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German Interest Group
Welcome to our Genealogy special interest group! Here, we delve deep into the rich history of German ancestry, offering classes and abundant resources to aid you in your research endeavors. Our dedicated group is committed to providing personalized support and expert guidance to propel you forward on your genealogical journey. Join us to forge connections with fellow enthusiasts who share German roots and explore research interests within the same time period or region. Let's uncover the stories of our ancestors together! For more information Contact: Mary Ann Mericle mmericle1@gmail.com Jennifer Hamilton missjennyology@icloud.com About the Group's Founder
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Ways to Find Your Surname Origin Surname Distribution Map (Family Search) Geogen V4 -Name Search The Geogen Surname Mapping Tool- Identifies where the surname is found in Germany today. Name Distribution Map Germany Surname Map (Distribution) German Phone Book

Ways to Find Your Villiage/Location List of Districts in Germany German States Map Meyers Gazetteer Kartenmeister Name Change Lookup - Place the German locality name in the search engine and it will tell you the name it is today in Poland. Quellensuche - Place the German locality name in the search engine and it will tell you the name it is today in Poland plus give you places where to find the records for your town. Historic Address Books Kreis Map Distance Calculator and calculate the midpoint between two villages or cities

Civil and Church Records (birth, marriage and death records) Germany Genealogical Sources on the Net Archion -Digitalized Lutheran church records in Europe Matricula -Digitalized Catholic church records in Europe Online Heritage books (ortsippenbuchs) Kirchengemein de lexicon - Historical Lexikon Niedersachsen Germany including Hanover. It includes history, maps, and pictures of the churches. Landesarchiv Baden Wuerttemberg National Archives Digitized Church records and indexes Bavaria State

Passenger Lists (Immigrarion and Emigration) One-step Webpages by Stephen Morse Emigration from Southwest Germany Lippe- Auswanderer lists Lippe is a Kreis (county) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Emigrants from Southwestern Germany More than 300,000 emigration entries. These are summarized in approx. 4,200 lists according to the places of origin of the emigrants and more.

Newspapers (Digitalized) ZEFYS Zeitungs Informations System Newspapers with Personal Announcements – where you can find personal announcements from different newspapers from all over Germany. Birth, marriage, death etc

Occupations European Roots Genealogy: List of Old German Professions. This is a good resource showing many variations.

Societies and Libraries Verein fuer Computer genealogie Metasearch will send requests to all databases simultaneously on this web site which includes cemetery information in Germany, addressbuchs, and much more. Feefhs Federation of Eastern European Family History Society Immigrant Genealogical Society (IGS) International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP) Portal: Clubs All the Genealogical Societies in Germany Arolsen Archives ONLINEThis collection includes information on 21 million people who were displaced, persecuted and murdered by the Nazis. The new uploads include data on the deportations of Jews, Roma and Sinti from the former German Empire, Austria, Bohemia and Moravia. 500,000 digital family history books- Family Search Access nearly 500,000 digital family history books and periodicals without ever leaving home. Search by family name, locality, and more, and discover your family story.

Research Guide German Association of Genealogical Associations (DAGV)/DAGV/Guide

Translation of German Script Website German-English & English-German Translator Having problems translating German script? Try out this German website. Type in a surname or word and click “umwandeln” It will appear in script. Google Translate Google Chrome allows you to translate entire websites in 2 clicks of your mouse. You can use it all the time especially on Pommerschen Greif, German websites, etc. No more copy paste into Google Translate. Nearly 70% of PC/Mac users use Google Chrome. Procedure – Access the website you want to translate, right click on your mouse, and click on the Translate to English selection. It translates the page. If you go to another page, you may have to do this again. It works very well. Saves a lot of time Deepl Translates articles from newsletters, websites etc. WordMine.info is a search engine for finding words. The searches can be done in a lot of different languages.

General sites German Roots: Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet CompGen

Germans in Other Locations Australia State Library od Queensland National Archives of Australia Brazil (Germans in Brazil) Brazilian Germans Immigration, culture, and more Czechoslovakia (Bohemia and Moravia) Digital Archives of the Czech Republic Czech and bohemian genealogy Archives and records Danube Swabian (Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania) The Danube Swabians Feefhs Regions Jewish (German Jews ) Jewishgen Includes many resources for the holocaust and all Jewish Germans. Family Database: Jews in the German Empire Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc Town by town inventory index to surviving documents in the archives of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania and Moldova Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center ...most valuable site for holocaust victims Genealogyindexer Place your surname in the search engine and gives you the resources available for that name. Poland BaSIA Database of archival indexing system: includes Poland and places that were annexed to Poland after WWII such as Pommern, Belarus etc. Metryki GenBaza Valuable site to find family documents from each town in Poland including the parts of Pomerania that are now in Poland. Geneteka Indexes of marriages, births and deaths from the archives Poland. Also has a surname search engine for surnames throughout Poland including what was Pomerania, and Silesia and more Lubgens Search in the regional database of indexes of the registers and USC Lubelskie Korzeni. Warmia Project Geneo Project Podlasie Access Indexs, databases and registries for Podlasie and Mazovia areas BASIA The base contains 6,150,476 entries from all over Wielkopolska. Pomeranian Die Pommerschen Leute "The Pomeranian People" Quarterly periodical for the descendants of the Baltic Duchy of Pommern published by the IGS Pomeranian Special Interest Group (PSIG) Die Pommerschen Leute Facebook Page Contains indexes for sources of Pomeranian Genealogy found at the Immigrant Genealogical Library in Burbank California records and much more. My Pomerania Pomerania (Pommern) church books, civil records, and genealogy family history research. Search links for Germany, Prussia, and Poland The Pomeranian Genealogical Society Links to birth Baptism, Marriage and death records available for Pommern. Pommerscher Greif e.V. Valuable site to find location of family documents from each town in Pomerania Pommerntake Surname Search Engine For surnames throughout Poland including what was Pomerania, and Silesia plus more. PomGenBase Pomerania, Świętwogen Silesia Silesia Church Books Russia Germans from Russia in America: A fantastic site showing where the German from Russia immigrated to in the US plus what parts of Russia they came from and when. German from Russia and Eastern Europe Settlements Locations

Free Research From Westphalian - Free queries If your ancestors are from Baden Wurttemberg and BavariaFree queries can be published in a quarterly publication Friedrich publishes as space permits. Queries can be sent to him at erootrot@usa.net. Submitter should include name, address, and e-mail address. Also see his web page http://www.anthonj.de/genealogen/wollmershaeuser/e/index.html Best regards, Friedrich Wollmershaeuser Friedrich has been a full time genealogist in South western Germany. He has extensive databases with lists of inhabitants from the 18th century and emigrant names. His main focus are archival documents from pre - church period including determination of the place of origin of emigrants, research on Jews etc. He has spoken to the Immigrant Genealogical Society members many years ago, Very knowledgeable. He does charge for personal research but queries are free . His address is Genealogical research Herrengasse 8-10 D89610 Oberduschingen Germany

Obituaries Obturaies (Traueranzeigen) Enter the name of the deceased, death, and burial information, sometimes birth date and place, and names of relatives. Catholic traditional funeral cards