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→1. Consult Meyers' Gazetteer for Parish Information
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*[http://www.meyersgaz.org/help/help.html '''MeyersGaz Help Guide'''] | *[http://www.meyersgaz.org/help/help.html '''MeyersGaz Help Guide'''] | ||
*[[Abbreviation Table for Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon Des Deutschen Reichs|'''Abbreviation Table''']] | *[[Abbreviation Table for Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon Des Deutschen Reichs|'''Abbreviation Table''']] | ||
*Class: [*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/872 '''Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!'''] | |||
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===2. Consult '''Kartenmeister''' for parish information.=== | ===2. Consult '''Kartenmeister''' for parish information.=== | ||
For the provinces of East Prussia (Ostpreussen), Posen, Pomerania (Pommern), Silesia (Schlesien), parts of Brandenburg, and West Prussia (Westpreussen), areas which no longer belong to Germany, the online gazetteer '''Kartenmeister''' most efficiently tells you parish information:<br> | For the provinces of East Prussia (Ostpreussen), Posen, Pomerania (Pommern), Silesia (Schlesien), parts of Brandenburg, and West Prussia (Westpreussen), areas which no longer belong to Germany, the online gazetteer '''Kartenmeister''' most efficiently tells you parish information:<br> | ||