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Effective family research requires some understanding of the historical events that may have affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, governments, laws, migrations, and religious trends may help you understand political boundaries, family movements, and settlement patterns. These events may have led to the creation of records that mention your ancestors, such as land or military documents. Your ancestors will become more interesting to you if you learn about the events that shaped their lives. For example, by using a history you might learn about the events that occurred in the year your great-grandparents were married. | Effective family research requires some understanding of the historical events that may have affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, governments, laws, migrations, and religious trends may help you understand political boundaries, family movements, and settlement patterns. These events may have led to the creation of records that mention your ancestors, such as land or military documents. Your ancestors will become more interesting to you if you learn about the events that shaped their lives. For example, by using a history you might learn about the events that occurred in the year your great-grandparents were married. | ||
Time line of key dates and events in German history: | |||
*'''1517:''' Protestant Reformation. The first significant non-Catholic religions begin in Germany. | *'''1517:''' Protestant Reformation. The first significant non-Catholic religions begin in Germany. | ||
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*'''1622:''' The Pfalz suffers great destruction in the war. | *'''1622:''' The Pfalz suffers great destruction in the war. | ||
*'''1648:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia Peace of Westphalia] ends Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire. Many borders are shifted. <br>15 May 1648 - Treaty of | *'''1648:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia Peace of Westphalia] ends Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire. Many borders are shifted. <br>15 May 1648 - Treaty of Osnabrueck<br>24 Ocober 1648 - Treaty of Münster | ||
*'''1653-1654:''' Sweden started Sweden-Bremen Wars over the claim that Bremen was to be ceded to Sweden. | *'''1653-1654:''' Sweden started Sweden-Bremen Wars over the claim that Bremen was to be ceded to Sweden. | ||