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*[http://www.aller-ursprung.de/ Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde] | *[http://www.aller-ursprung.de/ Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde] | ||
*[http://visitenkarten.genealogy.net/_vkt_page.php?lng=xx&p=*Wittholz&t=1002 Familienforschung - Wittholz] | *[http://visitenkarten.genealogy.net/_vkt_page.php?lng=xx&p=*Wittholz&t=1002 Familienforschung - Wittholz] | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wggerman/ Germany GenWeb] | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wggerman/ Germany GenWeb] | ||
*[http://ahnenforschung.net/ Ahnenforschung.net ]- German genealogical forum and link list | *[http://ahnenforschung.net/ Ahnenforschung.net ]- German genealogical forum and link list | ||
*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/AGoFF/fst/index.htm Forschungsstellen] - research groups of the Association of East German Family Historians. Contact them to find out if records for a town in a formerly German area have survived. | *[http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/AGoFF/fst/index.htm Forschungsstellen] - research groups of the Association of East German Family Historians. Contact them to find out if records for a town in a formerly German area have survived. | ||
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*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite Wikipedia][http://ahnenforschung.net/cgi-bin/webdir.cgi?action=list&sid=&cid=auswanderung ] | *[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite Wikipedia][http://ahnenforschung.net/cgi-bin/webdir.cgi?action=list&sid=&cid=auswanderung ] | ||
*[http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Currency Converter] | *[http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Currency Converter] | ||
*[http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post] | *[http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post] | ||
*[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools - Google] | *[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools - Google] | ||
*[http://www.meinestadt.de/ Meine Stadt.de] | *[http://www.meinestadt.de/ Meine Stadt.de] | ||
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*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus Latin Place names] | *[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus Latin Place names] | ||
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Word_List German Genealogical Word List] FamilySearch Wiki article | *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Word_List German Genealogical Word List] FamilySearch Wiki article | ||
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List Latin Genealogical Word List] | *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List Latin Genealogical Word List] | ||
*[http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/German/GermanL.htm archaic mediccal terms ](in English) | *[http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/German/GermanL.htm archaic mediccal terms ](in English) | ||
*[http://www.der-familienstammbaum.de/ahnenforschung/alte-krankheiten.php | *[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://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GermanOccs.htm German occupations ](on Jewishgen.org) | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~romban/misc/germanjobs.html historic German professions] | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~romban/misc/germanjobs.html historic German professions] | ||
*[http://www.google.com/language_tools Google language tools] | *[http://www.google.com/language_tools Google language tools] | ||
*[http://dwb.bbaw.de/ Grimm's ]Dictionary of the German Language | *[http://dwb.bbaw.de/ Grimm's ]Dictionary of the German Language | ||
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oel/latingivennames.html Latinized Given names] | *[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oel/latingivennames.html Latinized Given names] | ||
*[http://dict.leo.org/ German-English dictionary] | *[http://dict.leo.org/ German-English dictionary] | ||
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/File:German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf Gothic Handwriting] Resource Guide | *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/File:German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf Gothic Handwriting] Resource Guide | ||
*[http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box Translation of Phrases] | *[http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box Translation of Phrases] | ||
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== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
*[http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire ]- can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer | *[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.nrw-geschichte.de/deutschland/ Historical outline maps of Germany] | ||
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister] - for formerly German areas now in Eastern countries, especially Poland | *[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/r43/f.cgi Karte der RBD Berlin 1943] | ||
*[http://www.blocksignal.de/krt/b07/f.cgi Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907] | *[http://www.blocksignal.de/krt/b07/f.cgi Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907] | ||
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Archives[edit | edit source]
- Association of Evangelical Church Archives
- Archives in Germany - Hanacek (2000)
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Calendars[edit | edit source]
- French Republican Calendar (Research outline)
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- Emigration from Southwest Germany
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Gazetteers - general[edit | edit source]
- Using Meyer's Gazetteer
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Genealogy[edit | edit source]
- Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde
- Familienforschung - Wittholz
- Germany GenWeb
- Ahnenforschung.net - German genealogical forum and link list
- Forschungsstellen - research groups of the Association of East German Family Historians. Contact them to find out if records for a town in a formerly German area have survived.
- Genealogy.net - German Genealogy on the Internet (German site)
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- Personalschriften.de - information about printed funeral sermons, with links to various indexes
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- IGI German Batchnumber Index
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- German Association of Professional Genealogists
- Historical and genealogical digital publications for sale
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- Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
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Language helps and guides[edit | edit source]
- Orbis Latinus Latin Place names
- German Genealogical Word List FamilySearch Wiki article
- Latin Genealogical Word List
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- Old terms for illnesses (in German)
- German occupations (on Jewishgen.org)
- historic German professions
- Google language tools
- Grimm's Dictionary of the German Language
- Latinized Given names
- German-English dictionary
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- Translation of Phrases
Maps[edit | edit source]
- Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire - can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer
- Historical outline maps of Germany
- Kartenmeister - for formerly German areas now in Eastern countries, especially Poland
- Karte der RBD Berlin 1943
- Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907
- Pfalz 1789 map and other Pfalz area maps
Societies[edit | edit source]
Links to the major German genealogical societes are easily accessed through Genealogy.net at
the Vereine (societies) portal
- FEEFHS - Eastern European Genealogy - FEEFHS
- German-Russian Genealogy
- Leipzig Genealogical Society
- Palatines to America Society
- Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE)