German Research Websites: Difference between revisions

Distribution of Property in Pommerania and the Island of Ruegen (in German), includes a discussion of Leibeigenschaft (feudal serfdom) in this area
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)
Kleidung im Mittelalter (clothing in the Middle Ages (in German), Wikipedia article
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
Staendeordnung- (order of social classes), in German (Wikipedia)

Societies and other Resources

Town Lineage Books

Town genealogies on genealogy.net
Bibliography of printed town genealogies
bibliography of published town genealogies (Weiss)
Baden Ortssippenbücher - list of published and available books
Village lineage books for Schlesien - a bibliography

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 *[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.lib-web.org/europe/germany-central-europe/germany/ Libraries in Germany (Lib-web)]
-*[http://www.monasterium.net/ Monasterium.net]&nbsp;- Medieval to early modern era documents
+*[https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/ 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.
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 *[http://www.alt-katholisch.de/ Alt-Katholiken - Germany]
-*[http://www.bbkl.de/ Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)]&nbsp;($)
+*[http://www.bbkl.de/ Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)] ($)
 *[http://www.ekd.de/english/ Evangelical Church in Germany]
 *[http://www.igi-index.de/?seite=batch8&lang=uk IGI Batch Number Index]
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 ==Concentration Camps ==
-*[http://www.holocaust.cz/cz2/victims/victims Holocaust Victims killed in Czech Concentration Camps]&nbsp;- in Czech, English version incomplete
+*[http://www.holocaust.cz/cz2/victims/victims Holocaust Victims killed in Czech Concentration Camps] - 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
+*[http://www.ushmm.org/ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum] - includes links to a Holocaust victims and survivors database
 ==Culture==
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 *[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.die-maus-bremen.de/Datenbanken/auswanderer/index.php/?lang=de Emigration via Bremen] - 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)]
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 *[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Portal:DigiBib DigiBib - Digital Library on genealogy.net]
 *[http://www.berufsgenealogie.net/ German Association of Professional Genealogists]
+*[https://wiki.genealogy.net/Deutsche_Arbeitsgemeinschaft_genealogischer_Verb%C3%A4nde_e.V._(DAGV)/DAGV/Guide GenWiki]
 ==General Information==
-*[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://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]
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 *[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/learning-center 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]
+*[https://script.byu.edu/german-handwriting/introduction German Script tutorial]
 *[http://www.germancorner.com/fonts/index.html German-type fonts to download] (free)
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 ==Maps==
-*[http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire] - can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer
+*[https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/digital?q=ravenstein 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]
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 ==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
+*Deutsche Dienststelle [https://www.dd-wast.de/de/startseite.html (WASt)] - 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.
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 *[http://www.muehlen-dgm-ev.de/ German Society for the historical mills of Germany]
 *[http://www.rambow.de/saechsisches-pfarrerbuch.html Register of Pastors of Sachsen]
-==Regional Research Websites==
-*[http://forum.ahnenforschung.net/showthread.php?t=1703 Culm area]
-*[http://rueckling.de/ Brandenburg research]
 ==Research Guides==