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Basic Research Outline for German Genealogy [on this website] An outline for beginners to intermediate researchers, showing the basic steps to developing a German genealogy research project. With web links to helpful webpages both on this site and elsewhere on the web. Online German Genealogy Databases [on this website] Includes emigration, church, land, nobility and military records (WWI & II). The "Finding Passenger Lists" Series [on this website] How to find your ancestor's passenger arrival record. Germany GenWeb Part of the World GenWeb, this site covers Germany. Each German state has its own webpage (see 2 examples below) with useful information. Worth a visit. German Search Engines [on this website] Links to the major search engines for finding German websites. Tip: do a search for your surname at AltaVista.de followed by the German word, genealogie. Or try typing in the name of a German town or village. German Names Robert Shea's extensive directory with links to websites about German names, their history and meaning. Very useful. How to Get Aerial Photos of Your German Ancestral Home [on this website] Instructions on how to order aerial photographs of German towns from the U.S. National Archives. St. Louis Genealogy Resources [on this website] The German Roots Webmaster has St. Louis roots. This brief page will show you where to find St. Louis genealogy resources on the Internet. German Genealogy An informational site for those doing German research. Contains tips on researching by region (including former German lands now outside of Germany). Hegensdorf, A Small German Village [on this website] A complete website for this village in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Includes photographs, history, list of emigrants to America, genealogies and more. Five Views of Siddinghausen [on this website] Photographs of a small German village Catholic Churches in Germany (this site is in German) click on "Kirchen-Datenbank" to search for a church or parish Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) Ahnenforschung.net (this site is in German) A web directory with genealogy resources, much like this site, but in German. Germans from Russia Links [on this website] Tracing Germans from Russia is a specialized research area. If any of your ancestors fall into this group you will find this webpage helpul. Genealogy & Poland: A Guide If your German ancestors came from older parts of Germany now in Poland you will find this site useful for sorting out the confusing boundary changes. A Genealogical Handbook of German Research by Larry Jensen A guide for German research available online. Geborener Deutscher Online newsgroup for German born adoptees. Cyndi's List of German Resources
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