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Online record collections[edit | edit source]

See German Online Genealogy Records. Databases cover indexed Germany birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeteries; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

See Prussia, West Prussia, East Prussia (Preussen, Westpreussen, Ostpreussen) Online Genealogy Records for data about people who lived in Prussia, West Prussia, East Prussia (Preussen, Westpreussen, Ostpreussen) . This online collection may include birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeteries; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

German genealogy on the wiki[edit | edit source]

See also Germany Genealogy wiki to learn about typical German records and tips for finding them.

BYU German research class, online, no charge[edit | edit source]

See also German Research, a free, in-depth online course through Brigham Young University, by Larry Jensen.

Germany Websites--Reference and Training[edit | edit source]

Websites that assist in finding and using genealogy records for German ancestors.

Research websites for Ostpreussen (East Prussia)[edit | edit source]

Archives and Libraries[edit | edit source]

State Archives in Poland

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

General Information[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Poland American Journal

Regional[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

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 == Online record collections ==
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 *[http://www.opoka.org.pl/struktury_kosciola/diecezje/ Catholic Diocese of Poland] <br>
 === Civil Registration  ===
-* [https://namensindex.org/namen.php Name Index to Civil Registration Records Online]
 *[http://www.historische-masurische-vereinigung.de/qu_stasensburg.html Civil Registration in the county Sensburg] <br>
 *[http://www.bartels.com/genealogy/Mohrungen/MohrStan.htm Civil Registration records in county Mohrungen] <br>
-*[http://usc.pl/nasze-oddzia%C5%82y Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)]<br>
+*[http://www.usc.pl/s_urzedy.php Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)]<br>
 === Gazetteers ===
 * [http://home.arcor.de/fritigern/onfenster.htm Place name listing] <br>
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 === General Information  ===
-*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/OPRU/Litauen/archive_fuer_preussenforschungar02.htm Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research]
+*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/OPRU/Litauen/archive_fuer_preussenforschungar02.htm Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research] <br>
-*[https://wiki.genealogy.net/Ostpreu%C3%9Fen/Genealogische_Quellen East Prussia Genealogical Sources] <br>
+*[http://www.kalte-heimat.de/ General Information about Ostpreussen]<br>
 *[http://www.ostpreussen.net/index.php?seite_id=12 General information for East Prussia] <br>
 *[http://www.ostpreussen.de.vu/ General East Prussian Research] <br>
 *[http://www.polishworld.com/ PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information] <br>
-*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/polandgen.html  PolandGenWeb site] <br>
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170715014621/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com:80/~polwgw/polandgen.html PolandGenWeb site] <br>
+*[http://www.genpol.com/Mapa+main.html Helpful databases for Polish research]<br>
 === History  ===
-*[https://www.ordensland.de/ History of Prussia]<br>
+*[http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ordensland.de/a_ostpreussen_36.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ordensland.de/&usg=__HwdazphZLqS2ETo_wvpmOHpQgfw=&h=522&w=700&sz=268&hl=de&start=22&itbs=1&tbnid=bpAQU0iUtc2CmM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dostp History of Prussia]<br>
 *[http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/history/index.html The History of Poland] <br>
 *[http://worldatwar.net/timeline/poland/18-52.html Polish timeline] <br>
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 *[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Bistum_Ermland The Ermland Area]<br>
-*[http://www.plew.info Family Research in Samland] <br>
+*[http://www.plew.info/verteiler_regionen.htm Family Research in Samland] <br>
-*[https://ofb.genealogy.net/memelland/?lang=de Compiled genealogies for the region of Memelland]
+*[http://www.memelland-ahnenforschung.de/m_links.htm The region of Memelland] <br>
-*[https://wiki.genealogy.net/Portal:Memelland Research portal for the Memelland] [ in German]
+*[http://www.karpauen.de/index.htm The Karpauen Kirchspiel] <br>
-*[https://www.kreis-gerdauen.de/girdawe Girdawe- Historical-genealogical research group for Kreis Gerdauen] [in German]<br>
+*[http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ordensland.de/a_ostpreussen_36.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ordensland.de/&usg=__HwdazphZLqS2ETo_wvpmOHpQgfw=&h=522&w=700&sz=268&hl=de&start=22&itbs=1&tbnid=bpAQU0iUtc2CmM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dostp Churchbooks of Westmasuren and its villages] <br>
-*[https://www.kreis-gerdauen.de/kreisgemeinschaft/kirchspiele-und-orte/kirchspiel-karpowen-karpauen-1 The Karpauen Kirchspiel] <br>
 *[http://www.historische-masurische-vereinigung.de/geagno.html#Schriften Homepage for Genealogy in Neidenburg-Ortelsburg area] <br>
 *[http://www.salzburger.homepage.t-online.de/krch-bch.htm Churchbooks of the Gumbinnen area] <br>
-*[http://www.hkg-bartenstein.de/ Homeland Society for research in the Bartenstein area]<br>
+*[http://www.hkg-bartenstein.de/index.php/home/historie?start=3 Homeland Society for research in the Bartenstein area]<br>
-*[https://kreissensburg.de/online-quellen-zu-familienforschung/ Online Resources for Kreis Sensburg  <br>]
+*[http://www.oocities.org/heartland/acres/3505/kspsensb.htm Parish information of the Diocese of Sensburg 1912] <br>
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200201165659/http://lietuvos.istorija.net/kleinlitauen/karten.htm the Lithuanian localities of former East Prussia] <br>
+*[http://lietuvos.istorija.net/kleinlitauen/karten.htm the Lithuanian localities of former East Prussia] <br>
 *[http://pirmojiknyga.mch.mii.lt/Leidiniai/Prusviet.en.htm#vietovardziai Indexes of Place Names in Lithuania Minor] <br>
 == Societies  ==
-*[http://www.sggee.org/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe]
+*[http://www.sggee.org/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe] <br>
+*[http://feefhs.org/ The Federation of East European family History Societies] <br>
-*[https://feefhs.org/ The Foundation for East European Family History Studies<br>]
 *[http://pgsa.org/ Polish Genealogical Society of America] <br>
-[[Category:Genealogy Websites by Country]] [[Category:Germany Online Research Sites]]
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