German Research Websites

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Archives

 * Association of Evangelical Church Archives
 * Archives in Germany - Hanacek (2000)
 * Archives in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 * Archive links (Cox)
 * Archive School Marburg
 * EZAB - Berlin Evangelical Central Archive Holdings
 * Oberlausitz Evangelical Archive
 * EZAB portal page
 * Geheimes Archiv - Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
 * GHI Links to German Archives
 * Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Germany
 * Monasterium.net
 * Niedersachsen Archives - Aida online
 * Unesco Directory of Religious Archives - Germany

Biography

 * Deutsche Biographie - Search page

Calendars

 * French Republican Calendar (Research outline)
 * GenTools 6-software for historians and genealogists
 * Grotefend calendar book online
 * Calendar converter (German)
 * The Calendar Zone - software links
 * The Liturgical Year

Churches

 * Alt-Katholiken - Germany
 * Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
 * Evangelical Church in Germany
 * IGI Batch Number Index
 * Bibliography - Books of Pastors
 * Roman Catholic church in Germany

Colonies

 * German Colonies

Concentration Camps

 * Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps
 * Holocaust Victims killed in Czech Concentration Camps
 * International Tracing Service

Culture

 * Village celebration (in German)

Databases

 * Biography search
 * Emigration from Southwest Germany
 * German Newspapers
 * Historische Adressbuecher - Eine Sekundärquelle fuer die Familienforschung
 * IGI batch number search 
 * Schleswig census
 * Schleswig-Holstein census
 * Wehdem Parish Records online
 * Westfalen Family Name search

Directories

 * German Online Telephone Book
 * historic address books

Emigration and Immigration

 * Emigration from Southwest Germany
 * Emigration via Bremen
 * Galveston-Bremen Project
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists - User Guide
 * Westfalen emigrants (in German)
 * Lower Saxony State Archives Emigrant Search
 * Palatines to America
 * German Roots Internet portal
 * German Emigrant Lists
 * Roots in Germany portal
 * Internet Resources for Finding Origins of German 19th Century Emigrants
 * Pre-1820 Emigration from Germany

Gazetteers - general

 * Using Meyer's Gazetteer
 * Meyers Gazetteer onlinepart 1 A-K,part 2 L-Z
 * Orbis Latinus
 * Kartenmeister

Genealogy

 * Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde
 * Familienforschung - Wittholz
 * Germany GenWeb
 * Ahnenforschung.net- German genealogical forum and link list
 * Forschungsstellen - research groups of the Association of East German Family Historians. Contact them to find out if records for a town in a formerly German area have survived.
 * Genealogy.net- German Genealogy on the Internet (German site)
 * Genealogy.net- English language section, which is separate from the German language site
 * German Names - Shareware for German Genealogy
 * German-Russian Genealogy
 * Germans from Russia Research
 * Ahnenstammkartei des deutschen Volkes - GenWiki article
 * Archivalia - Archive newsletter with links to genealogy information
 * Schloeder/Schleder Genealogy
 * German GenWiki
 * WVC Library Link list for German genealogy
 * FEEFHS resources for Germany
 * historic areal measures
 * helpful articles on German research topics(ProGenealogists website)
 * German research link list(Favos)
 * genealogy.net mailing lists
 * genealogylinks.net- Germany
 * Personalschriften.de - information about printed funeral sermons, with links to various indexes
 * helps for contributing to the English instance of GenWiki
 * IGI German Batchnumber Index
 * DigiBib - Digital Library on genealogy.net
 * German Association of Professional Genealogists
 * Historical and genealogical digital publicationsfor sale

General Information

 * Wikipedia
 * Deutschland auf einen Blick! - links to maps of modern German states with tourist information, especially hotels
 * Currency Converter
 * Deutsche Post
 * Language Tools - Google
 * Meine Stadt.de

Handwriting

 * Reading old German Handwriting, a series of three classes ( go to "Reading Handwritten Records Series")
 * German Script tutorial

Historical Geography

 * German Town Name Meanings
 * Kartenmeister

Jewish

 * Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
 * Jewish Genealogy Roots Ancestry Ancestors Information Research History Names Surnames And Jewish Family Tree
 * www.auschwitz.org.pl

Language helps and guides

 * Orbis Latinus Latin Place names
 * German Genealogical Word List FamilySearch Wiki article
 * Latin Genealogical Word List
 * archaic mediccal terms(in English)
 * Old terms for illnesses(in German)
 * German occupations(on Jewishgen.org)
 * historic German professions
 * Google language tools
 * Grimm'sDictionary of the German Language
 * Latinized Given names
 * German-English dictionary
 * Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide
 * Translation of Phrases

Maps

 * Ravenstein Atlas of the German Empire- can be downloaded, with accompanying gazetteer
 * Historical outline maps of Germany
 * Interactive map of modern Germany
 * Kartenmeister - for formerly German areas now in Eastern countries, especially Poland
 * Karte der RBD Berlin 1943
 * Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907
 * Pfalz 1789 map and other Pfalz area maps

Names - personal

 * Geogen- maps surnames by frequency, using the German online telphone directory

Research Guides

 * Genealogy.net/genealogy- English home page of Genealogy.net, the German Internet portal
 * Book: The German Research Companion, (link to publisher)
 * German Roots: Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet
 * Book: Researching in Germany,a handbook for your visit to the homeland of your ancestors (link to publisher)

Societies
Links to the major German genealogical societes are easily accessed through Genealogy.net at

the Vereine (societies) portal


 * FEEFHS - Eastern European Genealogy - FEEFHS
 * Leipzig Genealogical Society
 * Palatines to America Society
 * Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe(SGGEE)
 * Ostfriesen Genealogical Society of America
 * American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
 * Germans from Russia Heritage Society
 * Sacramento German Genealogical Society
 * Germanic Genealogy Society (in Minnesota)
 * Southern California Genealogical Society - German SIG
 * The German-Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society
 * Immigrant Genealogical Society
 * Orangeburgh Swiss-German Genealogical Society
 * Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
 * Southwest Florida Germanic Genealogy Society

Town Lineage Books

 * Town genealogies on genealogy.net
 * Bibliography of printed town genealogies
 * bibliography of published town genealogies (Weiss)
 * Baden Ortssippenbücher - list of published and available books
 * Village lineage books for Schlesien - a bibliography