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:*The infobox with the website will appear directly on a this page. | :*The infobox with the website will appear directly on a this page. | ||
== | ==Determining the Location of Churches== | ||
===1. Consult Meyers' Gazetteer for Parish Information=== | ===1. Consult Meyers' Gazetteer for Parish Information=== | ||
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. | 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. | ||