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==Information in Periodicals==

A periodical is a regularly published magazine, newsletter, or journal. Several valuable periodicals concerning German genealogical research exist. Most genealogical and historical societies in North America and in Germany publish magazines and newsletters. The articles in these periodicals often include the following:  

 

*Family genealogies and pedigrees  

*Helpful articles on research methodology  

*Transcripts of church records, migration lists, and cemetery records

*Indexes to genealogical sources

* Information about records, archives, and services  

*Interesting articles about social life and customs  

*Book advertisements and book reviews  

*Advertisements of professional researchers  

*'Queries or requests for information about specific ancestors that can help you contact other interested researchers

 

*''German American Genealogy. 1988-''. Published by The Immigrant Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 7369, Burbank, California, USA 91510-7369, USA. (FHL book 973 F25ga.)

 

*''The German Connection. 1976-''. Published by the German Research Association, P.O. Box 711600, San Diego, California, USA 92171-1600, USA. (FHL book 943 D25gc.)

 

 

*''Journal (American Historical Society of Germans from Russia). 1978-''. Published by the AHSGR, 631 D St., Lincoln, Nebraska, USA 68502-1199, USA. (FHL book 973 B2aht.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Genealogie: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Familienkunde (Genealogy: German periodical for family studies). 1952-. (FHL book 943 B2gf.)

=== Regional  ===

In addition to the national periodicals, excellent regional publications are also available.  

Most articles in these periodicals are about families from the area covered by the periodicals. Examples of regional periodicals are listed below:

*Badische Familienkunde (Baden family studies)

*Blätter des Bayerischen Landesvereins für Familienkunde (Pages of the Bavarian State Association for Family Studies)

*Pfälzisch-Rheinische Familienkunde (Palatinate-Rhine family studies)

=== Indexes  ===

Most magazines have annual or cumulative indexes. A major composite index to over 175 German periodicals is listed below:

*Der Schlüssel, 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.

*Göttingen, Germany: Heinz Reise Verlag, 1950-1986. (FHL book 943 D25sc.) This source indexes 68,660 article and book titles. About half of each volume is a numbered bibliography of periodical articles and genealogical books. Each bibliography entry gives the issue and page number of the article. The second half of each Schlüssel volume contains a place, subject, and surname index of that volume's bibliography. It is easy to quickly browse each volume's surname index for the surname you seek. Volumes 7, 8, and 9 each summarize the years and major periodicals covered in previous volumes.

The following is another major composite index:  

*Familiengeschichtliche Quellen: Zeitschrift familiengeschichtlicher Quellennachweise (Family history sources: periodical of family history source references). 17 Volumes. Neustadt/Aisch, Germany: Degener, 1926-. (FHL book 943B2fq; films 496,680-82; fiche 6,000,817.)

This index totals over 6,400 pages, citing over 2,300 sources and listing over 2.5 million surname citations. The first few pages of each volume are a numbered bibliography of genealogy periodicals and books. Most of each volume is a separate index of surnames cited in the sources at the beginning. You will need to check each volume's surname index for the surname you seek.