Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany Genealogy

Guide to Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany  ancestry, family history, and genealogy after 1945: birth records, marriage records, death records.

Historical Background
Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II from territory of the historically separate regions of the Rhineland (Rheinland) province of the Free State of Prussia, the People's State of Hesse, and Bavaria, by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. Wikipedia

Research to Find the Town of Origin
If you do not yet know the name of the town of your ancestor's birth, there are well-known strategies for a thorough hunt for it.
 * Use Germany Finding Town of Origin as a guide in finding evidence in United States records proving your ancestors' town of origin. Also see Germany Emigration and Immigration, especially for immigration to countries other than the United States.