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The German research websites listed as "Favorites" at the Family History Library include:
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[[Germany|'''Back to Germany Wiki page''']]


== Germany ==
==Archives==


=== <br /> ===
*[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]
*[http://www.lib-web.org/europe/germany-central-europe/germany/ Libraries in Germany (Lib-web)]
*[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.
*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.


=== Archives Libraries &amp; Internet ===
==Biography==


* [http://english.its-arolsen.org/ International Tracing Service Arolsen]
*[http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/index.html Deutsche Biographie - Search page]
* [http://wiki.genealogy.net/index.php/Computergenealogie/2005/03#Neuerscheinu Computergenealogie-2005-03 - GenWiki]
* [http://www.ezab.de/ Evangelishes Zentral Archiv in Berlin]
* [http://www.gsta.spk-berlin.de/framesets/frameset.php Geheimes archive - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz]
* [http://www.ghi-dc.org/guide12/a-j.html#88 German Archive addresses]
* [http://www.ghi-dc.org/guide12/archlist.html German Archives - List of Archives]
* [http://www.ghi-dc.org/guide13/germarch.html German archives by town]
* [http://home.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/darchive.htm German Archives]
* [http://www.google.com/ Google]
* [http://www.gsta.spk-berlin.de/framesets/frameset.php GStA - Geheimes Staatsarchiv - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz]
* [http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Germany.html Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Germany]
* [http://www.ekd.de/kirche/karte.html Lutheran Church in Germany EKD]
* [http://www.staatsarchive.niedersachsen.de/master/C504_L20_D0.html Niedersaechsiches Landesarchiv]
* [http://www.archive.nrw.de/index.asp NRW-Archive]
* [http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Germany/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Germany]


=== <br /> ===
==Calendars==


=== Berlin ===
*[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.gentools6.de/startseite.php GenTools 6] Software tools for genealogists , includes Protestant and Catholic feastday calendars ( works with Windows 7 and earlier versions)
*[http://www.calendarzone.com/Software/ The Calendar Zone - software links]
*[http://www.lepg.org/liturgy.htm The Liturgical Year]
*[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/calendars-used-around-the-world.html Information on many calendar systems around the world]


* [http://www.alt-berlin.info/ Alt-Berlin City maps]
==Churches==
* [http://adressbuch.zlb.de/ Berlin Adressbooks online]
* [http://www.luise-berlin.de/Strassen/indexstr.htm Street names in Berlin]


=== <br /> ===
*[http://www.alt-katholisch.de/ Alt-Katholiken - Germany]
*[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]
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrerbuch Bibliography - Books of Pastors] (arranged by modern German state)
*[http://www.kath.de/ Roman Catholic church in Germany]


=== Church Records ===
==Colonies==


* [http://www.alt-katholisch.de/gemeinden/index.html Alt-Katholiken in Germany]
*[http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/deutsche-kolonien.htm German Colonies]
* [http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/ Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)]
* [http://www.ekd.de/initiative/initiative.html EKD Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland]
* [http://www.westpreussen.de/ortsverzeichnis/details.php?ID=2427 Familienforschung in Westpreußen]
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/kirche-A.html Genealogie Sachsen Orts- und Kirchliste]
* [http://www.ekd.de/kirche/3218_karte.html German Evangelical Parishes]
* [http://www.igi-index.de/?seite=batch8&lang=uk igi-index German Batchnumber Index]
* [http://www.kirchenkreis-stralsund.de/index2.php?inhalt2=inhalt.php?inhalt=start_mitte.html Kirchenkreis Stralsund Evangelischen Kirche]
* [http://www.schlawe.de/gemeinden/ Kirchspielen und Amtsbezirken Schlawe]
* [http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Germany/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Germany]


=== <br /> ===
==Concentration Camps ==


=== Concentration Camps ===
*[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] - includes links to a Holocaust victims and survivors database


* [http://www.dpcamps.org/dpcamps/ Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps]
==Culture==


=== <br /> ===
*Village celebration (in German)


=== Databases ===
==Databases==


* [http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~ndb/ndbmaske.html Biography search]
*[http://www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=de&suche=1&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27 Emigration from Southwest Germany]<br>
* [http://www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=de&suche=1&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27 Emigration from Southwest Germany]
*[http://adressbuecher.genealogy.net/ Historische Adressbuecher - Eine Sekundärquelle fuer die Familienforschung]
* [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/ German Newspapers]
*[http://igi-index.de IGI batch number search]
* [http://adressbuecher.genealogy.net/ Historische Adressbuecher - Eine Sekundärquelle fuer die Familienforschung]
*[http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/ Poznan Project] - marriage records from Posen, 1800-1899<br>
* [http://members.surfeu.de/jhl/ IGI batch number search]
*[http://members.tripod.com/Stemweder/wehdem.html Wehdem Parish Records online]<br>
* [http://www.akvz.de/e107_plugins/akvzdb_menu/akvzdb.php Schleswig census]
*[http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche.html German War Gravesite database]
* [http://www.akvz.de/news.php Schleswig-Holstein census]
*[http://meta.genealogy.net/ Metasearch searches data in GedBas, Datenbank Historischer Adressbücher, Foko,Forschungsdatenbanken der Vereine, Online Ortsfamilienbücher, Familienanzeigen, and Volkszahlregister Schleswig Holstein]
* [http://members.tripod.com/Stemweder/wehdem.html Wehdem Parish Records online]
* [http://www.geocities.com/vw25176/quellen/mormonenbatch.html Westfalen Family Name search]


=== <br /> ===
==Digital Libraries==


=== Emigration and Immigration ===
*[http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/suche.html Retro-bib] - digitized 19th Century reference works, including Meyers Konversationslexikon and the Brockhaus lexikon
*[http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Portal:DigiBib Digibib] - Digital Library on Genealogy.net in various categories, includes links to other digital libraries
**[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)
*[http://archeion.net/atom/index.php/ksiega-urodzen-wroclaw-iii-1891-t-06;isad Link to Breslau Standesamt III] This covers 1891-1911. This Standesamt (civil registration office) existed from 1891-1945.


* [https://www.la-bw.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=a_artikel&id=6441&sprache=de Auswanderung aus Südwestdeutschland]
==Directories==
* [http://www.dah-bremerhaven.de/index_flash.html Bremerhaven]
* [http://hapag-halle-cuxhaven.de/english/cuxausindex_e.html Cuxhaven emigration]
* [http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/index.php?id=2 Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank]
* [http://www.auswanderer.lad-bw.de/auswanderer/index.php?sprache=de&suche=1&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27&PHPSESSID=710ac9e95192a7e7728cf8fca647ca27 emigration from Southwest Germany]
* [http://www.schiffslisten.de/index.php?lang=en Emigrationen aus Bremen - Ueber Bremen in die Welt]
* [http://geocities.com/galveston_bremen_project/index.htm Galveston Bremen Project Homepage]
* [http://www.germanmigration.com/ Germanmigration.com]
* [http://web.greatships.net:81/shipslist.html Great Ships - Index]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Hamburg_Pass_List.ASP Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850–1934 Resource Guide]
* [http://www.linktoyourroots.hamburg.de/ Hamburg Passenger Lists 1890-1914 online index]
* [http://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America Society]
* [http://www.kinshipsprints.com/catalog/ships/a/a.htm Passenger Vessels of Your Immigrant Ancestors List A]
* [http://www.pgsa.org/ships.htm Ship &amp; Immigration links]


=== <br /> ===
*[http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ German Online Telephone Book]
*[http://adressbuecher.genealogy.net/ historic address books]


=== Genealogy ===
==Emigration and Immigration==


* [http://www.aller-ursprung.de/ Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde]
*[http://www.auswanderer-bw.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=a_artikel&id=6591&sprache=en&PHPSESSID= Emigration from Southwest Germany]
* [http://visitenkarten.genealogy.net/_vkt_page.php?lng=xx&p=*Wittholz&t=1002 Familienforschung - Wittholz]
*[http://www.die-maus-bremen.de/Datenbanken/auswanderer/index.php/?lang=de Emigration via Bremen] - in German
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/AGoFF/fst/index.htm Forschungsstellen]
*[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.genealogienetz.de/ genealogy.net - German genealogy - Familienforschung im deutschen Sprachraum]
*[http://www.genealogy.net/vereine/wggf/?Basiswissen:Auswanderung&search=auswanderer Westfalen emigrants (in German)]
* [http://www.germannames.com/gernam.htm German Names - Shareware for German Genealogy]
*[http://aidaonline.niedersachsen.de/ Lower Saxony State Archives Emigrant Search]
* [http://www.odessa3.org/ German-Russian Genealogy]
*[http://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ks/gerrus/index.html Germans from Russia Research]
*[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]
*[[Pre-1820 Emigration from Germany|Pre-1820 Emigration from Germany]]<br>


=== <br /> ===
Category: Germany


=== General Information ===
==Gazetteers - general==


* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite Wikipedia]
*[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Step-by-step_guide:_Using_Meyers_Gazetteer_Online Using Meyer's Gazetteer]
* [http://www.calendarzone.com/Software/ Calendars]
*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.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Currency Converter]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus]
* [http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post]
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/FrRepCal.ASP French Republican Calendar Research Outline]
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SCI/adressbuecher/oppeln.html German Address books online]
* [http://wiki.genealogy.net/index.php/Flächenmaße German genealogy old measuring units]
* [http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box German translation ]
* [http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag?xmlFile=828 German Zip codes]
* [http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/germany/index.html Germany Genealogy Links]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/ Germany GenWeb]
* [http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dwb/wbgui?lemid=GA00008 Grimm's dictionary online]
* [http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools]
* [http://www.meinestadt.de/Bayern Meine Stadt - Bayern]
* [http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/sonstiges/lb/search.html postal code search for Germany]
* [http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/ch1995.gif Swiss map]
* [http://www.telefonbuch.de/ Telefonbuch]
* [http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/euro/de Telephone Directories]


=== <br /> ===
==Genealogy==


=== Historical Geography ===
*[http://ahnenforschung.net/ Ahnenforschung.net] - German genealogical forum and link list
*[https://www.cyndislist.com/germany/ Cyndi's List - Germany / Deutschland] - 1,200 links for Germany research
*[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]


* [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/BadenParish.cfm Baden Parish Finder]
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/kirche-A.html Genealogie Sachsen Orts- und Kirchliste]
* [http://www.genealogyandhow.com/lib/germany/german-town-name-meanings.htm German Town Name Meanings]
* [http://www.kartenmeister.com/ Kartenmeister]
* [http://www.meinestadt.de/ meinestadt.de Search for German cities and towns]
* [http://www.hinterpommern.de/ Pommern - Das Land am Meer]


=== <br /> ===
==General Information==


=== Jewish ===
*[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]
*[http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post]
*[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools - Google]
*[http://www.meinestadt.de/ Meine Stadt.de
*[http://www.kirchlicher-suchdienst.de/de/322ppasa.php German missing persons search site (from WWII)]


* [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/rg/guide/JewishGenealogy.asp Jewish Genealogy Research Outline]
==Handwriting==
* [http://www.avotaynu.com/ Jewish Genealogy Roots Ancestry Ancestors Information Research History Names Surnames And Jewish Family Tree]
* [http://www.auschwitz-muzeum.oswiecim.pl/ www.auschwitz.org.pl]


=== <br /> ===
*[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/german-handwriting/introduction German Script tutorial]
*[http://www.germancorner.com/fonts/index.html German-type fonts to download] (free)


=== Language helps and guides ===
==Historical Geography==


* [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html Orbis Latinus Latin Place names]
*[http://www.genealogyandhow.com/lib/germany/german-town-name-meanings.htm German Town Name Meanings]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/WLGerman.ASP German Genealogical Word List]
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/ Kartenmeister]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/Germany.ASP Germany Research Outline]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/German_Gothic99-36316.ASP Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/Guide/WLLatin.ASP Latin Genealogical Word List]
* [http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box Translation of Phrases]


=== <br /> ===
==Jewish==


=== Maps ===
*[[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
*[http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/ Auschwitz webpage]


* [http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/home.html German Empire Maps]
==Language helps and guides==
* [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]


=== <br /> ===
*[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
*[http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box Translation of Phrases]


=== Societies ===
==Maps==


* [http://www.agoff.de/ Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher e.V. (AGoFF)]
*[https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/digital?q=ravenstein Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire] - can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer
* [http://feefhs.org/ FEEFHS - Eastern European Genealogy - FEEFHS]
*[http://www.nrw-geschichte.de/deutschland/ Historical outline maps of Germany]
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/vereine/AGoFF/fst/index.htm Forschungsstellen]
*[http://www.hot-map.com/deutschlandkarte Interactive map of modern Germany]
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/ genealogy.net - German genealogy - Familienforschung im deutschen Sprachraum]
*[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister] - for formerly German areas now in Eastern countries, especially Poland
* [http://www.odessa3.org/ German-Russian Genealogy]
*[http://www.blocksignal.de/krt/r43/f.cgi Karte der RBD Berlin 1943]
* [http://www.lgg-leipzig.de/programm.asp Leipzig Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.blocksignal.de/krt/b07/f.cgi Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907]
* [http://www.palam.org/ Palatines to America Society]
*[http://www.krebs-onl.de/pfalz/1789.shtml Pfalz 1789 map] and other Pfalz area maps
* [http://www.pommerscher-greif.de/ Pommerscher Greif e.V. Verein für pommersche Orts und Familienforschung]
* [http://www.sggee.org/ Society for German Genealogy in E. Europe]


=== <br /> ===
==Military Records==


=== Village Lineage book information ===
*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.


* [http://www.ortsfamilienbuch.de/cgi-bin/ofb/ofambu.cgi?list=D Ahnenforschung.Net - Ortsfamilienbücher]
<br>
* [http://user.baden-online.de/~ksiefert/ Badien Ortssippenbücher]
* [http://www.online-ofb.de/famlist.php?ofb=gross_lessen&b=G&lang=de&modus= Ortsfamilienbuch Groß Lessen]
* [http://www.vogel-soya.de/ortsfamilienbuecher_schlesien.htm Village lineage books for Schlesien]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1845/main.htm Waldeck Ortssippenbuecher]
* [http://www.vfst.de/xml/fachliteratur_katalog_titel.html;jsessionid=A537CE22D0F324A8D5D3BA0E35C44697 Verlag für Standesamtswesen Fachliteratur]


'''[[Germany|'''Back to Germany Wiki page''']]'''
==Names - personal==
 
*[http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx Geogen] - maps surnames by frequency, using the German online telphone directory
 
==Newspapers==
 
[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/ Although a digital archive of US newspapers], these can also be useful in searching for German ancestors.
 
==Occupations==
 
*[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]
 
==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)
*[[Microfilmed German church records: helpful hints|German Church Record helpful hints]]
 
==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
*''[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A4ndeordnung Staendeordnung]''- (order of social classes), in German (Wikipedia)
 
===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]
*[http://csumc.wisc.edu/mki/Genealogy/1.GenealogyFrames.htm German genealogy resources at the Max-Kade Institute]
 
==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
*[http://www.vogel-soya.de/ortsfamilienbuecher_schlesien.htm Village lineage books for Schlesien] - a bibliography
 
[[Category:Germany Websites]]

Latest revision as of 17:47, 12 December 2023


Archives

Biography

Calendars

Churches

Colonies

Concentration Camps

Culture

  • Village celebration (in German)

Databases

Digital Libraries

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Category: Germany

Gazetteers - general

Genealogy


General Information

Handwriting

Historical Geography

Jewish

Language helps and guides

Maps

Military Records

  • Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) - has information about WWI and WWII soldiers who were killed or missing in action
  • Glossary of German military terms.


Names - personal

  • Geogen - maps surnames by frequency, using the German online telphone directory

Newspapers

Although a digital archive of US newspapers, these can also be useful in searching for German ancestors.

Occupations

Research Guides

Social History

Societies and other Resources

Town Lineage Books

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