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"I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

-Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken




GERMAN RESEARCH LINKS
Part One

(See 
LINKTABLES
for Part Two
)

---It must be here somewhere... Grandpa said so!

                   

Dynamic Equivalent Translations, German>English>German!
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Discover the meaning of your ancestor's German first, middle, and last name! Free!

Misc
Archives
Church
Archives
Hessen
Archives
Paying for Research
German Postage
FAQs
Census
FHL
IGI
First Names
Surnames

First Names
Surname
Lookup

5000 First
Names
German
Language

Latin Language
Ships Passenger
Lists
USA Genealogical
Records
Military FOKO/GOV
GEDBAS
et al
German
Telephone
Directory
Hessen History
and Maps
Volunteer and
Professional
Researchers
German
Genealogy
Network

(the German FHL)
German
Ancestors
Search
Town
Locator
LinkTables
(Part II, ToL)
Shorcuts


German Address Books!
(Forerunner to the German Telephone
Directories, and MORE!)

German Genealogy Net!
(The up-and-coming German answer to the LDS)

Miscellaneous Archives

Church, Civil, Military
(includes primary resources,
 various archive types)
City-Town-County-Regional
 Archives
State, Media, and University Archives
Collected Archives
Staatsarchive
Familienarchive
Deutsche Bibliotek
World Genealogical Data Online
(Sites with actual archives posted)
German Microfiche
See Mipolonia
for parts of Germany now in Poland
Pre-church Bundesarchiv Online
Federal and State Central Archives
Archive, Personal, and FOKO Letters
Pre-written, German Language

Church Archives

Evangelical (non-Catholic)
Church Districts

See also
District Map
Zentralarchiv der Evangelischen
Kirche in Hessen und Nassau

Evangelical Church
Archives for Hessen-Nassau
Kirchenarchive
An actual church register from 1759
Catholic Church Genealogy
and other Helps

Latin in Parish Records
Church District Boundaries
Evangelical

or
Catholic
Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Addresses in Europe

(not genealogical, but may
provide an address)
Catholic Church
District Map
German Catholic Churches Today
Alphabetical
German Conference of Bishops   Non-Catholic and
Catholic church Archives

Hessen Archives

Hessen Archives at
(FHL Film Numbers)
FHL Archives
Hessen, Alphabetical Hessen Family Histories
(German language genealogical
study groups in Germany) 
Free City of Frankfurt
Historical Archives
German Language Archives
Hessen Archives
Hessische Familien
Church and Civil Registers for
every location in Hessen
Cross-Reference Town with Catholic or
non-Catholic church Actual Location
Hessen-Nassau A-E     F-J     K-N        O-R       S-Z

Paying for Research/German Postage

A WORD OF CAUTION
What NOT to do
(and lots of FHL/FHC info) 

Paying for Research/German Postage
(plus Difficulties in German Research and Hiring a Researcher)

FAQs/Census

FAQs - General
FAQs - Regional

Q&A1
Q-A2 - Hessen
(plus tips and helps for anyone)
Postal (zip) Codes
German Census
1803 Census Schleswig-Holstein
(Kiel)
.pdf format

English


Census in Schleswig-Holstein 1769-1864

Family Histry Library
International Genealogical Index

FHL Online Tutorial
IGI Batch Numbers
IGI Surname Index
(Change the Surname after the
equals sign)

Go to College Online
for FREE

(genealogy)

The Merged Index
How to use the FHL/IGI
"Merged Index"Database
The Alphabetical Location Index
(G for Germany)
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
and Merged Family History Library (FHL)

FHL Genealogy Books Online
LDS Searchable Indexes FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY
FHC/LDS Online Source
(categorized)
German Genealogical
Word List



German First Names and Surnames

 Language Translation
First Name Translator
First Name Translator II
Surname Origins
Surname Origins II
German Surnames
German Surnames
First and Last Names
 Behind Your Name
Does Your Surname Translate?
Surname Distribution
Search ALL occasions of your Surname on file in various Genealogical systems
German Names
Middle Names, Nicknames
Vornamen
A to Z
Children's Names
A to Z

Baby Names A to Z
(a variety of language sources)
More Baby Names
About Surnames
German Naming Patterns
German to English Surnames
  German Surnames
Surname Variations
Surname Databases
Surname Anatomy
Is your  Surname part of a Town Name?

Click Here, type an asterisk * and a suffix such as *.dorf,
 *.heim, *.stadt (limit  ONE inquiry per E-Mail - leave subject
line blank. If you send more than ONE per E-Mail you'll get an incomplete list). Example of results:

Waltersdorf; Eckhardtsheim; Schmidtstadt;
Webersberg; Müllersburg, and more.

Insights into the
German Language:
Family Names

Surname Search
Surname Meanings


Hochdeutsch! Plattdeutsch!

Hochdeutsch! Plattdeutsch!

German Language

Learning German
German Handwriting
A guide to reading old German script is available at
your area Family History
Center. Item 36316, $1.00
  Dialects
Dialects II
Genealogical Symbols & Abbreviations

Umlauts & the German sZ
German Language Town Websites Old Script Analyzer
Cultural Issues
Books, Books, Books
Language
Translation
Page

Ships!

Emigration Ports
Ships Passenger Lists
Rivers & Waterways

Day-Date
Calculator

USA Genealogy Records

Census Microfilm
-------
How to use it
Census Data 1790-1930
-------
Detailed Information
USA Vital Records

See Also LinkTables
Social Security
Death Index
Search Surname Distribution
USA
Abbreviations I
Abbreviations II

Genealogical
Assistance

Free Genealogy
1895 Atlas of the USA
(county, state)
Census Codes
Migrations Database
The Great Migration
1620-33

(You must be a subscriber)
Genealogy A to Z
The American Genealogical
Ancestral Database

State Governments

Military

German Military Archives Hessian Soldiers Madras Military Fund Index
1808-1862
Naturalized Soldiers USA WWI / WWII
German
KIA / MIA

(Translation available)
World War I Draft Registrants
born 1872-1900

FOKO/GOV/GEDBAS/METASUCHE/HADIS
VORFAHREN SUCHE

FOKO
German Surname
Contributors/Locations/Matches

Find Germans living in Germany
working on YOUR line!
Research Assistance
from Germans living in
Germany
GOV
Locator Database
(Great supplement to Town
Locator but no maps)
GEDBAS
Ahnen-Such
Database
FAQ
FOKO/GOV/GEDBAS
Creators Awesome German
Research Website

German Genealogy
METASUCHE
MetaSearch Your Surname(s)
in ALL databases located in
Germany
HADIS
Central
Genealogical
Search System

German Language
VORFAHREN SUCHE
Ancestor Search Database

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German Telephone Directory
(with instructions in English)
TELEPHONES, E-MAIL,
ADDRESSES


German Telephone Directory
for people, places, zips, and all archive addresses

Hessen History & Misc. Maps

A Descriptive History

Territories & Colonies

Regional Research
Former German Territories
Hessen

Eastern Hessen
Germany 1815-1871
(Don't miss all the awesome
links found here!)
Downloadable German Empire Village, Town,
District Identifier. Includes Adjacent Countries.

University of Mainz
Digital Maps #1
--------
Digital Maps #2
1815-1848
The German Revolution of 1848
19th Century Germany Germany in 1871

Germany Then & Now
Prussia
Prussia/Pommerania
 Bi-Lingual

Kingdoms of Europe
World Maps
Germany Through the Ages
German History
More German History 
Germany Today
Cities, Towns, Counties, Duchies:
 Misc Maps & Descriptions

City Maps, Germany (fee)
History & Research
FEEFHS Online Maproom
CD-ROM Maps Purchase,
Topographical, Large

Volunteer and Professional Researchers

German Genealogical Research Service
German Genealogical Research Service II 
Professional & Volunteer
European (located in the USA)

English-speaking Researchers in Germany
Historical Research

Hessen Professional & Volunteer


Professional Researchers
for Hire in Germany

Professional for Baden, Wuerttemberg, Hohenzollern

With Hessen Ancestry Hessen, Families


Town Locator

Modern City Street Maps Town Locator
Town Location FAQ

Town Location, Myers Orts-Lexicon
HessenNet
Städte und Gemeinden
(cities and communities)
Hessen Counties after 1974 (Map
and Clickable Links)
Hessen Counties
Odenwald Counties
Hessen-Darmstadt Counties
Today (Clickable Map)


Miscellaneous and LINKTABLES

FastTrak Resources--World

Cyndi's List
Town, City, County
Locator, USA

 LinkTables
(Addition to the Table of Links)

Many More Research Options
to Choose From!!

(
part two)

Searchable Online
Databases!

Available NOW!
German Address Books!


Search the German Answer


to the LDS FamilyOrigins
Database!

Planning a Research Trip to Germany
Links

Online Dictionary

World Newspapers
Encyclopedia Britannica
(Use FIND)
Pennsylvania Immigrants
Ships and Oath of Allegiance

Libraries USA


Heritage Genealogy Library
Complete Beginner's Guide to
Genealogy, the Internet, and Your Computer

Want to be overwhelmed?
(It's what happens when
you research backwards)

CLICK HERE!
(disengage your pop-up stopper)


and here......

Ask Jeeves

OneGreatFamily Shared
Database and Genealogy Program

Hessians in Wisconsin
Looking to understand maps better?
Or perhaps ideas on creating your own?
Local and Global Map Resources



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