Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Genealogy

Germany  Schleswig-Holstein Guide to Schleswig-Holstein ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. Welcome to the Schleswig-Holstein page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through this page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. This page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Schleswig-Holstein

The capital, Kiel

Research Tools

 * German Word List
 * Latin Word List
 * Handwriting
 * Handwriting Guide
 * German Handwriting Tutorial
 * http://www.kurrentschrift.net/index.php5?s=schreiben (enter your German genealogical word, click on "umwandeln" and view your word in Kurrentschrift (Gothic handwriting)
 * German Chronological Jurisdictions

Getting started with Schleswig-Holstein research
How to Find Information for Schleswig-Holstein Ancestors
 * 1) Birth marriage and death information
 * 2) Census information
 * 3) Place information
 * 4) Handwriting

Featured Content
The following website features all churches from Eiderstedt. If you want to see where your ancestors went to church click here

On May 27, 2012 the Nordelbische Landeskirche joined forces with the Evangelical Lutheran Church Mecklenburg and the Pommersche Evangelical Church. The newly founded church will be known as Nordkirche. In the future only one official (Landesbischof) will reside over the church with the seat in Schwerin. In Schleswig, Hamburg, Greifswald, and Schwerin will be officals residing over the Sprengel (church districts). The new Landesbischof will be elected in 2013. The Landeskirchenamt of the former Nordelbische Landeskirche will remain in Kiel. The two Eastern church territories will be divided into Kirchenkreise (districts).

Source: Wedel-Schulauer-Tageblatt