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Name and Website
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Meyer’s Gazetteer
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Location of the villages, towns and cities of the Deutsche Reich (German Empire), 1871 – 1918, using a historical and a current (Google) map. Jurisdictions and brief description.
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Locations of municipalities in the former eastern provinces of Brandenburg, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, West and East Prussia, including historical information.
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Research | International German Genealogy Partnership (iggp.org)
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An international partnership of Germanic genealogy organizations and their many resources.
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Family Search
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Church and civil records of present and past Germany, the U.S. and other countries, available at no cost, with registration. Research assistance provided by the Research Wiki, the Community Group Germany, and the in-person Family History Centers around the world.
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Ancestry
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Church and civil records of present and past Germany, the U.S. and other countries, available with a subscription. Personal family trees can be created and viewed by all. The Ancestry Library Addition is accessible in public libraries at no cost.
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Verein für Computergenealogie
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Large society in Germany with databases for current as well as former Germany. GOV for locations, GEDBAS for surnames, OFB both online and in print, and more. Free.
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Catholic Church original church records held by the archives of Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and others. Easy location searching with a zoomable map or a search box. Free.
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Archion
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Evangelisch (Protestant) original church records held by the current Evangelische Landeskirchen of Germany. Browse for a particular parish without a subscription. Use with one-month pass, 19,90 Euro; three-month pass, 52,20 Euro.
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Linguee
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German-English and English-German translations. |
