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 ==Consult Meyers' Gazetteer for Parish Information==
-The town
+To find out where the Evangelical Lutheran or Catholic parish church overseeing your ancestor's town was (depending on their religion), start with Meyer's Gazetteer, '''''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs''''', the gazetteer on which the FamilySearch catalog for Germany is based.
-Once you know the town name you need, some 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.
+*Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find the details you need, particularly:
-*Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find the details you need, particularly its other jurisdictions.
+**the province or duchy it belonged to
+**whether it had its own Catholic and/or Evangelical Lutheran parish, and, if not,
+**the closest Catholic and/or Evangelical Lutheran parishes
 *[http://www.meyersgaz.org/help/help.html '''MeyersGaz Help Guide''']
 *[[Abbreviation Table for Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon Des Deutschen Reichs|'''Abbreviation Table''']]