Bavaria (Bayern) Biography



A biography is an account of someone's life written by someone else, while an autobiography is an account of a person's life written by that person. Both of these can be valuable in discovering the details of an ancestor's life. Journals and diaries are also great recourses. Finding any of these can be difficult. In Bavaria the family bible often contains bits and pieces of their personal and family history. Finding one of these is like hitting the jackpot!

Possible Sources

 * Bavarian Regional Library Online - Biographies (in German) Personensuche - If the Quick Persons Search doesn't work, enter the name in the search engine at the top right, "Suche in der BLO."


 * My Heritage ($) has added a new data base (in the form of a Blog) of Historical Records. Not everything is from Germany but there is quite a bit there worth looking at in regards to German ancestors.


 * FamilySearch has a section entitled "Family History Books" which contains some history about Bavaria, Germany