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==== Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)  ====
==== Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)  ====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4JJMAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ortschaft-Verzeichnis von Elsass-Lotharingen (1880)]
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4JJMAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Ortschaft-Verzeichnis von Elsass-Lotharingen (1880)]  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraalsac/alsaceaz/geninfoger.htm Die Orte des Elsass] (List)  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraalsac/alsaceaz/geninfoger.htm Die Orte des Elsass] (List)  
*[http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ortenamen.htm Deutsch-französisches Ortsnamenverzeichnis]
*[http://www.elsass-lothringen.de/ortenamen.htm Deutsch-französisches Ortsnamenverzeichnis]  
*[http://michel.barbier.pagesperso-orange.fr/AlsaLor-DG.html German-French place name list for Alsace]   
*[http://michel.barbier.pagesperso-orange.fr/AlsaLor-DG.html German-French place name list for Alsace]
 
==== Baden ====


==== Baden ====
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Das_Grossherzogtum_Baden_in_geographisch.html?id=GjEBAAAAQAAJ Das Grossherzogtum Baden in geographischer, naturwissenschaftlicher, geschichtlicher, wirtschaftlicher und staatlicher Hinsicht dargestellt] - Explanation of symbols and abbreviations see p. 768; alphabetical place name list follows.  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Das_Grossherzogtum_Baden_in_geographisch.html?id=GjEBAAAAQAAJ Das Grossherzogtum Baden in geographischer, naturwissenschaftlicher, geschichtlicher, wirtschaftlicher und staatlicher Hinsicht dargestellt] - Explanation of symbols and abbreviations see p. 768; alphabetical place name list follows.  
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parishes]
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parishes]
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==== Bavaria (Bayern)  ====
==== Bavaria (Bayern)  ====


*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/landesbeschreibungen-orte#1888 Amtliche Ortsverzeichnisse” (official gazetteers)] Download version available. Begins with 1877.
*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/landesbeschreibungen-orte#1888 Amtliche Ortsverzeichnisse” (official gazetteers)] Download version available. Begins with 1877.  
*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/ortsdatenbank Ortsdatenbank (place name database)] - entries include links to articles and nice maps  
*[http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/ortsdatenbank Ortsdatenbank (place name database)] - entries include links to articles and nice maps  
*[http://geoportal.bayern.de/bayernatlas/ Bayernatlas regional atlas] - modern
*[http://geoportal.bayern.de/bayernatlas/ Bayernatlas regional atlas] - modern


==== Berlin  ====
==== Berlin  ====
*[http://www.alt-berlin.info/ Berlin Street maps]  
*[http://www.alt-berlin.info/ Berlin Street maps]  
*[http://www.luise-berlin.de/strassen/indexstr.htm Directory of historic and current Berlin street names]  
*[http://www.luise-berlin.de/strassen/indexstr.htm Directory of historic and current Berlin street names]


==== Brandenburg  ====
==== Brandenburg  ====
*[https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/view/3315714/quellen-zur-bevolkerungsgeschichte-in-der-mark-brandenburg-bis-/3 Quellen zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte in der Mark Brandenburg bis 1945] (2012) by Stefan Rückling
 
*[https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/view/3315714/quellen-zur-bevolkerungsgeschichte-in-der-mark-brandenburg-bis-/3 Quellen zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte in der Mark Brandenburg bis 1945] (2012) by Stefan Rückling


==== Bremen  ====
==== Bremen  ====
*Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824) - [http://books.google.com/books?id=AZcwAAAAYAAJ Volume 1]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=pW0AAAAAcAAJ Volume 2] - the table of contents is at the end of volume 2.
*Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824) - [http://books.google.com/books?id=AZcwAAAAYAAJ Volume 1]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=pW0AAAAAcAAJ Volume 2] - the table of contents is at the end of volume 2.


==== Brunswick (Braunschweig)  ====
==== Brunswick (Braunschweig)  ====
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortsverzeichnis_des_ehemaligen_Herzogtums_Braunschweig_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Westphalen Place list of the former Duchy of Braunschweig in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1806-1813)] - Lists boundary changes that had happened under Napoleon
 
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortsverzeichnis_des_ehemaligen_Herzogtums_Braunschweig_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Westphalen Place list of the former Duchy of Braunschweig in the Kingdom of Westphalia (1806-1813)] - Lists boundary changes that had happened under Napoleon


==== East Prussia (Ostpreussen)  ====
==== East Prussia (Ostpreussen)  ====


*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_das_K%C3%B6nigreich_Pre.html?id=EcEzAQAAMAAJ Gemeindelexikon Ostpreussen 1905]  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_das_K%C3%B6nigreich_Pre.html?id=EcEzAQAAMAAJ Gemeindelexikon Ostpreussen 1905]  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ostpreu%C3%9Fen/Genealogische_Quellen Inventory of extant genealogical sources] - arranged by ''Kreis''  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ostpreu%C3%9Fen/Genealogische_Quellen Inventory of extant genealogical sources] - arranged by ''Kreis''


==== Hamburg  ====
==== Hamburg  ====


*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ausf%C3%BChrliche_Nachrichten_%C3%BCber_die_s%C3%A4mmtlichen_evangelisch-protestantischen_Kirchen_und_Geistlichen_der_freyen_und_Hansestadt_Hamburg Ausführliche Nachrichten über die sämmtlichen evangelisch-protestantischen Kirchen und Geistlichen der freyen und Hansestadt Hamburg] (1826) – History of Hamburg parishes with lists of pastors. Click on „Inhalt“for a table of contents linked to images.
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Ausf%C3%BChrliche_Nachrichten_%C3%BCber_die_s%C3%A4mmtlichen_evangelisch-protestantischen_Kirchen_und_Geistlichen_der_freyen_und_Hansestadt_Hamburg Ausführliche Nachrichten über die sämmtlichen evangelisch-protestantischen Kirchen und Geistlichen der freyen und Hansestadt Hamburg] (1826) – History of Hamburg parishes with lists of pastors. Click on „Inhalt“for a table of contents linked to images.  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download


==== Hannover  ====
==== Hannover  ====


*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Historische Ortsdatenbank] - historical place name database; For Ostfriesland, see Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908); includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Historische Ortsdatenbank] - historical place name database; For Ostfriesland, see Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908); includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_die_Provinz_Hannove.html?id=AEfcPgAACAAJ Gemeindelexikon (1908)] - digitized together with Westfalen and Pyrmont. Hannover is on images 1-274
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Gemeindelexikon_f%C3%BCr_die_Provinz_Hannove.html?id=AEfcPgAACAAJ Gemeindelexikon (1908)] - digitized together with Westfalen and Pyrmont. Hannover is on images 1-274


==== Hessen  ====
==== Hessen  ====


*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_und_Standesregister_f%C3%BCr_alle_Wohnpl%C3%A4tze_im_Land_Hessen_(1939) Kirchenbücher und Standesregister für alle Wohnplätze im Land Hessen (1939)] - in the DigiBib *[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen  
*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_und_Standesregister_f%C3%BCr_alle_Wohnpl%C3%A4tze_im_Land_Hessen_(1939) Kirchenbücher und Standesregister für alle Wohnplätze im Land Hessen (1939)] - in the DigiBib *[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen  
*[http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer/parish register inventory]  
*[http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer/parish register inventory]


==== Hessen-Nassau  ====
==== Hessen-Nassau  ====
*[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen
 
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hessische_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher Kassel Church Book Archive] – list of parish registers already filmed  
*[http://lagis.online.uni-marburg.de/de/subjects/index/sn/ol Historisches Ortslexikon] - Database for today’s Hessen  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hessische_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher Kassel Church Book Archive] – list of parish registers already filmed


==== Hohenzollern  ====
==== Hohenzollern  ====


*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hohenzollernsche_Lande/Gemeindelexikon_1887 Gemeindelexikon Hohenzollern’sche Lande 887]  
*http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hohenzollernsche_Lande/Gemeindelexikon_1887 Gemeindelexikon Hohenzollern’sche Lande 887]


==== Lippe-Detmold  ====
==== Lippe-Detmold  ====


*[http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe_orte-d.html Bilingual (German/English) gazetteer] - includes parish, civil registration office, post office and more
*[http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NRHE-WFA/lippe_orte-d.html Bilingual (German/English) gazetteer] - includes parish, civil registration office, post office and more


==== Lübeck  ====
==== Lübeck  ====


*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on the Fürstentum Lübeck; read online or download  
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - includes a chapter on the Fürstentum Lübeck; read online or download
 
==== Mecklenburg-Schwerin  ====


==== Mecklenburg-Schwerin ====
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]


==== Mecklenburg-Strelitz  ====
==== Mecklenburg-Strelitz  ====


*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]  
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mecklenburg-Schwerin_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer for Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz]
 
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==== Oldenburg  ====
==== Oldenburg  ====


*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Oldenburg_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Gazetteer] - table
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Oldenburg_%E2%80%93_Herzogtum_(duchy)Gazetteers Oldenburg Gazetteer] - table  
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/OGF/index.html Oldenburg] - list of parishes for the 1814 area of Oldenburg, with beginning date for records and expert to contact for help
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/OGF/index.html Oldenburg Parishes] - list of parishes for the 1814 area of Oldenburg, with beginning date for records and expert to contact for help


==== Palatinate (Pfalz)  ====
==== Palatinate (Pfalz)  ====


• Die Kirchenbücher der Bayrischen Pfalz ( 1925), parish register inventory, see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_der_bayerischen_Pfalz_(1925) • http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf -Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer and parish register inventory  
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_der_bayerischen_Pfalz_(1925) Die Kirchenbücher der Bayrischen Pfalz (1925)] - parish register inventory
*[http://www.lha-rlp.de/uploads/media/Kirchenbuchverzeichnis_uebergreifend.pdf Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer and parish register inventory]


==== Pommern  ====
==== Pommern  ====


• Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1885 see http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=7545&amp;from=FBC Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1905 see http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7326  
*[http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=7545&amp;from=FBC Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1885]
*[http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7326 Pommern Gemeindelexikon 1905]


==== Posen  ====
==== Posen  ====


• Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908) http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2094 • http://donhoward.net/genpoland/posguide.htm - List of vital records for the Prussian Province of Posen
*[http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=2094 Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908)] 
*[http://donhoward.net/genpoland/posguide.htm Posen Vital records]


==== Rheinland  ====
==== Rheinland  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1885 available at http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Gemeinde/gemeinde_index.html as a PDF that can be downloaded in sections, and in the DigiBib on www.compgen.de  
*[http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Gemeinde/gemeinde_index.html Gemeindelexikon 1885] - PDF that can be downloaded in sections
*[http://www.compgen.de Gemeindelexikon 1885] - DigiBib version


==== Saxon Duchies: ====
==== Saxon Duchies  ====


• For some areas, see the Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony (Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen) [in German] http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ The project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes). Use the Ämterverzeichnis to see the districts that are included in this work, http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ All original volumes of the Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon are available digitally and can be downloaded. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen for links. o Anhalt o Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) o Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) o Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen) o Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) o Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) o Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line) o Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen  
*[http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen (Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony)] - Covers some areas; in German; project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes).  
*To determine districts included: [http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ Ämterverzeichnis] 
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon] - all original volumes; read online or download.
:*Anhalt  
:*Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)  
:*Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha)  
:*Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)  
:*Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)  
:*Reuss-Gera (Junior Line)  
:*Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line)  
:*Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen  


==== Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)  ====
==== Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)  ====


• Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony (Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen) [in German] . See http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ .The project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes). Use the Ämterverzeichnis to see the districts that are included in this work, http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ • All original volumes of the Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon are available digitally and can be downloaded. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen for links. • Die Kirchenbücher im Königreich Sachsen (parish register inventory) see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Sachsen_(1901)  
*[http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ Das Historische Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen (Digital Historical Gazetteer of Saxony)] - in German, project is based on the “Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon” published beginning in 1813 (13 main volumes plus 5 supplemental volumes).  
*To determine districts included: [http://hov.isgv.de/aemterverzeichnis/ Ämterverzeichnis]
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Staatslexikon_Sachsen Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon] - all original volumes; read online or download.
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_im_K%C3%B6nigreich_Sachsen_(1901) Die Kirchenbücher im Königreich Sachsen] - parish register inventory


==== Saxony [Prussian province] (Provinz Sachsen)  ====
==== Saxony [Prussian province] (Provinz Sachsen)  ====


• Parish register database can be searched by localities and parishes, see http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/index.html • Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen ( 1854), see http://books.google.com/books?id=d9oAAAAAcAAJ • Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen (1839), see http://books.google.com/books?id=wQs8AAAAMAAJ  
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/index.html Parish register database] - can be searched by localities and parishes 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=d9oAAAAAcAAJ Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen ( 1854)]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wQs8AAAAMAAJ Handbuch der Provinz Sachsen (1839)]


==== Schaumburg-Lippe  ====
==== Schaumburg-Lippe  ====


• Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe / Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer, see http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NSAC/SLP/gaz.html • see also http://www.blume-gen.de/index-orte.html . Parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.  
*[http://www.genealogy.net/reg/NSAC/SLP/gaz.html Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe] - Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer; parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.
*[http://www.blume-gen.de/index-orte.html Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe] - Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer; parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.  


==== Schleswig-Holstein  ====
==== Schleswig-Holstein  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1897 see http://books.google.com/books?id=FYNAAQAAMAAJ&amp;source=gbs_similarbooks • Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908), read online or download https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=FYNAAQAAMAAJ&amp;source=gbs_similarbooks Gemeindelexikon (1897)] 
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908)] - read online or download 


==== Silesia (Schlesien)  ====
==== Silesia (Schlesien)  ====


• Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902),parish register inventory, see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_Schlesiens_beider_Confessionen_(1902)
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902)] - parish register inventory,  


==== Waldeck-Pyrmont  ====
==== Waldeck-Pyrmont  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1905, included with Westfalen, see the addendum beginning on page 131, https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA247&amp;lpg=PA247&amp;dq=Gemeindelexikon+Waldeck-Pyrmont&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Dq1YeAIbz1&amp;sig=ZQu3Sj6wuOlWxU7ywfOMG59VrCo&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=RvP5VOPmKseRoQSnrIDIBw&amp;ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&amp;q=Gemeindelexikon%20Waldeck-Pyrmont&amp;f=false  
*[https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=Gemeindelexikon+Waldeck-Pyrmont&source=bl&ots=Dq1YeAIbz1&sig=ZQu3Sj6wuOlWxU7ywfOMG59VrCo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RvP5VOPmKseRoQSnrIDIBw&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Gemeindelexikon%20Waldeck-Pyrmont&f=false Gemeindelexikon (1905)] - included with Westfalen, see the addendum beginning on page 131


==== Westfalen  ====
==== Westfalen  ====


• Gemeindelexikon 1905, digitized together with Hannover and Pyrmont; Westfalen begins with image 245, see https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA249&amp;lpg=PA249&amp;dq=westfalen+Gemeindelexikon&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=Dq1YeAI5wY&amp;sig=PUO5fBSFAp-BsT9eQ5lGabnZ5Ns&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=y_D5VKjMKJH0oASEqYK4Bw&amp;ved=0CFQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&amp;q=westfalen%20Gemeindelexikon&amp;f=false • Gemeindelexikon Westfalen 1887 see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Gemeindelexikon_Westfalen_1887
*[https://books.google.de/books?id=9cEzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=westfalen+Gemeindelexikon&source=bl&ots=Dq1YeAI5wY&sig=PUO5fBSFAp-BsT9eQ5lGabnZ5Ns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=y_D5VKjMKJH0oASEqYK4Bw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=westfalen%20Gemeindelexikon&f=false Gemeindelexikon (1905]) - digitized together with Hannover and Pyrmont; Westfalen begins with image 245


==== Westpreussen  ====
==== Westpreussen  ====


• Nice gazetteer with records inventory and links to maps (in German). Can search partial place names (at least 4 letters required), see http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/ortsverzeichnis.php  
*[http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/ortsverzeichnis.php Westpresussen Gazetteer and record inventory] - in German; links to maps; can search partial place names (at least 4 letters required)


==== Württemberg  ====
==== Württemberg  ====


• http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ - database of Evangelical parishes, with links to other related databases • Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg – several editions can be viewed or downloaded on GoogleBooks. For the 1901 edition see http://books.google.com/books/about/Staatshandbuch_f%C3%BCr_W%C3%BCrttemberg.html?id=nMsnc6NvbnUC • Same, 1907 edition see https://archive.org/details/staatshandbuchf01landgoog • Staatshandbuch 1936 see http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/W%C3%BCrttemberg/Staatshandbuch_1936/ • http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon does not list parish, but gives history
*[http://www.archiv.elk-wue.de/cms/startseite/kirchenbuchdatenbank/ Evangelical parish database] - includes links to other related databases  
*[http://books.google.com/books/about/Staatshandbuch_f%C3%BCr_W%C3%BCrttemberg.html?id=nMsnc6NvbnUC Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1901)] – several editions can be viewed or downloaded
*[https://archive.org/details/staatshandbuchf01landgoog Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1907)] 
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/W%C3%BCrttemberg/Staatshandbuch_1936/ Staatshandbuch (1936)]
*[http://www.leo-bw.de/themen/ortslexikon History of parish]

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Gazetteer definition: a list of all localities within a given jurisdictions, such as a county, duchy, state, province, or empire. Information provided may vary depending on the original purpose of the publication and may include different government jurisdictions, church parish(es), population-, area,-and tax information, post office, description, history, and more.

Parish register inventory: A listing of parishes within a given jurisdiction. It usually includes information about extant parish registers by type, time period covered, and accessibility.

Below are gazetteers and parish register inventories for Germany

GENERAL[edit | edit source]

German Empire[edit | edit source]

Prussia (Preußen)[edit | edit source]

REGIONAL[edit | edit source]

A number of gazetteers and parish register inventories are available in the digital library (DigiBib) of the German Society for Computer Genealogy. The are found under the tab “Digibib”. New titles are added regularly.

Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)[edit | edit source]

Baden[edit | edit source]

Bavaria (Bayern)[edit | edit source]

Berlin[edit | edit source]

Brandenburg[edit | edit source]

Bremen[edit | edit source]

  • Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824) - Volume 1; Volume 2 - the table of contents is at the end of volume 2.

Brunswick (Braunschweig)[edit | edit source]

East Prussia (Ostpreussen)[edit | edit source]

Hamburg[edit | edit source]

Hannover[edit | edit source]

  • Historische Ortsdatenbank - historical place name database; For Ostfriesland, see Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908); includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download
  • Gemeindelexikon (1908) - digitized together with Westfalen and Pyrmont. Hannover is on images 1-274

Hessen[edit | edit source]

Hessen-Nassau[edit | edit source]

Hohenzollern[edit | edit source]

Lippe-Detmold[edit | edit source]

Lübeck[edit | edit source]

Mecklenburg-Schwerin[edit | edit source]

Mecklenburg-Strelitz[edit | edit source]


Oldenburg[edit | edit source]

Palatinate (Pfalz)[edit | edit source]

Pommern[edit | edit source]

Posen[edit | edit source]

Rheinland[edit | edit source]

Saxon Duchies[edit | edit source]

  • Anhalt
  • Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)
  • Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha)
  • Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)
  • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)
  • Reuss-Gera (Junior Line)
  • Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line)
  • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt o Sondershausen

Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)[edit | edit source]

Saxony [Prussian province] (Provinz Sachsen)[edit | edit source]

Schaumburg-Lippe[edit | edit source]

  • Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe - Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer; parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.
  • Ortsverzeichnis Schaumburg-Lippe - Schauburg-Lippe gazetteer; parish listings include links to 19th Century emigrants, census records, pictures, maps, websites.

Schleswig-Holstein[edit | edit source]

Silesia (Schlesien)[edit | edit source]

Waldeck-Pyrmont[edit | edit source]

Westfalen[edit | edit source]

Westpreussen[edit | edit source]

Württemberg[edit | edit source]

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