East Prussia (Ostpreußen) Research Websites: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:39, 20 September 2023

East Prussia (Ostpreussen) German Empire Genealogy Wiki Topics

Getting Started
Finding Town of Origin Finding Aids For German Records Research Strategies Record Finder
Major East Prussia (Ostpreussen) Record Types
Church Records Civil Registration
Reading the Records
German Word List Latin Word List French Word List	Handwriting Languages Feast Days Script Tutorial
Additional East Prussia (Ostpreussen) Record Types
Cemeteries Directories Military Records	Periodicals Onlne Genealogy Records Town Genealogies
East Prussia (Ostpreussen) Background
Gazetteers History Language and Handwriting	Maps Websites
Ethnicity
Mennonites
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Center
Germany Record Types
Cemeteries Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Emigration & Immigration Genealogy Displaced Persons Jewish Records Population Records	Manumission Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Online Records Town Genealogies Probate Records Religious Records School Records
Germany Background
Biography Church Directories Church History Former German Areas Funerary Customs Cultural Areas	Handwriting Historical Geography Jurisdictions Letter Writing Guide Names Personal Nobility Websites

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]

@@ Line 65: / Line 65: @@
 *[http://www.plew.info Family Research in Samland] <br>
 *[https://ofb.genealogy.net/memelland/?lang=de Compiled genealogies for the region of Memelland]
-*[https://wiki.genealogy.net/Portal:Memelland Research portal for the Memelland] [ in German]<br>
+*[https://wiki.genealogy.net/Portal:Memelland Research portal for the Memelland] [ in German]
+*[https://www.kreis-gerdauen.de/girdawe Girdawe- Historical-genealogical research group for Kreis Gerdauen] [in German]<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>