East Prussia (Ostpreußen) Research Websites

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See German Online Genealogy Records. Databases cover indexed Germany birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeteries; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

See Prussia, West Prussia, East Prussia (Preussen, Westpreussen, Ostpreussen) Online Genealogy Records for data about people who lived in Prussia, West Prussia, East Prussia (Preussen, Westpreussen, Ostpreussen) . This online collection may include birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeteries; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

German genealogy on the wiki

See also Germany Genealogy wiki to learn about typical German records and tips for finding them.

BYU German research class, online, no charge

See also German Research, a free, in-depth online course through Brigham Young University, by Larry Jensen.

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Websites that assist in finding and using genealogy records for German ancestors.

Research websites for Ostpreussen (East Prussia)

Archives and Libraries

• State Archives in Poland
  

Church Records

• Addresses for Polish parishes
• Catholic Diocese of Poland
  

Civil Registration

• Civil Registration in the county Sensburg
  
• Civil Registration records in county Mohrungen
  
• Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)
  

Gazetteers

• Place name listing
  
• Kartenmeister Place name finder which provides German and Polish names of localities, as well as other researchers of that village
  
• Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of localities in Poland and Russia
  

General Information

• Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research
  
• General Information about Ostpreussen
  
• General information for East Prussia
  
• General East Prussian Research
  
• PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
  
• PolandGenWeb site
  
• Helpful databases for Polish research
  

History

• History of Prussia
  
• The History of Poland
  
• Polish timeline
  

Maps

• Modern Polish online atlas
  
• Name mapping in Poland
  

Periodicals

• Poland American Journal
  

Regional

• The Ermland Area
  
• Family Research in Samland
  
• The region of Memelland
  
• The Karpauen Kirchspiel
  
• Churchbooks of Westmasuren and its villages
  
• Homepage for Genealogy in Neidenburg-Ortelsburg area
  
• Churchbooks of the Gumbinnen area
  
• Homeland Society for research in the Bartenstein area
  
• Parish information of the Diocese of Sensburg 1912
  
• the Lithuanian localities of former East Prussia
  
• Indexes of Place Names in Lithuania Minor
  

Societies

• The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
  
• The Federation of East European family History Societies
  
• Polish Genealogical Society of America