reference work for you, even though you would continue to do your own research after that | ||