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Ahnenforschung Wüstenberg - genealogy database from Wuestenberg (in German).
Altonaer Museum - Web Site in English. (Also a tourism site for the Hamburg area.)
American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - An international organization dedicated to the discovery, collection, preservation, and dissemination of information related to the history, cultural heritage and genealogy of Germanic Settlers in the Russian Empire and their descendant
Archives - Schleswig-Holstein-Oldenburg-Lubeck and Hamburg Archives.
Atlas of the German Empire - Schleswig-Holstein-Oldenburg-Lubeck and Hamburg Archives.
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B
Baden - Germany Emigration Index, 1866-1911 (Search engine, Ancestry.com)
Baden-Wuerttemberg - Archive (not all pages are in English)
Baden-Wuerttemberg History
Baden-Württemberg - A virtual guide to the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. Beside a state profile, this page offers links to sources that provide you with information about this "Bundesland", e.g.: official web sites, local news, culture, history, education, city- and country guides with travel and visitors information, tourist attractions, events and much more (Nations Online).
Black Forest Genealogy - The Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, is a section of Southwestern Germany that borders on Switzerland on the south, on the Neckar River to the East and on France to the West. The Northern gate to the Black Forest is Pforzheim.
Bavaria - Emigrants from Kuppenheim
Bavarian Villages - Hefersweiler and Berzweiler (in German)
Brandenburg - Prussian Emigration Records Search Engine (in German)
Bremen - Passenger lists (1920-1939; also in English)
Bremen - State Archive (in German)
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Cemeteries - About German Cemeteries
Church Books - The Evangelisch Church of Rappenau (now Bad Rappenau, Baden, Wurttemburg, Germany)
City of Gottschee - Heritage and Genealogy Association
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D
Danube Cultural Society - located in Southeastern Wisconsin
Dictionary - German to English or English to German
Die Karpatendeutsche - Homeland Association for Carpathian Germans in Germany, (website in German).
Die Pommerschen Leute - The Pommerian People
Die Vorfahren "2001' "The Ancestors" - Full Name Pommern DataBase
Dithmarschen County (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) - (portions in German)
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E
East Prussia (now Poland) - list of places in Neidenburgh & Ortelsburgh
Emigrant Letters from America - in English and German
Emslanders to the American Mid-West - about the upper northwest corner of Germany
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F
Family Surnames - Kappel am Rhein
Federation of East European Family History Societies - Many links for Pommeranian Interest. Organizations, newsletters, and research databases
Finding a German Place of Origin - Suggestions
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G
Genealogy - in historical Eastern Germany
Genealogy Cross-Index - links to other German sites
Genealogy Word List - German
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Geogen - Surname mapping. Geogen is the short form for "geographical genealogy" which means location based ancester research. On this website you can create maps which show the distribution of surnames in Germany and Austria. Significant concentrations can point to a local root of the family or of the family name.
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German-American - Teaching Resources and Units.
German Culture - Find your family roots with the help of rich German genealogy resources. German archives data will be helpful in your searches.
German Genealogical Research - Before the Church Records Begin. (KinQuest.com)
German Genealogical Symbols & Abbreviations
German Genealogy Home Page - Daddezio.com
German Information Center (USA)
German Genealogy Internet Portal - Genealogy.net
German Genealogy Links - A wide array of links to German Genealogy Web Sites
German Genealogy Links (Military) - A wide array of links to German Military-based Genealogy Web Sites
German Internet sources
German Names-- first and last names etc.
German-Polish - Index of names of localities in "German Empire" (now Poland and Russia)
German Ports - Gateway to America
German Research Links
German Research Outline - Provided by Morman Family History
German Roots - German Genealogy Resources
German Roots - The Wurttemberg Emigration Index
German Surnames - Meanings and Origins
German to English Dictionary
German Zip Codes - search page
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Germans from Russia, a Homepage
Germans in Russia - the Odessa Group
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Germany Central Office - for Genealogy
Germany GenWeb Project - listings for resources, maps, ship lists etc.
Germany Transcribe Group - Because many people have problems transcribing the old German script we thought a transcribe group would be a good idea. There is no profit motive involved. - quoted from the Web Site
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Glossar: Die Familie - An annotated English-German glossary of terms frequently found in genealogy research
Grave Registration - National German Military (in German)
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Hamburg - Addresses for civil registration offices in Hamburg - German Language
Hamburg - Hamburg/Altona the Judischer Friedhof (photos of old Jewish Cemeteries and other photos.)
Hamburg - Passenger Departure Records 1850-1934
Hapsburg Empire
Heilbronn + Nordwuerttemberg Genealogie - (German language web site)
Hessen - Archives
Hessen - GermanGenWeb Interface for Discussion Group, Chat Room, and Website
Hessiches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt - (German language web site)
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Immigrant Genealogy Society - a group that was formed in California to help with mainly German immigrants
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and Die Maus Genealogical Society of Bremen - search by ship or by year
Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names - Localities in Poland and Russia
Institut für donauschwäbische geschichte und Landeskunde - (Institute for Danube-Swanbian History and Culture)
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J
Jebenhausen - a Jewish Community in Wuerttemberg (1777-1900)
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K
Kartenmeister Database - town-name database for provinces of eastern Germany
Kempenich Parish - Some emigrants listed from 12 different villages
Kiening - Genealogy northwest of Munich/Bavaria
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L
Locating placenames on maps - a database of over 58,000 locations East of the Oder and Neisse Rivers (based on borders in 1918).
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M
Magazine of Lower German Genealogy - Niederdeutsche Familienkunde (German Language)
Maps - 1883 Atlas of the German Empire
Maps - Maps on the political development of Germany since 1812
Maps - German Provinces1882 European maps (20 of German Provinces)
Maps - Modern
Mecklenberg - Church photo
Mecklenberg - Vorpommern - In German (some English) about the region
Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society - MAGS Mission is to stimulate and facilitate research on Germanic genealogy and heritage in the mid-Atlantic region and to promote genealogical research of Germanic ancestors who settled in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Migration Center for Germany - also queries
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N
Norka Colony - A German Colony in Russia
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O
Old German - Free Transcription Services
Ostfriesland Genealogy
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P
Palatine Institute - For History and Customs (in German).
Palatines to America - PALATINES TO AMERICA is a national genealogical society of persons researching German-speaking ancestry, with emphasis on migrations from the Germanic regions of Europe to North America (primarily the United States and Canada). Many of these immigrants were from Germany, but there were also a substantial number from other areas of Europe including Switzerland, Austria, France, Poland, and other countries.
Pedigree - various families from varying parts of Germany (in German)
Pfalz - "My Elisabethia: Genealogy Adventures in the Pfalz"
Pfalz - some addresses for Evangelic, Catholic, and Civil
Pommern - Kreis Schlawe
Pomeranian maps - Maps and more (portions in German)
Pommeran Newsletter - Die Pommerschen Leute, (in English, for the most part)
Pommeranian - database 'Die Vorfahren' on FEEFHS
Pommeranian Society of Freistadt
Pommern - Villages, Kreis & maps (German language)
Pommern - DataBank
Pommern, Kreis Butow, Gross Tuchen - links and background for Pommern and Butow
Pommernkontakte - Pommern Contact list
Pommern Maps - some locations in Kreis Greiffenberg
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R
Rheinland Pfalz - about Waldorf
Rheinland Pfalz - Speyer City Archives (Staatarchiv Speyer)
Resource surnames and resources for Danzig, Westpreussen
Rottweil-Tuttlingen Genealogy - Home | Mailing List | Members | Tips | Surnames | Towns & Cities | History
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S
Sachsen-Anhalt - Genealogy
SachsenGenWeb/SaxonyGenWeb - Welcome to the SachsenGenWeb and SaxonyGenWeb
Saxony Roots - A "sort of" Homepage.
Schleswig Holstein Genealogy - Access to genealogical databases e.g.: family trees, passenger lists, online searchable emigrant listings, and a lot more.
Schoenbuch, Wurttemberg Lutheran Marriage Records 1591-1705
Scoz am Rhein - Picture Gallery - from a place once known at Paris on the Rhein
Source for German Genealogy
State Archive - in Koszlin, Pommerania.
Susannental - About a German/Russian Volga Village.
Society for German Genealogy - (Eastern Europe). Web site in German and English.
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U
Uwe Kerntopf - Archive lists and links to Kreis Research (German & English)
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V
Virtual Jewish History Tour - Germany
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W
Wehdem Church Records - The Evangelical Lutheran Church serves the communities of Wehdem, Oppendorf & Westrup. It also served Oppenwehe until St. Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church opened there in 1931.
Westfalen - Archives (Rootsweb/Ancestry.com)
World Factbook - prepared by the Centeral Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Wuerttemberg (Germany) - Emigration Index
WWI & WWII - Germans Killed in WWI and WWII (this Website is in German)
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