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# In column 1, find the goal you selected. 
== Record Finder Table for Germany ==
# In column 2, find the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need. Then turn to that section of this outline.
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
# Additional records that may also be useful are listed in column 3. 
=== Order of Records ===
# The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the subject headings used in this outline and in the Locality section of the Family History Library Catalog.<br />
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.
# Records containing previous research (biography, genealogy, history, nobility, periodicals, and societies) could provide information for most of the goals. These have not been repeatedly listed unless they are especially helpful for the goal.


{| class="plain"
== List of Topics ==
| '''1. If You Need                                           <br />'''
This Record Finder table links to the Germany topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
| '''2. Look First In                                   <br />'''
===Vital Events ===
| '''3. Then Search                                           '''
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Age <br /><br />
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Church Records, Civil <br />Registration, Jewish Records<br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Obituaries, Naturalization and<br />Citizenship, Schools<br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Birth date<br /><br />
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Church Records, Civil <br />Registration, Jewish Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Obituaries, Occupations, Census<br /><br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Germany Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Germany Census|Census]]
*[[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Germany Schools|Schools]]
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Birthplace <br /><br />
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Church Records, Civil <br /> Registration, Jewish Records <br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Occupations, Naturalization and <br />Citizenship, Schools, Military Records<br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
|
*[[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Germany Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or<br />county)<br />
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Gazetteers, Church History <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Maps, History, Historical<br />Geography<br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Germany Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Germany Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Germany Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Germany Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death<br /><br /><br />
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Church Records, Civil Registration,<br />Jewish Records, Obituaries,<br />Newspapers<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Court Records,<br />Occupations, Cemeteries<br /><br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| Emigration information<br /><br /><br />
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Emigration and Immigration, <br />Societies, Military Records,<br />Periodicals, Newspapers<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| See the research outline for the <br />country to which the ancestor <br />immigrated.<br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Germany Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Germany Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
|-
| Historical background<br />
| align="left" | Living relatives
| History, Church History<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies
*[[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Societies|Societies]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Language helps <br />
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Language and Languages<br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Handwriting<br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives<br />
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Directories, Genealogy<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies, Periodicals
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Societies|Societies]]
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
|-
|-
| Maiden name <br />
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Church Records, Civil Registration<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Jewish Records, Obituaries<br />
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*Directories
*[[Germany Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Biography|Biography]]
*[[Germany Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Germany Census|Census]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Marriage <br /><br />
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Church Records, Civil Registration,<br />Jewish Records<br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Genealogy, Periodicals, Nobility,<br />Newspapers<br />
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Naming customs<br />
| align="left" | Nobility
| Names (Personal)<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Periodicals<br />
 
*[[Germany Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Biography|Biography]]
*[[Germany Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Noble families<br />
| align="left" | Occupation
| Nobility, Heraldry <br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, Periodicals<br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Occupations<br /><br />
| align="left" | Religion
| Church Records, Occupations,<br />Directories, Population<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census,<br />Church Directories, Dwellings<br />
*[[Germany Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Germany Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany History|History]]
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other<br />family members <br />
| align="left" | Social activities
| Church Records, Civil Registration,<br />Obituaries, Jewish Records<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Land and Property,<br /> Naturalization and Citizenship<br />
*Social Life and Customs]]
*[[Germany Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Germany History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| Physical description<br /><br />
| align="left" | Physical description  
| Military Records, Biography<br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Emigration and <br />Immigration<br />
*[[Germany Military Records|Military Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading German Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Gazetteers, Maps<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Historical Geography<br />
*[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
*[https://script.byu.edu/german-handwriting/introduction German Script Tutorial]
|-
|-
| Places of residence<br /><br /><br /><br />
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Population, Church Records,<br />Emigration and Immigration,<br />Directories, Jewish Records,<br />Military Records<br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, Genealogy, Census,<br />Swellings, Land and Property,<br />Periodicals Names (Personal)<br /><br />
*[[Germany Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled<br />genealogy) <br />
| align="left" |Online classes
| Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies <br /><br />
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, Biography, Nobility,<br />Dwellings<br />
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Old German Script]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 1: Letters]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-2 2: Words]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-german-church-and-civil-records-part-3 3: Records]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-church-and-civil-records German Church and Civil Records]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History
*[[German Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
==Provinces, Kingdoms, and Duchies of the German Empire: English (German, if different)==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province of the German Empire, including links to actual records.'''
|}
<br>
'''Click on the names of the province or duchy to find detailed instructions for family history research for that locality.'''<br>
 
{|style="vertical-align:top;; padding-right:1em"
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids<br /><br />
|style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; padding-right:1em"|
| Archives and Libraries, Church<br />History, Church Directories<br />
'''Independent From Prussia'''<br>
| Societies, Periodicals<br /><br />
*[[Anhalt, German Empire Genealogy|Anhalt]]
*[[Baden, German Empire Genealogy|Baden]]
*[[Bavaria (Bayern), German Empire Genealogy|Bavaria (Bayern)]]
**[[Saarland, Germany Genealogy|The Saar Region]]
*[[Brunswick (Braunschweig), German Empire Genealogy|Brunswick (Braunschweig)]]
*[[Elsass-Lothringen, German Empire Genealogy|Elsass-Lothringen]]
*[[Hesse (Hessen), German Empire Genealogy|Hesse (Hessen)]]
*[[Lippe, German Empire Genealogy|Lippe]]
*[[Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire Genealogy|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]
*[[Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German Empire Genealogy|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
*[[Oldenburg, German Empire Genealogy|Oldenburg]]
*[[Saxony (Sachsen), German Empire Genealogy|Saxony (Sachsen)]]
*[[Schaumburg-Lippe, German Empire Genealogy|Schaumburg-Lippe]]
*[[Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy|Waldeck]]
*[[Württemberg, German Empire Genealogy|Württemberg]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:25%; padding-right:1em"|
'''Prussia (Preussen)'''<br>
*[[Brandenburg, German Empire Genealogy|Brandenburg]]
**[[The Neumark (region), Brandenburg, German Empire Genealogy|The Neumark, Brandenburg]]
**[[Berlin, Germany Genealogy|Berlin, Brandenburg]]
*[[East Prussia (Ostpreussen), German Empire Genealogy|East Prussia (Ostpreussen)]]
*[[Hanover (Hannover), German Empire Genealogy|Hanover (Hannover)]]
*[[Hesse-Nassau (Hessen-Nassau), German Empire Genealogy|Hesse-Nassau (Hessen-Nassau)]]
*[[Hohenzollern, German Empire Genealogy|Hohenzollern]]
*[[Pomerania (Pommern), German Empire Genealogy|Pomerania (Pommern)]]
**[[Vorpommern (region), Pomerania (Pommern), German Empire Genealogy|Vorpommern (Western Pomerania)]]
*[[Posen, German Empire Genealogy|Posen]]
*[[Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen), German Empire Genealogy|Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen)]]
*[[Rhineland (Rheinland), German Empire Genealogy|Rhineland (Rheinland)]]
**[[Palatinate (Pfalz), Germany Genealogy|The Palatinate (The Pfalz)]]
*[[Silesia (Schlesien), German Empire Genealogy|Silesia (Schlesien)]]
*[[Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire Genealogy|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[Westphalia (Westfalen), German Empire Genealogy|Westphalia (Westfalen)]]
*[[West Prussia (Westpreussen), German Empire Genealogy|West Prussia (Westpreussen)]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:25%; padding-right:1em"|
'''Thuringia (Thüringen)'''<br>
*[[Reuss Younger Line (jüngere Linie), German Empire Genealogy|Reuss Younger Line (jüngere Linie)]]
*[[Reuss Elder Line (ältere Linie), German Empire Genealogy|Reuss Elder Line (ältere Linie)]]
*[[Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)]]
*[[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)]]
*[[Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)]]
*[[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), German Empire Genealogy|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)]]
*[[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German Empire Genealogy|Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
*[[Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, German Empire Genealogy|Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]]
 
|style="vertical-align:top; width:10%; padding-right:1em"|
'''City-States'''<br>
*[[Bremen, German Empire Genealogy|Bremen]]
*[[Hamburg, German Empire Genealogy|Hamburg]]
*[[Lübeck, German Empire Genealogy|Lübeck]]
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[[Category:Germany Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:03, 29 February 2024


Germany Wiki Topics
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Germany Beginning Research
Record Types
Germany Background
Germany Genealogical Word Lists
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Germany

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics

This Record Finder table links to the Germany topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading German Records

Vocabulary
Naming patterns
Online classes
Writing for records

Provinces, Kingdoms, and Duchies of the German Empire: English (German, if different)

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each province of the German Empire, including links to actual records.


Click on the names of the province or duchy to find detailed instructions for family history research for that locality.

Independent From Prussia

Prussia (Preussen)

Thuringia (Thüringen)

City-States




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