East Prussia (Ostpreußen) Research Websites

Online record collections
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.

Germany Websites--Reference and Training
Websites that assist in finding and using genealogy records for German ancestors.

Archives and Libraries

 * State Archives in Poland

Church Records

 * Addresses for Polish parishes
 * Catholic Diocese of Poland

Civil Registration

 * Name Index to Civil Registration Records Online


 * 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
 * East Prussia Genealogical Sources
 * General information for East Prussia
 * General East Prussian Research
 * PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
 * PolandGenWeb site

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
 * Compiled genealogies for the region of Memelland
 * Research portal for the Memelland [ in German]
 * Girdawe- Historical-genealogical research group for Kreis Gerdauen [in German]
 * The Karpauen Kirchspiel
 * Homepage for Genealogy in Neidenburg-Ortelsburg area
 * Churchbooks of the Gumbinnen area
 * Homeland Society for research in the Bartenstein area
 * Online Resources for Kreis Sensburg
 * the Lithuanian localities of former East Prussia
 * Indexes of Place Names in Lithuania Minor

Societies

 * The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe


 * The Foundation for East European Family History Studies
 * Polish Genealogical Society of America