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 ==Determining the Location of Churches==
-===1. Consult Meyers' Gazetteer for Parish Information===
+=== Meyers' Gazetteer (MeyersGaz.org)===
-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.
+Use Meyer's Gazetteer to find the Kreis, the state or Prussian province, 1871 Standesamt, and the location of the Evangelical Lutheran or Catholic parish church overseeing your ancestor's town: {https://www.meyersgaz.orgMeyer's Gazetteer ('''''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs''''')]. This is also the gazetteer on which the organization of the FamilySearch catalog and FamilySearch Historical Records are based.
-*Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find the details you need, particularly:
-**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''']]
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-===2. Consult '''Kartenmeister''' for parish information.===
+=='''Kartenmeister'''==
-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 [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp '''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 [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp '''Kartenmeister'''] most efficiently tells you parish information.  It also gives<br>
 *Class:  [https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/363 '''Kartenmeister.com Finding Places in the Former German Area of Poland''']