Hannover is a German city. But this project deals with the larger area which is presently a province in Lower Saxony  (Niedersachsen), Germany. This area was the Kingdom of Hannover in the early 1800's. It became a province of Prussia in 1866 and then part of Germany after unification of Germany in 1871. The history and geography of this area are included in some of the referenced web sites.

Any comments and additions to this list would be welcome!  E-mail to:  arnielang@att.net

A message that was posted to the Hannover mailing list said that the following  archive will research the church registers for a fee.  The church registers of all parishes of the Landeskirche Hannovers are kept here.  If you send an enquiry they will charge you 60,-DM per hour of research.  The place to contact would be:

Kirchenbuchamt des Ev.-luth.
Stadtkirchenverbands
Hildesheimer Str. 165/167
30173 Hannover

Information about North German Genealogy Research information and  research services by Jens Müller-Koppe for the following:
    Parish Registers of the "Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Hannover"
    http://www.hist.de/KB-hannover.htm

    Historical Maps of Bremen and Lower Saxony
    http://www.hist.de/maps.htm

    Hannover 1852 census and other resources  Information and publications available for the 1852 census (including searchable index).
    http://www.hist.de/edition-hist(e).html

Genealogy.net - The number one source in German Genealogy
http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html

German Migration Resource Center - A source for German emigrants and immigrants.  Includes a search features with free query searches by surname, ship name, immigration years, places of origin,destinations and more.
http://www.germanmigration.com.

Excerpts from The Hannover Chronicle can be found at
http://www.germanmigration.com/chronicle/hannover.htm.

Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen - (FEEFHS page)  Describes the background and History of Die Ahnenstammkartei. This is the 1221 Reels of the "Leipzig Films" which can be researched at the LDS Family History Library. It is estimated that it includes 2.7 million or more individual names. These are the Ahnentafels that span the entire German Empire of the last several centuries and not just the Leipzig region. It has been estimated that 17% East German, 30% North German, 14% West German, 15% South German and 22% Middle German are included in these records. This may be a place to start if you do not know the city or village that your ancestors came from.
http://www.feefhs.org/DE/astaka/ahnstamm.html

Hannover "Findbuch"- This site now  has a searchable database of the Hannopver Passenger lists for 1890 and 1902 complete.  Other years are in process.  Searching for the name of an ancestor is free.  Payment of about $20.00 (USD) is required to receive full details.  (You may also find the microfilm copies of these lists at the LDS FHL)
http://www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english/

Niedersachsen GenWeb
GenWEb Site for Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) - includes links to related Internet sties

Town of Hannover
Description and History of the town and Kingdom of Hannover

Hessen Web Site This may not be a Hannover site, but it has an awesome number of links to German sites of general interest
http://go.to/hessen

Oldenburg Society for Family Research  Includes an emigrants data base. The file now contains thousands of names of emigrants who left Oldenburg. Go to the following URLL and click on Auswanderer/Emigrants at the left sidebar.
http://www.familienforschung-oldenburg.de

Frequently Asked Questions

Soc.genealogy.german Frequently Asked Questions List  -  This comprehensive set of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list was written to help genealogists who are interested in German and German-American genealogy. It is oriented to those who are getting started, either with genealogy or with the Internet. "German" here means the German language, so this list should be useful for researchers of German, German-American, Austrian, Swiss, Alsatian, Luxembourger, Liechtensteiner, and Eastern European German genealogy

 http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/faqs/sgg.html
 

HANNOVER-L. A mailing list for those interested in sharing and exchanging information on genealogy and history which has a connection to the former Kingdom of Hannover. This is an English-German multi-lingual list. Mailing address for postings is hannover-l@genealogy.net. To subscribe, send the following in the body of your message to majordomo@genealogy.net: subscribe HANNOVER-L

NIEDERSACHSEN. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the German Province of Niedersachsen. Mailing address for postings is niedersachsen-l@rootsweb.com. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to niedersachsen-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or niedersachsen-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).

PRUSSIA-ROOTS. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Brandenburg, Hannover (or Hanover), Ostpreussen (East Prussia), Pommern (Pomerania), Posen, Provinz Sachsen (Province of Saxony - northern Saxony), Schleswig-Holstein, Schlesien (Silesia), Westpreussen (West Prussia), Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen. You must be a subscriber to post to the list and posting instructions will be provided when you subscribe. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to prussia-roots-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or prussia-roots-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).

SURNAMES-GERMAN. Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.surnames.german newsgroup for surname queries related to German speaking countries. Mailing address for postings is surnames-german-l@rootsweb.com. To subscribe send "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to surnames-german-l-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode), surnames-german-m-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode), or surnames-german-i-request@rootsweb.com (index mode).

GEN-DE. Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.german newsgroup for the discussion of German genealogy. Mailing address for postings is gen-de-l@rootsweb.com. To subscribe send "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to gen-de-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode), gen-de-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode), or gen-de-i-request@rootsweb.com (index mode).

HANNOVER AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Niedersächsischer Landesverein für Familienkunde e.V.
Am Bokemahle 14-16 (Stadtarchiv)
D-39171 Hannover

If you may want to write to this society, see the Translations section of the following web site for sample letters to send in other languages and how to get free help in translating your reply.

German Genealogy: 

http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html

GENEALOGY SOCIETIES LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE GERMAN INTERESTS

Immigrant Genealogical Society - IGS 
P. O. Box 7369
Burbank, California 91510-7369
http://feefhs.org/igs/frg-igs.html

Palatines To America - a national genealogical society of persons researching German-speaking ancestry (not just the Palatinate), with emphasis on European migrations from the Germanic regions of Europe to North America
Columbus, OH.
http://palam.org

Sacramento German Genealogy Society - SGGS -
P. O. Box 660061
Sacramento, CA 95866-0061
http://feefhs.org/sggs/frg-sggs.html

German Genealogical Society of America - GGSA -
2125 Wright Avenue, Suite C-9
La Verne, California 91750-5814
http://feefhs.org/ggsa/frg-ggsa.html
 
Emsland Heritage Society (USA)
The mission of the society is to collect and distribute the genealogies and history of that territory of Germany known as Emsland. This region is located along the border of the Netherlands in the upper northwest. Osterfreisland is on top, then Emsland.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4018/

Emslanders to the American Mid-West
This webpage is devoted to the identification of 19th century German emigrants who came to the U.S. from that part of Hannover known today as Emsland, Niedersachsen, and settled in the mid-western states of Missouri & Illinois, mostly
http://www.emslanders.com

Finding a German Place of Origin -

http://feefhs.org/frl/de/placeorg.html

Hannover Census Records The census records that have been microfilmed and are available at the LDS Family History Library are listed on this page
Hannover Census Records

Translation Services

AltaVista Translation Service - Translate German to English, etc.
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate

Free Translation.com - automatically translate the English content of your Web site, e-mail, documents, etc. into French,
Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese for free.
http://www.freetranslation.com

Go Translator - another site to translate the entire contents of a web site or individual text.
http://translator.go.com/

Translation Team - Send your German document to a free translation team.  Reports say that they were very pleased with the results, there was not a long wait, and they got an accurate translation.
How to use the Translation Team Forwarder

Telephone Books on-line - Germany

http://www.teleauskunft.de

For a worldwide search you can go to
http://www.infobel.com/teldir

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