Pomerania (Pommern) Research Websites

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Online record collections
See German Online Genealogy Records. Databases cover indexed Germany birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeterie; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

See Pomerania (Pommern) Online Genealogy Records for data about people who lived in Pomerania (Pommern). This online collection may include birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeteries; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

German genealogy on the wiki
See also Germany Genealogy wiki to learn about typical German records and tips for finding them.

BYU German research class, online, no charge
See also German Research, a free, in-depth online course through Brigham Young University, by Larry Jensen.

Germany Websites--Reference and Training
Websites that assist in finding and using genealogy records for German ancestors. Research Websites:

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Archives and Libraries

 * State Archives in Poland
 * Stettin archives

Addresses

 * Genealogienetz addresses for Prussian Research

Cemeteries

 * War graves in Poland

Church Records

 * Addresses for Polish parishes
 * Church Records of Westpreussen and other areas
 * Church Records of Westpreussen and other areas
 * Lutheran Church of Poland
 * Catholic Diocese of Poland
 * Information regarding church records

Civil Registration

 * Address finder for Civil Registration offices in Poland (USC)

Databases
Pommern Gernealogical Association database of names

Directories

 * Historic Address book database

Emigration and Immigration

 * Emigrants to America

Gazetteers

 * East and West Prussian gazetteers Place name listing
 * Kartenmeister Place name finder which provides German and Polish names of localities, as well as other researchers of that village
 * Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of localities in Poland and Russia
 * Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon online with Ancestry free account signup
 * Prussian Emigration Records in Polish Archives

Genealogy

 * The Quassowski Kartei of about 350,000 entries
 * Batchnumber index for IGI

General Information

 * Helps for Researchers
 * Genealogy Databanks, and lots of good information regarding research
 * Pictures posted of many localities around the world
 * List of archaic medical terms
 * Grimms German dictionary containing archaic and historic words
 * The World Fact book with regional maps, flags, guides to countries and current news
 * PolishWorld.com site with lots of Polish information
 * PolandGenWeb site
 * Helpful databases for Polish research
 * Pommeranian genealogy helps
 * Researchers in Pommern Collaboration Lists
 * Interesting research topics for Pommern A useful Pommern link can be found at this link.

History

 * History of Prussia
 * History Guide including all areas of Europe
 * The History of Poland
 * Polish timeline
 * Pommern-Land by the Sea- a site about Hinterpommern, which is now part of Poland, contains history, culture, genealogy, and other information with more Internet links
 * Prussia-Pommern
 * Pommern History and genealogy website
 * The counties in Pommern 1913

Jewish Records

 * Jewish Records Indexing project in Poland

Language and Languages

 * Lexikon of the German Language

Maps

 * Mapping Europe's Historic Boundaries and Borders
 * Maps of the German Empire
 * German Empire map
 * Modern Polish online atlas
 * Name mapping in Poland
 * name mapping in Germany

Military Records

 * Lost persons in the military

Newspapers

 * Newspapers

Nobility

 * Nobility worldwide

Occupations

 * Old German occupations

Periodicals

 * Poland American Journal

Regional

 * Research in the Körlin region
 * Research in the Kreis of Greifenhagen
 * Research in the Kreis and City Bütow
 * Research in the Greiswald area
 * Kreis Cammin
 * Church district Stralsund
 * The Kreis Schlawe in Pommern
 * The Kreis cammin in Pommern
 * The Kreis of Stolp
 * Stolp family history
 * Kreis Neustettin

Societies

 * The Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe
 * Society for East German Family Researchers Agoff
 * The Federation of East European family History Societies
 * Polish Genealogical Society of America
 * Society for Pommern genealogy
 * East Pommern genealogy society
 * Pommeranian genealogy society
 * Pomeranian Genealogical Association