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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi '''International Genealogical Index:''' ]This index provides names and vital information for over 25 million deceased persons who lived in Germany. This valuable research tool lists birth, baptism, or marriage dates. The index for Germany includes names '''extracted from parish registers by volunteers''' and names submitted by other researchers. You can filter on one of eight German states and filter '''Germany, Miscellaneous''': | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi '''International Genealogical Index:''' ]This index provides names and vital information for over 25 million deceased persons who lived in Germany. This valuable research tool lists birth, baptism, or marriage dates. The index for Germany includes names '''extracted from parish registers by volunteers''' and names submitted by other researchers. You can filter on one of eight German states and filter '''Germany, Miscellaneous''': | ||
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*''Deutsches Geschlechterbuch (German lineage book).'' 194+ Volumes. Limburg/Lahn: C. A. Starke, 1889-. (FS Library book 943 D2dg.) The FamilySearch Library is missing a few volumes, and earlier volumes are in Gothic type. These volumes often give many generations of German families. They are indexed at the end of each volume. | *''Deutsches Geschlechterbuch (German lineage book).'' 194+ Volumes. Limburg/Lahn: C. A. Starke, 1889-. (FS Library book 943 D2dg.) The FamilySearch Library is missing a few volumes, and earlier volumes are in Gothic type. These volumes often give many generations of German families. They are indexed at the end of each volume. | ||
**Volumes 1-197 are available on computer disk at the FS Library. | **Volumes 1-197 are available on computer disk at the FS Library. | ||
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:*The first 150 volumes are indexed in a cumulative index called ''Stammfolgen-Verzeichnisse für das genealogische Handbuch des Adels und dasdeutsche Geschlechterbuch (Index of the genealogical handbook of nobility and the German lineage books),'' (Limburg/ Lahn, Germany: C.A. Starke, 1969; FS Library book 943 D2dg index 1969). | |||
:*The 1963 index for Volumes 1-134 has been filmed (FS Library book 943 D2dg index 1963; film1,183,565 item 5; fiche 6,053,506). | |||
:*A cumulative surname index to Volumes 1-209 (1999) and a supplemental index (2000) are available on computer (CD-ROM 5224) disk at the FS Library. | |||
===Ahnenstammkartei des deutschen Volkes (The German Pedigree Card Index)=== | ===Ahnenstammkartei des deutschen Volkes (The German Pedigree Card Index)=== | ||
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*Many German families have produced family histories or newsletters. These often contain genealogical information about several generations of the family, and they may include biographies, photographs, and pedigrees. The FamilySearch Library has many German family histories and newsletters listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''Surname Search'''] of the catalog. However, only the major surnames discussed in a family history are listed in the catalog. | *Many German families have produced family histories or newsletters. These often contain genealogical information about several generations of the family, and they may include biographies, photographs, and pedigrees. The FamilySearch Library has many German family histories and newsletters listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''Surname Search'''] of the catalog. However, only the major surnames discussed in a family history are listed in the catalog. | ||
*'''German Genealogists Directory.''' Use directories to find others working on your lines. A directory with about 34,000 indexed surnames and a list of 1,900 genealogists (mostly German), their addresses, and their ancestors is listed below: | *'''German Genealogists Directory.''' Use directories to find others working on your lines. A directory with about 34,000 indexed surnames and a list of 1,900 genealogists (mostly German), their addresses, and their ancestors is listed below: | ||
::Glenzdorf, Johann. ''Glenzdorfs internationales Genealogen-Lexikon (Glenzdorf's international directory of genealogists).'' Three Volumes. Bad Münder/Deister: Wilhelm Rost Verlag,1977-1984. (FS Library book 943 D27gi.) This source is not completely up-to-date, but it is still useful. | |||
*{{FSC|178206|item|disp='''Der Schlüssel (The Key):'''}}, Germany: Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnisse für genealogische, heraldische und historische Zeitschriftenreihen mit Orts-, Sach-, und Namenregistern (The key: comprehensive index of genealogical, heraldic, and historical serials with place, subject, and name indexes). Nine Volumes. | *{{FSC|178206|item|disp='''Der Schlüssel (The Key):'''}}, Germany: Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnisse für genealogische, heraldische und historische Zeitschriftenreihen mit Orts-, Sach-, und Namenregistern (The key: comprehensive index of genealogical, heraldic, and historical serials with place, subject, and name indexes). Nine Volumes. | ||
*Many German family histories are listed in the following 400-page bibliography: | *Many German family histories are listed in the following 400-page bibliography: | ||
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*A bibliography of OFBs held by the [http://www.ahnenforschung-hessen.de/zentralstelle/zentralstelle.html '''Central Office for Person and Family History,'''] and available in their archive in Frankfurt am Main-Höchst, is listed [http://www.ahnenforschung-hessen.de/zentralstelle/ortssippenbuecher.htm '''here'''.] You can arrange for copied pages to be sent to you for a fee or donation. Use the "Find" function on your keyboard to search the bibliographies, as they are not alphabetical.<br> | *A bibliography of OFBs held by the [http://www.ahnenforschung-hessen.de/zentralstelle/zentralstelle.html '''Central Office for Person and Family History,'''] and available in their archive in Frankfurt am Main-Höchst, is listed [http://www.ahnenforschung-hessen.de/zentralstelle/ortssippenbuecher.htm '''here'''.] You can arrange for copied pages to be sent to you for a fee or donation. Use the "Find" function on your keyboard to search the bibliographies, as they are not alphabetical.<br> | ||
*Below is listed an important bibliography of 668 village lineage books in alphabetical order by town name: | *Below is listed an important bibliography of 668 village lineage books in alphabetical order by town name: | ||
::Heinzmann, Franz. '''''Bibliographie der Ortssippenbücher in Deutschland (Bibliography of village lineage books in Germany).'' ''' Düsseldorf, Germany: Heinzmann, 1991. (FS Library book 943 D23h 1991.) This work lists both monographs and village lineages in periodicals. | |||
==Regional Collections== | ==Regional Collections== | ||
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