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*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/index.html Parish register database] - can be searched by localities and parishes | *[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/index.html Parish register database] - can be searched by localities and parishes | ||
*[http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ Digital historical gazetteer of Saxony ](some areas) | *[http://hov.isgv.de/projekt/ Digital historical gazetteer of Saxony ](some areas) | ||
*Parish registers of the Evangelical churches in the Province of [http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_der_evangelischen_Kirchen_in_der_Provinz_Sachsen_(1925) Saxony] | |||
==== Schaumburg-Lippe ==== | ==== Schaumburg-Lippe ==== | ||
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*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902)] - parish register inventory for the Catholic and Lutheran churches in Silesia | *[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_sWUTAQAAMAAJ Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902)] - parish register inventory for the Catholic and Lutheran churches in Silesia | ||
*[http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html Schlesische Kirchenbücher wo finden] - Finding church books from Silesia (alphabetical listing with notes about the whereabouts of the records) | *[http://www.christoph-www.de/kbsilesia2.html Schlesische Kirchenbücher wo finden] - Finding church books from Silesia (alphabetical listing with notes about the whereabouts of the records) | ||
==== Thuringia (Thüringen) ==== | |||
[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Die_evangelischen_Kirchenb%C3%BCcher_Th%C3%BCringens_(G%C3%BCldenapfel) Die Evangelischen KIrchenbücher Thüringens ( Güldenapfel, 1934)] | |||
==== Waldeck-Pyrmont ==== | ==== Waldeck-Pyrmont ==== | ||
Revision as of 08:35, 16 January 2019
Definitions[edit | edit source]
Gazetteer: 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.
General[edit | edit source]
German Empire[edit | edit source]
- Meyers Gazetteer, see the explanation on the " Germany Gazetteers" page
- The Genealogisches Ortsverzeichnis (GOV)
- For areas east of the Oder-Neisse rivers, Kartenmeister provides church- and civil jurisdictions
- For phonetic searches in the area covered by today’s Germany, use the “fuzzy gazetteer”
- JewishGen gazetteer has several search options, including “contains”. Be sure to change the country and choose a search option.
- Deutsch-Fremdsprachiges Ortsnamenverzeichnis place name changes for formerly German localities as of June 1919,
- Orbis Latinus (1909 edition - English interface) – Latinized place names. Several volumes/editions are available on multiple websites: 1972 four-volume combined set version
Prussia (Preußen)[edit | edit source]
- "Prussia, Municipality Gazetteer" - A complete set of the Gemeindelexikon Preußen (1905) volumes. Browse images by volume. Find this set on the Ancestry website by going to "search"; then enter "Gemeindelexikon" in the "keyword search" field. (Hint: A search in the "title" field brings up only the "Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder", a gazetteer for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.)
- Various volumes of the Gemeindelexikon Preußen (1885, 1895, or 1905 editions) are also available on GoogleBooks and the DigiBib (Genealogy.net)
Regional gazetteers and parish register inventories[edit | edit source]
A number of gazetteers and parish register inventories are available in the Digital Library-Geographie, Kartographie, Topographie of the German Society for Computer Genealogy. . New titles are added regularly.
Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)[edit | edit source]
- Ortschaft-Verzeichnis von Elsass-Lotharingen (1880) - locality listing for Alsace-Lorraine
- Die Orte des Elsass (List) - Alsace locality list
- Deutsch-französisches Ortsnamenverzeichnis - German-French place name list (place names only)
- German-French place name list for Alsace (includes higher-level jurisdictions: arrondissement, department, and canton)
Baden[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- Die Kirchenbücher in Baden (1957) - parish register invntory
- LeoBW Ortslexikon - Historical gazetteer of Baden-Wuerttemberg; does not list parishes for every locality, but provides helpful historical background. Click on "hier" to access place name search.
Bavaria (Bayern)[edit | edit source]
- Amtliche Ortsverzeichnisse” (official gazetteers) Download versions available. Several editions, beginning with 1877.
- Ortsdatenbank (place name database) - entries include links to articles and nice maps
- Bayernatlas regional atlas - modern regional atlas
Berlin[edit | edit source]
- Berlin Street maps City maps for different years from 1738 to 1989
- Directory of historic and current Berlin street names
- Pre-1874 parish register inventory , also available on GoogleBooks
Brandenburg[edit | edit source]
- Quellen zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte in der Mark Brandenburg bis 1945 (2012) - Sources for social history in Brandenburg up to 1945 by Stefan Rückling
Bremen[edit | edit source]
- Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824), Volume 1
- Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden (1824), Volume 2 - the table of contents at the end of volume 2.
Brunswick (Braunschweig)[edit | edit source]
- 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)[edit | edit source]
- Gemeindelexikon Ostpreussen (1905)
- Inventory of extant genealogical sources - arranged by Kreis
Hamburg[edit | edit source]
- 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.
- Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908) - includes a chapter on Hamburg; read online or download
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 on images 1-274
Hessen[edit | edit source]
- Kirchenbücher und Standesregister für alle Wohnplätze im Land Hessen (1939) - Inventory of parish registers and civil registration records for all inhabited places in the State of Hessen, in the DigiBib
- Historisches Ortslexikon - Database for today’s Hessen
- Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer/parish register inventory -Table that includes parish jurisdiction, religion, time period covered, and location of the records
Hessen-Nassau[edit | edit source]
- Historisches Ortslexikon - database for today’s Hessen
- Kassel Church Book Archive – list of parish registers already filmed
Hohenzollern[edit | edit source]
Lippe-Detmold[edit | edit source]
- Bilingual (German/English) gazetteer - includes parish, civil registration office, post office and more
Lübeck[edit | edit source]
- Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908) - includes a chapter on the Fürstentum Lübeck; read online or download
Mecklenburg-Schwerin[edit | edit source]
Mecklenburg-Strelitz[edit | edit source]
Oldenburg[edit | edit source]
- Oldenburg Gazetteer - table
- Oldenburg Parishes - list of parishes for the 1814 area of Oldenburg, with beginning date for records and expert to contact for help
Palatinate (Pfalz)[edit | edit source]
- Die Kirchenbücher der Bayrischen Pfalz (1925) - parish register inventory
- Rheinhessen and Kurpfalz gazetteer and parish register inventory
Pommern[edit | edit source]
Posen[edit | edit source]
- Posen Gemeindelexikon (1908)
- Posen Vital records Inventory of extant records by county and parish
Rheinland[edit | edit source]
- Gemeindelexikon 1885 - PDF that can be downloaded in sections
- Gemeindelexikon 1885 - DigiBib version
Saxon Duchies[edit | edit source]
- 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), and other regional historical gazetteers.
- To determine districts included: Ämterverzeichnis
- 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
- Sondershausen
Saxony [Kingdom] (Königreich Sachsen)[edit | edit source]
- 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: Ämterverzeichnis
- Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon - all original volumes; read online or download
- Die Kirchenbücher im Königreich Sachsen - parish register inventory
Saxony [Prussian province] (Provinz Sachsen)[edit | edit source]
- Parish register database - can be searched by localities and parishes
- Digital historical gazetteer of Saxony (some areas)
- Parish registers of the Evangelical churches in the Province of Saxony
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]
- Topographie Holstein (1841) - descriptive gazetteer
- Gemeindelexikon (1897)
- Topographie des Herzogtums Holstein (1908) - read online or download
Silesia (Schlesien)[edit | edit source]
- Die Kirchenbücher Schlesiens beider Confessionen (1902) - parish register inventory for the Catholic and Lutheran churches in Silesia
- Schlesische Kirchenbücher wo finden - Finding church books from Silesia (alphabetical listing with notes about the whereabouts of the records)
Thuringia (Thüringen)[edit | edit source]
Die Evangelischen KIrchenbücher Thüringens ( Güldenapfel, 1934)
Waldeck-Pyrmont[edit | edit source]
- Gemeindelexikon (1905) - included with Westfalen, see the addendum beginning on page 131
Westfalen[edit | edit source]
- Gemeindelexikon (1905) - digitized together with Hannover and Pyrmont; Westfalen begins with image 245
Westpreussen[edit | edit source]
- Westpreussen gazetteer and record inventory- in German; links to maps; can search partial place names (at least 4 letters required)
Württemberg[edit | edit source]
- Evangelical parish database - includes links to other related databases
- Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1901) – government directory, several editions can be viewed or downloaded
- Hof- und Staatshandbuch für Württemberg (1907)- government directory
- Staatshandbuch (1936) - government directory
- LeoBW Ortslexikon - historical gazetteer of Baden-Wuerttemberg does not give parishes for all localities, but includes history