Germany Online Classes and Tutorials

Geography

 * 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
 * Hansen’s Map Guides: Finding Records with Parish Maps
 * 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

Record Types

 * German Church and Civil Records
 * German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records
 * German Census Records 1816-1916
 * Alternative Germanic Records Sources
 * Research in German Archives
 * Online Ortsfamilienbücher (Village lineage books) at Genealogy.net

Regional Research

 * Eastern German Records
 * Prussian-German Free Self-Help
 * Russian Germans in the North Caucasus
 * German Research: Strategies and Sources for Eastern Provinces
 * The Volga German Settlements in Russia
 * Germans from Russia (Volga, Bessarabia) Free Self-Help
 * So you think your ancestor was Prussian

Research Techniques

 * 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
 * Finding German Places of Origin