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== Overview ==
A gazetteer is a list and description of places. It is valuable tool to help find records for a locality. This site is a great resource for online German gazetteers. Genealogical gazetteers have been created for the following provinces:
<div>A gazetteer is a list and description of places. It is valuable tool to help find records for a locality. This site is a great resource for online German gazetteers. Genealogical gazetteers have been created for the following provinces:</div>
* Bavaria
* Bavaria
* East and West Prussia
* East and West Prussia
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* Mecklenburg
* Mecklenburg
* Waldeck
* Waldeck
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== Content ==
== Content ==
Each entry may contain
Each entry may contain


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== Internet address ==
== Internet address ==
*http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/gazetteersmain.html


http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/gazetteersmain.html<br>or search [http://google.com/ google.com] for '''German gazetteer'''
or search [http://google.com/ google.com] for '''German gazetteer'''


== Cost ==
== Cost ==
Free
Free


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[[Category:Germany]]

Revision as of 17:35, 11 August 2008

A gazetteer is a list and description of places. It is valuable tool to help find records for a locality. This site is a great resource for online German gazetteers. Genealogical gazetteers have been created for the following provinces:

  • Bavaria
  • East and West Prussia
  • Hohenzollern
  • Lippe (Detmold)
  • Lippe (Schaumburg)
  • Hessen-Darmstadt
  • Hessen-Nassau
  • Mecklenburg
  • Waldeck

Content[edit | edit source]

Each entry may contain

  • Name of town
  • Province
  • Kreis (district)
  • Protestant Parish
  • Catholic Parish
  • Civil Records Office

Internet address[edit | edit source]

or search google.com for German gazetteer

Cost[edit | edit source]

Free