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*Major manufacturing works, canals, docks, and railroad stations. | *Major manufacturing works, canals, docks, and railroad stations. | ||
Gazetteers can help you find the places where your family lived and determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. For example, | Gazetteers can help you find the places where your family lived and determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. For example, Sande, Germany, was a rural community in the state of Oldenburg. It had its own civil registration office, and Evangelical parish, though those of the Catholic religion traveled to nearby Jever for worship and record keeping. If your ancestor was a Catholic from Sande, a gazetteer can tell you where to look for your ancestor's civil and church records. | ||
Some places in Germany have the same or similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the government district it was in, and the jurisdictions where records about him or her were kept. | Some places in Germany have the same or similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the government district it was in, and the jurisdictions where records about him or her were kept. | ||
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=== German States and Provinces in Meyers Gazetteer and the Family History Library Catalog === | === German States and Provinces in Meyers Gazetteer and the Family History Library Catalog === | ||
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