See also Ancestors in German
See also Ancestors in Baden.
See also Ancestors in Berlin.
See also Ancestors in Hessen Nassau.
See also Ancestors in Denmark
See also Ancestors in Hessen
See also German Genealogical Digest.
See also Ancestors in Pommern
See also Ancestors in the Pfalz
Ancestors in the Rheinland
Germans in Russia
Ancestors in Schleswig-Holstein
Ancestors in Schlesien
See also German Reference Desk
OrtsfamilienbĂĽcher 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, Adress books, WWI casualty lists, genealogical societies in Germany, databases such as FOKO . Link to their newsletter here: Newsletter
Facebook Community
Gazetteers
Gazetteers for Prussia can be found at this link: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=34415. This is a paid site. Free at Family History Centers.
Bayern - Topographisches lexikon von dem konigreiche 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
Locating Place of Origin:
U. S. Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: Ancestry.com Database
Periodicals
See https://sites.google.com/site/germandigitizedperiodicals/home
Research Helps
German Research Outline published by the Family History Library, Genealogical Handbook of German Research, Handwriting helps etc. available at this link.
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.
Wiki on Family Search