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Finding Aids for German Records (view source)
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Once you know the town name you need, the other facts you need are contained in '''''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs''''', the gazetteer on which the FamilySearch catalog for Germany is based. This covers Germany as it existed in 1871, recently unified from its former existence as many small countries. | Once you know the town name you need, the other facts you need are contained in '''''Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs''''', the gazetteer on which the FamilySearch catalog for Germany is based. This covers Germany as it existed in 1871, recently unified from its former existence as many small countries. | ||
*Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find all the towns with that name in Germany in 1871. | *Use [http://www.meyersgaz.org/ '''MeyersGaz'''], the digital gazetteer, to find all the towns with that name in Germany in 1871. | ||
*[http://www.meyersgaz.org/help/help.html '''MeyersGaz Help Guide'''] | *[http://www.meyersgaz.org/help/help.html '''MeyersGaz Help Guide'''] [[Abbreviation Table for Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon Des Deutschen Reichs|'''Abbreviation Table''']] | ||
===Kartenmeister=== | ===Kartenmeister=== | ||