This site provides quick links to general sources for Germany (including areas formerly in Prussia). See below for links to other areas of Germany.
See also Ancestors in Baden.
See also Ancestors in Berlin.
Ancestors in Hannover
See also Ancestors in Hessen Nassau.
See also Ancestors in Denmark
See also Ancestors in Hessen
For articles on research in Germany see German Genealogical Digest. [Family History Library 943 B2g]
See also Ancestors in Pommern
See also Ancestors in the Pfalz
Ancestors in Schleswig-Holstein
See also German Reference Desk
See also Soldiers in Prussia
Ortsfamilienbücher Town Family Books. Links to online family books.
This is the web site that was formerly genealogy.net. http://compgen.de/. This site has a link to Town Family Books, Address books, WWI casualty lists, genealogical societies in Germany, databases such as FOKO . Link to their Newsletter. Index to various issues of the online newsletter: Newsletter Computergenealogie. An alphabetical register to topics Index
Gazetteers
Meyers gazetteer: Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon
Gazetteers for the German Empire (Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon) and Prussia can be found at this link: Ancestry.com. This is a paid site. Free at Family History Centers.
Gemeindelexikon - Hannover (Vol. 9) and Westfalen (including Waldeck and Pyrmont) (Vol. 10) available on Google Books
Gemeindelexikon - Ostpreussen (Vol. 1) available on Google Books
Gemeindelexikon - Hessen-Nassau Vol. 11 (begins on page 1); Rheinprovinz Vol. 12 (begins on page 149) and Hohenzollern Vol. 13 (begins on page 246) : Hathitrust
Bayern - Topographisches lexikon von dem koenigreiche Bayern by Joseph Anton Eisenmann. 1819 Bavarian Lexikon. Shows places in the Kingdom of Bavaria. Digitized at Hathi Trust Digital Library [Hathitrust.org is a partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
Internet Links for genealogy
Andreas Hanacek http://home.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/ddatbase.htm.
Genealogy web links from the Austria State Archives: http://www.oesta.gv.at/site/5303/default.aspx.
Mailing Lists for German Genealogy
All areas can be found at this link
Bayern: http://list.genealogy.net/mm/listinfo/bavaria-l.
Military
A link to Wiki article about military records: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Military_Records
Research Helps
Genealogical Handbook of German Research: https://highpointresearchforeign.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/germany-rg1.pdf
Minert, Roger P. Deciphering Handwriting in German Documents. Analyzing German, Latin, and French in historical manuscripts. Second Edition: revised and expanded. GRT Publications. [FHL 417.7 M662d].
Word List
Basic German words of help to genealogists can be found at this link German Word List.
Web Sites:
World Conference on Records 1969. Lectures for Germany are found in Volume D.
Surname mapping. Geogen surname mapping.