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=== Regional Gazetteers === | === Regional Gazetteers === | ||
Various books and databases can be used to determine additional information about a locality. See a list of [https://familysearch.org | Various books and databases can be used to determine additional information about a locality. See a list of [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Online_German_Gazetteers online regional gazetteers]. | ||
===== Prussia<br> ===== | ===== Prussia<br> ===== | ||
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Book: Königlich Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/14875?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen'']. Berlin : Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts, 1907-1909. (FHL book 943 E5kp.) - multiple volumes. | Book: Königlich Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/14875?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen'']. Berlin : Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts, 1907-1909. (FHL book 943 E5kp.) - multiple volumes. | ||
Online: This gazetteer is also available online at Ancestry.com in the database [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=34415 Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen]. Enter place names into the "keyword" field for best results, and ignore diacritical marks (Umlaute) or browse images by volume. Various volumes are also available on GoogleBooks and the DigiBib (Digital Library) on [http://compgen.de/ Compgen.de]. To see translations of the Hessen-Nassau headings for this gazetteer [https://familysearch.org | Online: This gazetteer is also available online at Ancestry.com in the database [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=34415 Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen]. Enter place names into the "keyword" field for best results, and ignore diacritical marks (Umlaute) or browse images by volume. Various volumes are also available on GoogleBooks and the DigiBib (Digital Library) on [http://compgen.de/ Compgen.de]. To see translations of the Hessen-Nassau headings for this gazetteer [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/a/a2/Preussen_Hessen2_gaz_headings.pdf click here.] For headings for the other Prussian regions [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prussia-Posen_Gazetteers click here] | ||
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=== RESEARCH GUIDES === | === RESEARCH GUIDES === | ||
*[https://familysearch.org | *[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Online_German_Gazetteers Online German Gazetteers] includes links to regional gazetteers and parish register inventories by historic state | ||
*This older research guide includes a list of published German gazetteers with FamilySearch microfilm numbers: [http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/research_outlines/ BYU Research Guide for Germany Civil & Parish Jurisdictions & Maps] | *This older research guide includes a list of published German gazetteers with FamilySearch microfilm numbers: [http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/research_outlines/ BYU Research Guide for Germany Civil & Parish Jurisdictions & Maps] | ||
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