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Finding Aids for German Records (view source)
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====Google Maps==== | ====Google Maps==== | ||
*Look for your town on [https://maps.google.com/ '''Google Maps'''] with the phrase: Churches near [your town]. You will get a map showing symbols and names for churches in the vicinity. On the left will be an actual address list for the churches.> | *Look for your town on [https://maps.google.com/ '''Google Maps'''] with the phrase: Churches near [your town]. You will get a map showing symbols and names for churches in the vicinity. On the left will be an actual address list for the churches. There is a possibility that the older church your ancestors used was destroyed and no longer exists, so this method has its imperfections.> | ||
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[[File:Google Maps German churchres.png|700px]] | [[File:Google Maps German churchres.png|700px]] | ||
====Wikipedia.de (German Wikipedia)==== | ====Wikipedia.de (German Wikipedia)==== | ||
*There is a dedicated [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite '''German Wikipedia'''], which you can choose to have displayed in English, that has a great deal more detail about Germany than the English Wikipedia. Here is an example of the detail you might find there about the religious institutions within a city: | *There is a dedicated [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite '''German Wikipedia'''], which you can choose to have displayed in English, that has a great deal more detail about Germany than the English Wikipedia. Here is an example of the detail you might find there about the religious institutions within a city: | ||