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*Meyers Gazetteer, see the explanation on the " [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Gazetteers#Meyers_Gazetteer Germany Gazetteers]" page
*Meyers Gazetteer, see the explanation on the " [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Gazetteers#Meyers_Gazetteer Germany Gazetteers]" page  
*[http://www.compgen.de The Genealogisches Ortsverzeichnis (GOV)]  
*[http://www.compgen.de The Genealogisches Ortsverzeichnis (GOV)]  
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/ Areas east of the Oder-Neisse rivers]
*For areas east of the Oder-Neisse rivers, [http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister] provides church- and civil jurisdictions
*For phonetic searches in the area covered by today’s Germany, use the [http://isodp.hof-university.de/fuzzyg/query/ “fuzzy gazetteer”]  
*For phonetic searches in the area covered by today’s Germany, use the [http://isodp.hof-university.de/fuzzyg/query/ “fuzzy gazetteer”]  
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/LocTown.asp JewishGen gazetteer] has several search options, including “contains”. Be sure to change the country and choose a search option.  
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/communities/LocTown.asp JewishGen gazetteer] has several search options, including “contains”. Be sure to change the country and choose a search option.  
*[http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7346&from=pubstats Deutsch-Fremdsprachiges Ortsnamenverzeichnis] place name changes for formerly German localities as of June 1919,  
*[http://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=7346&from=pubstats Deutsch-Fremdsprachiges Ortsnamenverzeichnis] place name changes for formerly German localities as of June 1919,  
*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus] (1909 - English interface) – Latinized place names. Several volumes/editions are available on multiple websites: [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orbis-latinus 1972 four-volume combined set version]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus] (1909 edition - English interface) – Latinized place names. Several volumes/editions are available on multiple websites: [http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orbis-latinus 1972 four-volume combined set version]


==== Prussia (Preußen)  ====
==== Prussia (Preußen)  ====

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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]

Brunswick (Braunschweig)[edit | edit source]

East Prussia (Ostpreussen)[edit | edit source]

Hamburg[edit | edit source]

Hannover[edit | edit source]

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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