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Many German place-names and boundaries have changed or no longer exist. Historical gazetteers that describe places as they were known earlier may help you. Use gazetteers published during the time period you are researching to find the names and boundaries that existed during that time. Some places that used to be part of Germany are now part of another nation, such as France, Denmark, or Poland. These are described in [[Germany Historical Geography|Germany Historical Geography]]. | Many German place-names and boundaries have changed or no longer exist. Historical gazetteers that describe places as they were known earlier may help you. Use gazetteers published during the time period you are researching to find the names and boundaries that existed during that time. Some places that used to be part of Germany are now part of another nation, such as France, Denmark, or Poland. These are described in [[Germany Historical Geography|Germany Historical Geography]]. | ||
===== Eastern European Place Names and Changes ===== | |||
[http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Kartenmeister], is a website that contains 88220 locations with over 38.200 name changes once, and 5,500 twice and more. All locations are EAST of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: East Prussia, including Memel, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia.<br> | |||
Additional gazetteers and similar guides to German place-names are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Additional gazetteers and similar guides to German place-names are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
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GERMANY, [STATE] - GAZETTEERS | GERMANY, [STATE] - GAZETTEERS | ||
[http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de Michael Rademacher's site] is based primarily on gazetteers from the period 1880-1925, but also includes later information, especially regarding territory absorbed by the Nazis before the beginning of WW II. It is organized [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/ortsbuch39.html alphabetically] and [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de hierarchically]. The structure of the http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/kirchen.html#evangelischekirchen Evangelical-Lutheran] and [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/kirchen.html#katholischekirche Roman Catholic] churches is also provided.<br> | [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de Michael Rademacher's site] is based primarily on gazetteers from the period 1880-1925, but also includes later information, especially regarding territory absorbed by the Nazis before the beginning of WW II. It is organized [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/ortsbuch39.html alphabetically] and [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de hierarchically]. The structure of the http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/kirchen.html#evangelischekirchen Evangelical-Lutheran] and [http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/kirchen.html#katholischekirche Roman Catholic] churches is also provided.<br> | ||
*[http://gov.genealogy.net gov.genealogy.net] features tree diagrams showing the jurisdictional structure of a place as it changed over time.<br><br>[http://www.territorial.de/ territorial.de] gives jurisdictional changes within Germany in minute detail for the period 1874-1945.<br> | *[http://gov.genealogy.net gov.genealogy.net] features tree diagrams showing the jurisdictional structure of a place as it changed over time.<br><br>[http://www.territorial.de/ territorial.de] gives jurisdictional changes within Germany in minute detail for the period 1874-1945.<br> | ||