Brandenburg Research Websites

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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 Brandenburg Online Genealogy Records for data about people who lived in Brandenburg. 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
 * Archives in Berlin for Melde records

Addresses

 * Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research

Church Records

 * Catholic Diocese of Poland
 * Churchbook indexing

Civil Registration

 * 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
 * Localities in Brandenburg

General information

 * PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
 * PolandGenWeb site
 * Helpful databases for Polish research
 * Digital library
 * Databank project for genealogical research in Brandenburg
 * Site for Brandenburg research mail server
 * Katasterbehoerden email addresses to find out about street renaming

History

 * History of Prussia
 * The History of Poland
 * Polish timeline

Maps

 * Modern Polish online atlas
 * Name mapping in Poland
 * Old maps Brandenburg-Neumark and Uckermark

Regional

 * Churches in the Uckermark
 * Homeland Kreis Arnswalde/Neumark
 * Research in the Uckermark including Hugenotten
 * Family research in the Neumark area
 * Küstrin regional site

Societies

 * The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
 * Polish Genealogical Society of America
 * Brandenburg Genealogical Society