Thuringia (Thüringen), Germany Genealogy

Germany  Thüringia (Thüringen)

Guide to Thüringia (Thüringen), Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Research Tools

 * German Word List
 * Latin Word List
 * Handwriting
 * Handwriting Guide
 * German Handwriting Tutorial
 * http://www.kurrentschrift.net/index.php5?s=schreiben (enter your German genealogical word, click on "umwandeln" and view your word in Kurrentschrift (Gothic handwriting)
 * Thuringia Gazetteer

Getting started in Thüringia research
Before starting your research in Thüringia, you need to know the name of your ancestor in its original or Germanic form, an approximate date when he or she was born, and the village or parish where he or she may have lived in Thüringia.

Civil registration began in Thüringia in xxxx. If your research in Thüringia begins after xxxx, then you should begin with the records kept by the local authorities of your ancestor's residence. If your research begins before xxxx, you should begin with the parish registers for baptisms, marriages and burials kept in the church archives.

Once you have this information, you can search in the local archives for more information about your ancestor.

Jurisdictions and Records
Thuringia (Thüringen)

Administrative Districts
Thüringia is divided into 17 districts (Landkreise), and a further six urban districts.

Landkreise:

Altenburger Land, Eichsfeld, Gotah, Greiz, Hildburghasuen, Ilm-Kreis, Kyffhäuserkreis, Nordhausen, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Sömmerda, Sonneberg, Unstrut-Hainich, Wartburgkreis, Weimarer Land

Stadtkreise:

Erfurt, Eisenbach, Gera, Jena, Suhl, Weimar