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*[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://ahnenforschung.net/cgi-bin/webdir.cgi?action=list&sid=&cid=auswanderung ] | ||
*[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.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.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Currency Converter] | ||
*[http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post] | *[http://www.deutschepost.de/dpag Deutsche Post] | ||
*[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools - Google] | *[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools - Google] | ||
*[http://www.meinestadt.de/ Meine Stadt.de] | *[http://www.meinestadt.de/ Meine Stadt.de] | ||
*[http://www.grtpublications.com/ Book: ''The German Research Companion''], (link to publisher) | |||
== Historical Geography == | == Historical Geography == | ||
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Archives[edit | edit source]
- Association of Evangelical Church Archives
- Archives in Germany - Hanacek (2000)
- Archives in Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Archive links (Cox)
- Archive School Marburg
- EZAB - Berlin Evangelical Central Archive Holdings
- Oberlausitz Evangelical Archive
- EZAB portal page
- Geheimes Archiv - Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
- GHI Links to German Archives
- Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Germany
- Monasterium.net
- Niedersachsen Archives - Aida online
- Unesco Directory of Religious Archives - Germany
Biography[edit | edit source]
Calendars[edit | edit source]
- French Republican Calendar (Research outline)
- GenTools 6-software for historians and genealogists
- Grotefend calendar book online
- Calendar converter (German)
- The Calendar Zone - software links
- The Liturgical Year
Churches[edit | edit source]
- Alt-Katholiken - Germany
- Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
- Evangelical Church in Germany
- IGI Batch Number Index
- Bibliography - Books of Pastors
- Roman Catholic church in Germany
Colonies[edit | edit source]
Concentration Camps[edit | edit source]
- Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps
- Holocaust Victims killed in Czech Concentration Camps
- International Tracing Service
Culture[edit | edit source]
Databases[edit | edit source]
- Biography search
- Emigration from Southwest Germany
- German Newspapers
- Historische Adressbuecher - Eine Sekundärquelle fuer die Familienforschung
- IGI batch number search
- Schleswig census
- Schleswig-Holstein census
- Wehdem Parish Records online
- Westfalen Family Name search
Directories[edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
- Emigration from Southwest Germany
- Emigration via Bremen
- Galveston-Bremen Project
- Hamburg Passenger Lists - User Guide
- Westfalen emigrants (in German)
- Lower Saxony State Archives Emigrant Search
- Palatines to America
- German Roots Internet portal
- German Emigrant Lists
- Roots in Germany portal
- Internet Resources for Finding Origins of German 19th Century Emigrants
- Pre-1820 Emigration from Germany
Gazetteers - general[edit | edit source]
- Using Meyer's Gazetteer
- Meyers Gazetteer onlinepart 1 A-K,part 2 L-Z
- Orbis Latinus
- Kartenmeister
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
- Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde
- Familienforschung - Wittholz
- Germany GenWeb
- Ahnenforschung.net - German genealogical forum and link list
- Forschungsstellen - research groups of the Association of East German Family Historians. Contact them to find out if records for a town in a formerly German area have survived.
- Genealogy.net - German Genealogy on the Internet (German site)
- Genealogy.net - English language section, which is separate from the German language site
- German Names - Shareware for German Genealogy
- German-Russian Genealogy
- Germans from Russia Research
- Ahnenstammkartei des deutschen Volkes - GenWiki article
- Archivalia - Archive newsletter with links to genealogy information
- Schloeder/Schleder Genealogy
- German GenWiki
- WVC Library Link list for German genealogy
- FEEFHS resources for Germany
- historic areal measures
- helpful articles on German research topics (ProGenealogists website)
- German research link list (Favos)
- genealogy.net mailing lists
- genealogylinks.net- Germany
- Personalschriften.de - information about printed funeral sermons, with links to various indexes
- helps for contributing to the English instance of GenWiki
- IGI German Batchnumber Index
- DigiBib - Digital Library on genealogy.net
- German Association of Professional Genealogists
- Historical and genealogical digital publications for sale
General Information[edit | edit source]
- Wikipedia
- Deutschland auf einen Blick! - links to maps of modern German states with tourist information, especially hotels
- Currency Converter
- Deutsche Post
- Language Tools - Google
- Meine Stadt.de
- Book: The German Research Companion, (link to publisher)
Historical Geography[edit | edit source]
Jewish[edit | edit source]
- Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
- Jewish Genealogy Roots Ancestry Ancestors Information Research History Names Surnames And Jewish Family Tree
- www.auschwitz.org.pl
Language helps and guides[edit | edit source]
- Orbis Latinus Latin Place names
- German Genealogical Word List FamilySearch Wiki article
- Latin Genealogical Word List
- archaic mediccal terms (in English)
- Old terms for illnesses (in German)
- German occupations (on Jewishgen.org)
- historic German professions
- Google language tools
- Grimm's Dictionary of the German Language
- Latinized Given names
- German-English dictionary
- Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide
- Translation of Phrases
Maps[edit | edit source]
- Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire - can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer
- Historical outline maps of Germany
- Interactive map of modern Germany
- Kartenmeister - for formerly German areas now in Eastern countries, especially Poland
- Karte der RBD Berlin 1943
- Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907
- Pfalz 1789 map and other Pfalz area maps
Societies[edit | edit source]
Links to the major German genealogical societes are easily accessed through Genealogy.net at
the Vereine (societies) portal
- FEEFHS - Eastern European Genealogy - FEEFHS
- Leipzig Genealogical Society
- Palatines to America Society
- Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE)
- Ostfriesen Genealogical Society of America
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
- Germans from Russia Heritage Society
- Sacramento German Genealogical Society
- Germanic Genealogy Society (in Minnesota)
- Southern California Genealogical Society - German SIG
- The German-Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society
- Immigrant Genealogical Society
- Orangeburgh Swiss-German Genealogical Society
- Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
- Southwest Florida Germanic Genealogy Society
Town Lineage Books[edit | edit source]
- 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