When beginning a research project on a particular surname or place in Germany, it is essential to consult German family and local history periodicals. This site will help you easily identify periodicals for your research area.
This website provides a link to online German family history periodicals. It also identifies periodicals in the collection of the FamilySearch Library.
Is there anyone in Germany researching my family line?
What sources are available for my areas of interest?
How can I locate the history of my village?
What research methods should I use to expand my family tree?
German genealogical societies have been answering genealogical questions in their periodicals for more than a century.
Numerous German families have been documented and published by prominent German historians.
Experienced local researchers have written insightful essays on research techniques and have extracted and indexed records from many important sources.
Periodicals from Germany cover a wide range of topics, including emigration lists, church record extracts, military and land records, archive inventories, new record sources, and book reviews, among others. Some of these record excerpts are from sources no longer available due to wars and natural disasters. Their value to the family researcher cannot be overstated. These sources can easily be translated using AI, Google Translate, or DeepL.com.