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*A good starting point for any country or family history topic is [http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] | *A good starting point for any country or family history topic is [http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] | ||
=== WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE === | === WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE === | ||
==== Austria ==== | |||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~autwgw/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~autwgw/] - Austrian GenWeb arranged by ancient Crown land | |||
*http://www.genteam.at – various indexes for Vienna and surrounding area, and a gazetteer for modern-day Austria plus Bohemia and Moravia. Requires free registration and a user-name and password. | |||
*[http://www.friedhoefewien.at/ http://www.friedhoefewien.at/] - Index to cemeteries in Vienna | |||
==== Belgium ==== | |||
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[http://geneaknowhow.net/ http://geneaknowhow.net/] portal to digital resources for Belgium and the Netherlands. Click on “digital resources”. | |||
==== France ==== | |||
*[http://www.geneanet.org/ www.geneanet.org/] - You can search this database by name and town. | |||
*[http://www.francegenweb.org/~archives/archivesgenweb/?id=carte http://www.francegenweb.org/~archives/archivesgenweb/?id=carte] – Click on a department to get the link to the on-line archive. Each department works differently. Departments with online archives are coded in blue. Not all have online archives | |||
*[http://www.francegenweb.org/ http://www.francegenweb.org/] - Portal to French genealogy websites | |||
*[http://www.geopatronyme.com/ http://www.geopatronyme.com/] - All about French surnames and surname distribution | |||
Switzerland | [http://www.geneafrance.org www.geneafrance.org] – provides information about different record types, research information, how to order certificates. | ||
==== Germany ==== | |||
*[http://www.genealogy.net www.genealogy.net] – in German: [[www.genealogienetz.de|www.genealogienetz.de]] , Internet portal for German research (both links open the home page. (For the English-language home page, use [[www.genealogy.net/genealogy|www.genealogy.net/genealogy]]) – includes a Wiki, digital library of genealogical resources, several databases, and close to 300 online town genealogies. | |||
*[http://adressbuch.zlb.de/ http://adressbuch.zlb.de/] - Berlin address book from 1799-1943 available with images. | |||
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp] - Tools for genealogy east of the Oder-Neisse river | |||
==== Italy ==== | |||
*[http://lancione-laura.tripod.com/italian_genealogy_links.htm http://lancione-laura.tripod.com/italian_genealogy_links.htm] - Italian genealogy links, surname boards and more. | |||
*[http://www.sersale.org/comunes.htm http://www.sersale.org/comunes.htm] (transcribed vital records of Italian towns - This list is specifically composed of websites or email addresses that represent the transcription of hundreds or thousands of records; birth records, marriage records, death and baptisms all over Italy. Occasionally, digital images are provided. A great website!) | |||
*[http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html] (Italian surname search engine. For each province all of the towns will be listed where the surname occurs, ordered via a numerical value representing the estimate of the number of individuals having the requested surname.) | |||
* [http://www.operaduomo.firenze.it/battesimi/ http://www.operaduomo.firenze.it/battesimi/] (Scanned images of baptisms from Florence from 1482-1900 – just for fun) | |||
==== Luxembourg ==== | |||
*[http://www.roots.lu http://www.roots.lu] - Genealogical data from Luxembourg • http://www.luxracines.lu/ - genealogy and local history in Luxembourg | |||
==== The Netherlands ==== | |||
*[http://www.genlias.nl www.genlias.nl] nationwide indexes to civil registration records, with abstracts [not complete, has English interface] | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org] - Images of civil registration records for some areas | |||
*[http://www.cbg.nl www.cbg.nl] - Central Bureau for Genealogy | |||
*[http://www.archiefnet.nl www.archiefnet.nl] portal to city-, state-, and other archives | |||
*[http://www.gemeentearchief.rotterdam.nl http://www.gemeentearchief.rotterdam.nl] – Rotterdam City Archive digital pedigree- look for “genealogy” or “stamboom”. | |||
Many other provincial or city archives have put indexes and records online. Check the Archiefnet.nl website for archive addresses of interest. | |||
==== Spain ==== | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org] - Access images of Roman Catholic church records and municipal records (civil births, marriages, deaths) for several provinces | |||
==== Switzerland ==== | |||
*[http://www.ghgrb.ch/researchCorner/billeter.html http://www.ghgrb.ch/researchCorner/billeter.html] - index to genealogies compiled by Julius Billeter [note: Billeter’s compilations have all been filmed and are available at the Library. Check the surname in the FHLC for film numbers. | |||
*[http://www.swissgenealogie.ch/index.html http://www.swissgenealogie.ch/index.html] - Swiss genealogy on the Internet | |||
*[http://www.svjg.org/ http://www.svjg.org/] - Swiss Society for Jewish genealogy | |||