German Research Websites: Difference between revisions

== Archives ==

*[https://www.archivportal-d.de/ German Archive portal]  

*[http://www.archivschule.de/content/33.html Archive School Marburg ]  

*[http://www.ekd.de/archive/index.htm Association of Protestant Church Archives]

*[http://www.ezab.de/kirchenbuecher/kirchenbuch-suche.php EZAB - Berlin Evangelical Central Archive Holdings]  

*[http://www.kkvsol.net/ Oberlausitz Evangelical Archive]  

*[http://www.ezab.de/ EZAB portal page]  

*[http://www.hv.spk-berlin.de/english/index.php Geheimes Archiv - Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz]  

*[http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261&Itemid=68 GHI Links to German Archives]  

*[https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/ Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Germany]  

*[http://www.monasterium.net/ Monasterium.net] - Medieval to early modern era documents  

*[http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/ Niedersachsen Archives - Aida online]<br>  

*[[Media:Localities.pdf|PDF Archive Inventory]] Part 1 of 2: Church records in Archives" - an inventory of localities and the location or archive where the records should be found.  

*The list of archives with addresses which correspond to the localities list, can be found at this link [[Media:Archive_Add_.pdf|Archive Addresses]] Please note that in the second column, with the heading of "key" matches the Archive "number" in the first link which contains the database.

== Biography ==

== Calendars ==

*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/French_Republican_Calendar French Republican Calendar (Research outline)]  

*[http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/gaeste/grotefend/grotefend.htm Grotefend calendar book online]  

*[http://www.ortelius.de/kalender/form_de2.php Calendar converter (German)]  

*[http://www.calendarzone.com/Software/ The Calendar Zone - software links]  

*[http://www.lepg.org/liturgy.htm The Liturgical Year]  

== Churches ==

*[http://www.alt-katholisch.de/ Alt-Katholiken - Germany]  

*[http://www.bbkl.de/ Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)]&nbsp;($)  

*[http://www.ekd.de/english/ Evangelical Church in Germany]  

*[http://www.igi-index.de/?seite=batch8&lang=uk IGI Batch Number Index]  

*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrerbuch Bibliography - Books of Pastors ](arranged by modern German state)  

== Colonies ==

== Concentration Camps<br>  ==

*[http://www.holocaust.cz/cz2/victims/victims Holocaust Victims killed in Czech Concentration Camps]&nbsp;- in Czech, English version incomplete  

*[http://www.its-arolsen.org/en/homepage/index.html International Tracing Service]  

*[http://www.ushmm.org/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]&nbsp;-&nbsp;includes links to a Holocaust victims and survivors database

== Culture ==

* Village celebration (in German)

== Databases ==

*[http://www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=de&suche=1&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27 Emigration from Southwest Germany]<br>  

*[http://adressbuecher.genealogy.net/ Historische Adressbuecher - Eine Sekundärquelle fuer die Familienforschung]  

*[http://igi-index.de IGI batch number search]  

*[http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/ Poznan Project] - marriage records from Posen, 1800-1899<br>  

*[http://members.tripod.com/Stemweder/wehdem.html Wehdem Parish Records online]<br>  

*[http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche.html German War Gravesite database]  

== Digital Libraries ==

*[http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/suche.html Retro-bib] - digitized 19th Century reference works, including Meyers Konversationslexikon and the Brockhaus lexikon  

**[http://www.szczecin.ap.gov.pl/iCmsModuleArchPublic/showDocuments?show_on_page=50 Szczecin State Archives online records in Pommerania, civil and church records included]  

*[http://ahnenforscher.pl/?page_id=42 Links to online records for Wroclaw/Breslau Standesamt 1]  

*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Breslau#Standesamturkunden Links to online records for Wroclaw/Breslau Standesamt 1] (Another jumping off point)  

== Directories ==

*[http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ German Online Telephone Book]  

== Emigration and Immigration ==

*[http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=a_artikel&id=6591&sprache=en&PHPSESSID= Emigration from Southwest Germany]  

*[http://www.die-maus-bremen.de/Datenbanken/auswanderer/index.php/?lang=de Emigration via Bremen]&nbsp;- in German  

*[http://www.oocities.org/galveston_bremen_project/ Galveston-Bremen Project] [http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/wggf/?Basiswissen:Auswanderung&search=auswanderer www.genealogy.net/vereine/wggf/]  

*[http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/wggf/?Basiswissen:Auswanderung&search=auswanderer Westfalen emigrants (in German)]  

*[http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/ Lower Saxony State Archives Emigrant Search]  

*[http://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America]  

*[http://germanroots.com/ German Roots Internet portal]  

*[http://germanyroots.com/ German Emigrant Lists]  

*[http://roots-in-germany.de/ Roots in Germany portal]  

*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Internet_Resources_for_Finding_19th_Century_German_Emigrants Internet Resources for Finding Origins of German 19th Century Emigrants]  

== Gazetteers - general ==

*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Step-by-step_guide:_Using_Meyers_Gazetteer_Online Using Meyer's Gazetteer]  

*Meyers Gazetteer online part 1 A-K, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/583031-mmeyers-orts-und-verkehrs-lexikon-des-deutschen-reichs-auf-grund-amtlicher-unterlagen-von-reichs-landes-und-gemeindebehorden-v-01?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]; part 2 L-Z , [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/576134-mmeyers-orts-und-verkehrs-lexikon-des-deutschen-reichs-auf-grund-amtlicher-unterlagen-von-reichs-landes-und-gemeindebehorden-v-02?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]  

*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus]  

== Genealogy ==

*[http://ahnenforschung.net/ Ahnenforschung.net ]- German genealogical forum and link list  

*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Portal:DigiBib DigiBib - Digital Library on genealogy.net]  

*[http://www.berufsgenealogie.net/ German Association of Professional Genealogists]  

*[http://mocavo.com/ Genealogy Search Engine Mocavo]

*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite Wikipedia][http://ahnenforschung.net/cgi-bin/webdir.cgi?action=list&sid=&cid=auswanderung]  

*[http://www.deutschland-auf-einen-blick.de/ Deutschland auf einen Blick!] - links to maps of modern German states with tourist information, especially hotels  

*[http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Currency Converter]  

*[http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post]  

*[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools - Google]  

*[http://www.meinestadt.de/ Meine Stadt.de  

== Handwriting ==

*[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=Getting%20Started&show=lessons&message=true Reading old German Handwriting ], a series of three classes ( go to "Reading Handwritten Records Series")  

*[https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-german-documents-pages/the-german-documents(english) German Script tutorial]  

*[http://www.germancorner.com/fonts/index.html German-type fonts to download ](free)

== Historical Geography ==

*[http://www.genealogyandhow.com/lib/germany/german-town-name-meanings.htm German Town Name Meanings]  

== Jewish ==

*[[Jewish Genealogy]] FamilySearch Wiki article  

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ashkenazi_synagogues List of Ashkenazic Synagogues]  

*[http://www.avotaynu.com/ Avotaynu website] Jewish Genealogy Roots, Research, History, Names, Surnames, Jewish Family Trees  

== Language helps and guides ==

*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus Latin Place names]  

*[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]] FamilySearch Wiki article  

*[[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]]  

*[http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/German/GermanL.htm archaic medical terms ](in English)  

*[http://www.der-familienstammbaum.de/ahnenforschung/alte-krankheiten.php Old terms for illnesses ](in German)  

*[http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GermanOccs.htm German occupations ](on Jewishgen.org)  

*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~romban/misc/germanjobs.html historic German professions]  

*[http://www.google.com/language_tools Google language tools]  

*[http://dwb.bbaw.de/ Grimm's ]Dictionary of the German Language  

*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/latingivennames.html Latinized Given names]  

*[http://dict.leo.org/ German-English dictionary]  

*[[:File:German Gothic Handwriting Guide.pdf|Gothic Handwriting]] Resource Guide  

== Maps ==

*[http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire ]- can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer  

*[http://www.nrw-geschichte.de/deutschland/ Historical outline maps of Germany]  

*[http://www.hot-map.com/deutschlandkarte Interactive map of modern Germany]  

*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister] - for formerly German areas now in Eastern countries, especially Poland  

*[http://www.blocksignal.de/krt/r43/f.cgi Karte der RBD Berlin 1943]  

*[http://www.blocksignal.de/krt/b07/f.cgi Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907]  

== Military Records ==

*Deutsche Dienststelle [https://www.dd-wast.de/de/startseite.html (WASt)]&nbsp;- has information about WWI and WWII soldiers who were killed or missing in action

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_German_military_terms Glossary ]of German military terms.

== Names - personal ==

*[http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx Geogen ]- maps surnames by frequency, using the German online telphone directory

== Newspapers ==

== Occupations ==

*[http://www.muehlen-dgm-ev.de/ German Society for the historical mills of Germany]  

 

 

== Research Guides ==

*[http://www.genealogy.net/genealogy Genealogy.net/genealogy ]- English home page of Genealogy.net, the German Internet portal  

*[http://members.cox.net/hessen/hsstory.htm Research helps for Hessen]  

*[http://www.grtpublications.com/ Book: ''The German Research Companion''] , (link to publisher)  

*[http://www.germanroots.com/ German Roots: Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet]  

*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Europe/Germany.pdf BYU PDF Research Outlines]  

*[http://www.grtpublications.com/Research.htm Book: Researching in Germany ],a handbook for your visit to the homeland of your ancestors (link to publisher)  

*[http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/German_States_1871 English-language Gen-Wiki:the German States of 1871] (links to pages)  

== Social History ==

*[https://www.ernst-moritz-arndt-gesellschaft.de/index.php/ueber-uns/7-publikationen Distribution of Property in Pommerania and the Island of Ruegen ](in German), includes a discussion of ''Leibeigenschaft'' (feudal serfdom) in this area  

*''[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiderordnung Kleiderordnung]''(dress code), a Wikipedia article that discusses the rules designed to clarify what clothing and jewelry can be worn by members of the various social classes (in German)  

*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleidung_im_Mittelalter Kleidung im Mittelalter ](clothing in the Middle Ages (in German), Wikipedia article  

*[http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/streik/detailansichten/brot_detail04.html Der Kampf um das Taegliche Brot ](The Fight for the Daily Bread- in German), food protests in the 19th Century, an exhibit by the German Historical Museum  

=== Societies and other Resources ===

*[http://www.lgg-leipzig.de/programm.asp Leipzig Genealogical Society]  

*[http://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America Society]  

*[http://www.sggee.org/ Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe ](SGGEE)  

*[http://www.ogsa.us/ Ostfriesen Genealogical Society of America]  

*[http://ahsgr.org/ American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]  

*[http://grhs.org/ Germans from Russia Heritage Society]  

*[http://www.sacgergensoc.org/ Sacramento German Genealogical Society]  

*[http://www.ggsmn.org/ Germanic Genealogy Society] (in Minnesota)  

*[http://gachgs.com/ The German-Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society]  

*[http://immigrantgensoc.org/ Immigrant Genealogical Society]  

*[http://www.ogsgs.org/ Orangeburgh Swiss-German Genealogical Society]  

*[http://www.magsgen.com Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society]  

*[http://swflgg.org/links.php?lcid=1 Southwest Florida Germanic Genealogy Society]  

== Town Lineage Books ==

*[http://www.online-ofb.de/ Town genealogies on genealogy.net]  

*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch Bibliography of printed town genealogies]  

*[http://www.v-weiss.de/ofbmeur-o.html bibliography of published town genealogies (]Weiss)  

*[http://www.badische-ortsfamilienbuecher.de/impressum.php Baden Ortssippenbücher] - list of published and available books