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BRANDENBURG
History
Brandenburg is one of Germany's
sixteen Bundesländers.
Historically, Brandenburg was a quasi-independent country and the core
of the unified German state. It contained the future German capital
Berlin and since 1618 both Brandenburg and Prussia, then
Brandenburg-Prussia, were ruled by Hohenzollern dukes and later kings of
Prussia. The Frankish Nuremberg, Ansbach and southern German
Hohenzollern and the eastern European connections of Berlin and the
prince-elector together were instrumental in the rise of that state.
For more on the history see:
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/brandenburg/history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0860564.html
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/BRG/bb.html#hist
http://www.deutsche-kaiserreich.de/
(Old views of Brandenburg)
http://groups.msn.com/GermanGenealogy/brandenburg.msnw
BORDER CHANGES
http://wiki.genealogy.net/index.php/Neumark
http://wiki.genealogy.net/index.php/Neumark
E-Mail Lists
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PRUSSIA-ROOTS.html
MAPS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Berlin.bezirke.png
Showing the districts of
http://www.alt-berlin.info/pages/index.htm
1738 to 1999
http://mitglied.lycos.de/Pomerania2/images/Baed4.jpg
Detailed 1809 map
Description: Historical map of Provinz
Source: Bibliothek allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens für Militäranwärter Band I, 1905 / Deutsches Verlaghaus Bong & Co
ARCHIVES and RECORDS
Archives for
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/BRG/bb.html
Check out the LDS site for your village As always, check on towns around
your village in case your village was too small to have its own church.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4121
(Emigration Records)
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.brandenburg
BOOKS
The GGS collection of Germanic
Genealogy Books at Concordia University is St. Paul, MN has 10 books
specifically on Brandenburg genealogy, of those 10 books 7 are in
German. Check the Library webpage for further information.
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/BRG/bb.html#lit
Brandenburg Records
Kirchenbucher, Kirchenbuch-Duplikate, and Standesamtsregister
(Churchbooks,
churchbook duplicates, and civil registers), compiled by Georg
Griineberg Druckerei & Verlag, G. Griineberg, Finkenbergstr. 6, 19309
Lenzen (Elbe),
The ISBN 3-9803515-3-X. Reviewed by Marjorie Beiser.This
book covers the inventory list of records and where they can be found
for the former Brandenburg
Kreise
(districts) of Konigsberg Neumark, Soldin, Landsberg, Arnswalde,
Friedeberg Neumark, Oststernberg, Weststernberg, Crossen,
Ziillichau-Schwiebus,. Guben (which is my research area), and Sorau
(east of Neisse),
FLAGS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Berlin.svg
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=berlin+flags&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Vl-zS9eNM4yENpbQ5ewD&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB4QsAQwAw
http://www.cousinconnect.com/p/a/1085
http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/BRG/neumark/
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