Internet Sources of German Genealogy

Last update: 15-June-1997 / First publication: June 1995
© 1995-97 by Andreas Hanacek
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Notes:	a) As I'm not a professional genealogist I won't do any research except from my own lineages. Furthermore I regret that I'm for time reasons not always able to answer all of the daily incoming e-mails and it may take for the rest sometimes several weeks for a reply. Additionally I'm for financial reasons not responding to abroad snail-mail addresses.
	b) The German page is containing sometimes more links and gives more detailed information
	c) The areas cited below are representing the German spelling.

Table of contents:

I) General / regional genealogical information

General information

Regional information

Genealogical associations

Databases

III) Secondary genealogical sources

I) General / regional genealogical information:

General information

B) Regional information

C) Genealogical associations

A) General information:

soc.genealogy.german Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by Dr. Jim Eggert, USA
( !!! lecture for beginners strongly recommended !!! )
Information on German genealogy by the German Genealogy Team, Germany, USA (Site in USA)
Information on German genealogy by the German Genealogy Team, Germany, USA (German Mirror, daily mirroring from the above site in USA)
Mirror of the COMP-GEN BOX in Darmstadt, Deutschland (Software, aids, explanations)
FOKO Database (for capacity reasons at the moment no longer supported; researcher contacts, until now subareas Donauschwaben, Pommer'sche Leute, Genealogisch-Heraldische Vereinigung Posen, Roland zu Dortmund)
Ortsfamilienbücher (Ortssippenbücher und Familienbücher) , arranged by Günther Schweizer , Germany
Phaleristik / Genealogie (Bestandsverzeichnis des EZA Berlin) by Uwe Brueckner, Germany
Zeitschrift Computergenealogie (Zeitschrift für die Anwendung von Mikrocomputern in der Familienforschung) (German magazine dealing with the use of computers in German genealogy research)
Addresses of the Family History Centers of the mormons (LDS Church) in Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German Genealogy Cross-Index by Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)

B) Regional information:

various regions with (former) German language population (e.g.: Hessen, Mecklenburg, Niedersachsen, Österreich, Schweiz; within the site of the German Genealogy Team )
World GenWeb site: Germany
Forschungsstelle zur Genealogie im ehem. Herzogtum Bukowina by Dr.Claudius von Teutul, Germany
Donauschwaben by Rick Heli, USA (former Banat mailing list page / within the site of the German Genealogy Team)
The Emsland Society
Geschichte, Genealogie und Mundart von Ensheim (Saarland) by Paul Glass, Fichtenberg-Erlenhof, Germany
German-Russian Genealogy by the ODESSA Group, USA
Hohenzollern (Baden-Württemberg) placename list by Josef Ramsperger, Germany
Kutschurgan history of the six German villages of the Kutschurgan Valley just N/W of Odessa
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, by Karin Schöpke, Germany
Nordmähren (Sudetenland) by Andreas Hanacek, Germany
Oberpfalz by Franz Ziegler (within the site of the German Genealogy Team)
The Wind-Mill Project (Ostfriesland) von H.B. Harvey, USA
Pfalz by Andreas Hanacek, Germany
Kraig Ruckel's Palatine & Pennsylvania-Dutch Genealogy by Kraig Ruckel, USA
Genealogy and Poland by Lukasz Bielecki, Poland (also dealing with the former German provinces)
Pommern by Kent Peterson
Prussian-Russian-Canadian Mennonite Genealogical Resources by Adalbert Goertz
Schwaben (Bayern) by Andreas Hanacek, Germany
Schweiz by Tim Philipp, USA (under construction)
Schweiz by Doug Shorey, USA
Siebenbürgen SibiWebOnline-Forum für Siebenbürgen
Sudetendeutsche (within the site of the German Genealogy Team)

C) Genealogical associations:

German genealogical associations (Addresses of the members of the Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft genealogischer Verbände [DAGV])
Die MAUS Gesellschaft für Familienforschung e.V., Bremen (Family History and genealogical Society of Bremen)
Düsseldorfer Verein für Familienkunde e.V.
Gesellschaft für Familienforschung in der Oberpfalz e.V (GFO) Sitz Regensburg
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Saarländische Familienkunde e.V. (ASF)
Arbeitskreis donauschwäbischer Familienforscher e.V. (AkdFf)
Bayerischer Verein für Familienkunde e.V.
Verein für Familien- und Wappenkunde in Württemberg und Baden e.V.
Arbeitskreis Familienforscher Herrenberg im Verein für Familien- und Wappenkunde in Württemberg und Baden e.V.
Vereinigung Sudetendeutscher Familienforscher (VSFF)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher e.V. (AGoFF)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für mitteldeutsche Familienforschung e.V. (AMF)
Gesellschaft für Familienkunde in Kurhessen und Waldeck e.V.
Verein zur Förderung EDV-gestützter familienkundlicher Forschungen e. V.
Pomeranian Society of Freistadt, USA
Germans From Russia Heritage Society
Genealogical associations in USA

II) Databases:

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<LI><a href="XX_Your URL_XX">XX_Your surname_XX database</a>

 by <a href="mailto:XX_Your email-address_XX">

XX_Your full name_XX</a>, XX_place, state/country_XX<br>

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Area: XX_Geographical focus of the database_XX<br>

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Agena database by Helmut H. Agena, Hamburg, Germany
Alt database by Martin Alt, Germany
Anderson database by Annelise Anderson, USA
Bertsch database by Ed Bertsch, USA
Braess database by Familienverband Braess, Germany
Chrisman database by Lonnie und Debbie Chrisman, USA
Doyle database (11.665 names) by Tim Doyle, Texas, USA
Eggert database by Dr. Jim Eggert, USA
Eissler database by Hanno Gurski, Bondorf, Germany
Ell database by Bob Ell, USA
Enders database by Kurt Enders
Eymann database (1.544 persons) by Torsten Eymann, Germany
Gentner database (over 1.000 persons) by Don Gentner, California, USA
Goblirsch database by Paula M. Goblirsch, USA
Gombert database by Richard W. Gombert, USA
Griffin database by Fred Griffin, USA
Groth database by Emil Groth, Michigan, USA
Hackenberg database by Bob Hackenberg, USA
Haefner database by Scott Haefner, USA
Hagen database (ca. 1700 persons) by Rick Hagen, USA
Hanacek database (around 450 persons) by Andreas Hanacek, Germany
Heli database by Rick Heli, USA
Herde database by Oliver H. Herde, Germany
Herkenroth database by Udo Herkenroth, Wirges, Germany
Hickman database by Mark Ellsworth Hickman, Indiana, USA
Juling database by Herbert A. Juling, Germany
Kautzmann database (over 600 persons) by Michael Kautzmann, Germany
Kaye database by Mary Kaye, USA
Kehrer database by Jon Kehrer, Canberra, Australia
Kemper database by Tobias A. Kemper, Germany
Knoblauch database by Lauren Knoblauch, Canada
Kochs database by Wolfgang Kochs, Germany
Krebber database by Robert Krebber, Germany
Kummer database by Michael Kummer, Germany
Kupperian database by Gerhard Kupperian
Lamping database by Robert Lamping, Netherlands
Liebrich database by Winfrid Liebrich, Zepernick, Germany
Lloyd database (about 10.000 persons) by Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, USA
Lüdke database by Florian Seiffert, Germany
Medeke database by Klaus Medeke, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Mennonites in Prussia (Prussian-Russian-Canadian Mennonite Genealogical Resources) by Adalbert Goertz, USA
Moore database by Sharon Moore, USA
Neubert database by Boris Neubert, Scheidt, Germany
Neuhäuser database by Siegfried Neuhäuser, Germany
Numberger database by Markus Numberger, Stuttgart, Germany
Oberacker database by Jim Oberacker, USA
Ott database by Martin Ott, Germany
Palmüller database by Maike und Georg Palmüller, Germany
Pagendarm database by Hans Georg Pagendarm, Germany
Pesé database (2355 persons) by Eduard Pesé, Balve-Mellen, Germany
Philipp database by Timothy Philipp
Ramsperger database by Josef Ramsperger, Germany
Rieper database by Harm Rieper, Ammerbuch-Altingen, Germany
Ruckel database (over 6500 persons) by Kraig Ruckel, USA
Ruf Database (about 1000 persons) by Gerhard Ruf, USA
Rupp-Theil database by Hans-Joachim Rupp, Germany
Scharnowski database by Thomas Scharnowski , Germany
Scheihing/Scheyhing database by Dr. Ned Benson , Reno, Nevada, USA
Schmidtmann database by Achim Schmidtmann , Germany
Schnake database by Roy W. Johnson , USA
Schroeder database by Henning Schroeder, Gummersbach, Germany
Schult database by Mathias Schult, Germany
Schun database by Lothar Schun, Lissendorf, Germany
Schwab database by Eckart Schwab , Wuppertal, Germany
Schwitzgebel database (around 2.500 persons) by Mike Schwitzgebel, USA
Speidel database (ca. 2600 persons) by Lisa Peterson, USA
Database with the descendants of Charlemagne by Herbert Stoyan, Germany
Database of the German Nobility (around 30.000 persons) by Herbert Stoyan, Germany
Parcham Family database (around 6.000 persons) by Herbert Stoyan, Germany
Strickler database by Hansjakob Strickler, Switzerland
Thomalla database by Josef Thomalla, Verl, Germany
Treutler database by Gerd-Christian Thomas Treutler, Falkensee, Brandenburg, Germany
Unger database by Günther Unger, Emmerich, Germany
Van Swearingen database by Karen (Van) Swearingen-Taylor, USA
Vieser database by Christian Vieser, Germany
Vohs database by Sean Furniss, USA
Wagner database by Dirk Wagner, Germany
Weil im Schönbuch database by Lisa Petersen, USA
Zettl database by Sebastian W. Zettl, Germany

III) Secondary genealogical sources:

IV) Newsgroups

newsgroup: soc.genealogy.computing (Questions to computer genealogy, most postings in English)
newsgroup: soc.genealogy.german (Genealogy of the German language area, most postings in English)
newsgroup: soc.genealogy.methods (general questions to methods of worldwide genealogy , most postings in English)
newsgroup: soc.genealogy.misc (Miscellaneous to worldwide genealogy , most postings in English)
newsgroup: soc.genealogy.slavic (Miscellaneous to the genealogy of the Easteuropean countries [also former German areas] , most postings in English)
newsgroup: soc.genealogy.surnames (moderated newsgroup for worldwide research on certain surnames / single persons , most postings in English)

V) Mailing lists

GEOGRAPHIC/NON-USA MAILING LISTS, GERMANY

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE GENEALOGY - "ONLINE" RESEARCHER LIST by Norbert Bambach, USA
Regions included, but not limited to: Banat, Batschka, Slovenia, Syrmien, Schwaebisch Turkei (Komitat Baranya), and other areas setttled by Germans in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, ....
The list contains research results and search inquiries of researchers of that area, however is mainly containing material of Danube-Swabian [Donauschwaben] heritage.
Available as WWW-Version
Banat Mailing List by Chris J. Lamesfield/formerly by Bob Madler, USA
This mailing list is focusing on the banat region and also on Batschka and other regions there (see also Banat ).
To subscribe, send mail to: Maiser@rmgate.pop.indiana.edu , no subject, text: subscribe banat
At the moment (April 1997) around 300 subscribers.
GER-RUS listserv -- located at the North Dakota State University
This mail discussion group focuses on German ancestors in Russia, especially those who emigrated to the Volga, Odessa and Bessarabia regions in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Most members are also members of either the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) and/or the Germans from Russia Historical Society (GRHS), but this is not required to participate in the discussions.
To join, send mail to LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU with the body of the message
The list is fully archived.
German-Bohemian mailing list
The German-Bohemian mailing list is a discussion group for those interested in sharing information about the culture, genealogy and heritage of the German-speaking people of Bohemia and Moravia, now Czech Republic. This list was founded in August of 1996 by Paula Goblirsch (pmg@boombox.micro.umn.edu), Robert Paulson (RPaulGBHS@aol.com) and Dora Selig (dselig@sd.id.ethz.ch).
We ask that new subscribers post a list of the names and villages that they are researching. Submissions can in German or English.
To post messages to everyone on this mailing list, use the following address:
To subscribe to this list, send a message containing only the word SUBSCRIBE to
If you ever need to unsubscribe to the mailing list, send the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the above address.
For technical problems regarding mailing list software (SmartList) please address Paula Goblirsch (pmg@boombox.micro.umn.edu).
The group is also maintaining a surname list database of the subscribers research results