Germany Online Classes and Tutorials

Below is a list of classes and webinars found in the FamilySearch Learning Center relating to research in Germany. Additional classes can be found in the Learning Center.

Address Books
Using German Address Books to Find Records
 * Using German Address Books to Find Records: Introduction
 * Using German Address Books to Find Records: Address Books Databases
 * Using German Address Books to Find Records: From Address Book to Record
 * Using German Address Books to Find Records: From Address Books to the Record part 2
 * Using German Address Books to Find Records: Finding Address Books Online

Archives

 * Research in German Archives

Beginning Courses

 * German Research, BYU Independent Study, no cost.
 * Germany Beginning Research Series:
 * Lesson 1: Getting Started
 * Lesson 2: Learn about Historical Background
 * Lesson 3: Using Maps, Gazetteers and Websites

Calendars

 * Calendar Changes in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries

Census Records

 * German Census Records 1816-1916

Church Records

 * Hansen’s Map Guides: Finding Records with Parish Maps
 * German Church and Civil Records
 * German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records
 * Extracting Information from German Church and Civil Records
 * German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records

Civil Registration Records

 * German Church and Civil Records
 * Extracting Information from German Church and Civil Records

Emigration and Immigration

 * Finding German Places of Origin
 * Elusive Immigrant: Methods of Proving Identity

FamilySearch Wiki
Germany Research With the Wiki
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 1 of 14: The Germany Genealogy Main Page
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 2 of 14: Finding Your German Town of Origin in Home Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 3 of 14: Finding Your German Town of Origin in U.S. Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 4 of 14: Finding German Origin: Naturalization and Immigration
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 5 of 14: Finding German Town of Origin in German Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 6 of 14: Germany Maps and Gazetteers
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 7 of 14: Germany Wiki Province Pages
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 8 of 14: Finding Aids for German Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 9 of 14: Germany Indexed Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 10 of 14: Reading Original German Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 11 of 14: Germany Online Civil Registration
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 12 of 14: Germany Online Church Records
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 13 of 14: Germany Archives
 * Germany Research With the Wiki Part 14 of 14: Writing for German Records

Finding Aids

 * Lost Shoebox: German and Polish Online Records

Gazetteers

 * Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!
 * Kartenmeister.com Finding Places in the Former German Area of Poland
 * Finding Places in the Former German Areas of Poland Using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com

Geography

 * Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names
 * German Historical Maps and Territories
 * German Historical Geography

Handwriting and Vocabulary

 * Reading German Handwritten Records:
 * Lesson 1: Kurrent Letters
 * Lesson 2: Making Words in Kurrent
 * Lesson 3: Reading Kurrent Documents
 * Old German Script Part 1
 * Old German Script Part 2
 * Old German Script (German Church and Civil Records) Part 3
 * Latin for Genealogists

MetaSearch

 * Using Metasuche or Metasearch on Genealogy.net

Regional Research

 * Russian Germans in the North Caucasus
 * German Research: Strategies and Sources for Eastern Provinces
 * The Volga German Settlements in Russia
 * Lost Shoebox: German and Polish Online Records

Town Genealogies (Ortssippenbücher, Familienbücher)

 * Online Ortsfamilienbücher (Village lineage books) at Genealogy.net