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== Record Finder Table for Germany ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
This Record Finder table links to the Germany topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.  
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Germany Schools|Schools]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Germany Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Germany Census|Census]]
*[[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Germany Schools|Schools]]
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Germany Occupations|Occupations]], [[Germany Census|Census]], [[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Germany Schools|Schools]], [[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
|
*[[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Germany Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Germany Church History|Church History]]  
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Maps|Maps]], [[Germany History|History]], [[Germany Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
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*[[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Germany Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Germany Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Germany Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]], [[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Germany Court Records|Court Records]], [[Germany Occupations|Occupations]], [[Germany Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Germany Societies|Societies]], [[Germany Military Records|Military Records]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany History|History]], [[Germany Church History|Church History]]  
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Societies|Societies]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Germany Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[German Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
*[[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| [[Germany Handwriting|Handwriting]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Societies|Societies]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Germany Directories|Directories]], [[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Germany Societies|Societies]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]], [[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Germany Nobility|Nobility]], [[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Germany Names, Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Nobility|Nobility]], [[German Heraldry|Heraldry ]]  
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Biography|Biography]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Directories
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Biography|Biography]]
*[[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Germany Census|Census]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Occupations|Occupations]], [[Germany Directories|Directories]], [[Germany Population|Population]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Germany Census|Census]], [[Germany Church Directories|Church Directories]], [[Dwellings Germany|Dwellings]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]  
 
| [[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Germany Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Germany Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Germany Biography|Biography]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Military Records|Military Records]], [[Germany Biography|Biography]]
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Germany Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Germany Maps|Maps]]  
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Germany Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Germany Population|Population]], [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]], [[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Germany Directories|Directories]], [[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]], [[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
*Social Life and Customs]]  
| [[Germany Biography|Biography]], [[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Germany Census|Census]], [[Dwellings Germany|Dwellings]], [[Germany Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]] [[Germany Names, Personal|Names (Personal)]]
*[[Germany Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Germany History|History]]
 
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
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===Reading German Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Germany Societies|Societies ]]
*[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]]  
| [[Germany History|History]], [[Germany Biography|Biography]], [[Germany Nobility|Nobility]], [[Dwellings Germany|Dwellings]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
*[https://script.byu.edu/german-handwriting/introduction German Script Tutorial]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Germany Church History|Church History]], [[Germany Church Directories|Church Directories]]
*[[Germany Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]  
| [[Germany Societies|Societies]], [[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Old German Script]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 1: Letters]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-2 2: Words]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-german-church-and-civil-records-part-3 3: Records]
| [[Germany History|History]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-church-and-civil-records German Church and Civil Records]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Social Life and Customs
*[[German Letter Writing Guide]]
| [[Germany History|History]]
|}
|}


==Provinces, Kingdoms, and Duchies of the German Empire: English (German, if different)==
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|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province of the German Empire, including links to actual records.'''
|}
<br>
'''Click on the names of the province or duchy to find detailed instructions for family history research for that locality.'''<br>
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'''Independent From Prussia'''<br>
*[[Anhalt, German Empire Genealogy|Anhalt]]
*[[Baden, German Empire Genealogy|Baden]]
*[[Bavaria (Bayern), German Empire Genealogy|Bavaria (Bayern)]]
**[[Saarland, Germany Genealogy|The Saar Region]]
*[[Brunswick (Braunschweig), German Empire Genealogy|Brunswick (Braunschweig)]]
*[[Elsass-Lothringen, German Empire Genealogy|Elsass-Lothringen]]
*[[Hesse (Hessen), German Empire Genealogy|Hesse (Hessen)]]
*[[Lippe, German Empire Genealogy|Lippe]]
*[[Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire Genealogy|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
*[[Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German Empire Genealogy|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
*[[Oldenburg, German Empire Genealogy|Oldenburg]]
*[[Saxony (Sachsen), German Empire Genealogy|Saxony (Sachsen)]]
*[[Schaumburg-Lippe, German Empire Genealogy|Schaumburg-Lippe]]
*[[Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy|Waldeck]]
*[[Württemberg, German Empire Genealogy|Württemberg]]
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'''Prussia (Preussen)'''<br>
*[[Brandenburg, German Empire Genealogy|Brandenburg]]
**[[The Neumark (region), Brandenburg, German Empire Genealogy|The Neumark, Brandenburg]]
**[[Berlin, Germany Genealogy|Berlin, Brandenburg]]
*[[East Prussia (Ostpreussen), German Empire Genealogy|East Prussia (Ostpreussen)]]
*[[Hanover (Hannover), German Empire Genealogy|Hanover (Hannover)]]
*[[Hesse-Nassau (Hessen-Nassau), German Empire Genealogy|Hesse-Nassau (Hessen-Nassau)]]
*[[Hohenzollern, German Empire Genealogy|Hohenzollern]]
*[[Pomerania (Pommern), German Empire Genealogy|Pomerania (Pommern)]]
**[[Vorpommern (region), Pomerania (Pommern), German Empire Genealogy|Vorpommern (Western Pomerania)]]
*[[Posen, German Empire Genealogy|Posen]]
*[[Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen), German Empire Genealogy|Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen)]]
*[[Rhineland (Rheinland), German Empire Genealogy|Rhineland (Rheinland)]]
**[[Palatinate (Pfalz), Germany Genealogy|The Palatinate (The Pfalz)]]
*[[Silesia (Schlesien), German Empire Genealogy|Silesia (Schlesien)]]
*[[Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire Genealogy|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[Westphalia (Westfalen), German Empire Genealogy|Westphalia (Westfalen)]]
*[[West Prussia (Westpreussen), German Empire Genealogy|West Prussia (Westpreussen)]]
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'''Thuringia (Thüringen)'''<br>
*[[Reuss Younger Line (jüngere Linie), German Empire Genealogy|Reuss Younger Line (jüngere Linie)]]
*[[Reuss Elder Line (ältere Linie), German Empire Genealogy|Reuss Elder Line (ältere Linie)]]
*[[Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)]]
*[[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)]]
*[[Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)]]
*[[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)]]
*[[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German Empire Genealogy|Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
*[[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, German Empire Genealogy|Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]
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'''City-States'''<br>
*[[Bremen, German Empire Genealogy|Bremen]]
*[[Hamburg, German Empire Genealogy|Hamburg]]
*[[Lübeck, German Empire Genealogy|Lübeck]]
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[[Category:Germany Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
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Revision as of 21:18, 29 April 2019

Germany Wiki Topics
Muehlhausen Thueringen .jpg
Beginning Research
Reading the Records
Record Types
Germany Background
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Obituaries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Schools
Birth date and birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Obituaries, Occupations, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Schools, Military Records
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers, Church History Maps, History, Historical Geography
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records, Obituaries, Newspapers Probate Records, Court Records, Occupations, Cemeteries
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration, Societies, Military Records, Periodicals, Newspapers See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
Historical background History, Church History Societies
Language helps Language and Languages Handwriting
Living relatives Directories, Genealogy Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration Jewish Records, Obituaries
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records Genealogy, Periodicals, Nobility, Newspapers
Naming customs Names (Personal) Genealogy, Periodicals
Noble families Nobility, Heraldry Biography, Periodicals
Occupations Church Records, Occupations, Directories, Population Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Church Directories, Dwellings
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration, Obituaries, Jewish Records Probate Records, Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship
Physical description Military Records, Biography Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Historical Geography
Places of residence Population, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Directories, Jewish Records, Military Records Biography, Genealogy, Census, Dwellings, Land and Property, Periodicals Names (Personal)
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography, Nobility, Dwellings
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Church History, Church Directories Societies, Periodicals
Religion Church Records History
Social activities Social Life and Customs History
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Links to Germany-related articles
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