German Genealogy Bookscompiled by Joe Beineif you click on a title (or cover) you will be taken to Amazon.com or the publisher's website where you can make a purchase -- these books were chosen for their usefulness for German genealogy research (all titles are in softcover unless otherwise noted) |
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German-English Genealogical Dictionary by Ernest Thode This book contains English translations of thousands of German, Latin and other terms found in various German records. It also contains lists of German names, the German alphabet with script variations, days of the week and month, numbers and various symbols you might encounter in your search. Can be helpful for doing German genealogy research. |
 German-English Genealogical Dictionary |
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Dictionary of German Names (The Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies Translation) by Hans Bahlow, Edda Gentry (Translator) Revised 2nd edition published in 2002 This is Hans Bahlow's German surname dictionary, Deutsches Namenlexicon, translated into English. The meanings and history of over 15,000 German surnames (with spelling variations) are given, many with general locations of where the names appeared. In Search of Your German Roots A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe by Angus Baxter New revised 4th edition published in 2008 Ancestors in German Archives A Guide to Family History Sources (hardcover) by Raymond S. Wright III, Nathan S. Rives, Mirjam J. Korkham, Saskia Schier Bunting This book is a directory of 2000 archives in Germany where you can find genealogy-related records, including church, emigration, census and military records; and civil registrations of births, marriages and deaths. The name and address, and sometimes the website URL (if available) is given for each archive (if a URL is not given in the book you can try typing the name of the archives into Google to see if there is a website). You might find this book helpful when you need to look beyond the microfilmed records of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. German American Names by George F. Jones An A-Z list of about 18,000 German surnames briefly discusses their meanings, while the book's introduction discusses the origin of surnames and the Americanization of German names. This new 3rd edition was published in 2006. If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records by Edna Bentz If you are having difficulty reading old German records (like Church books), and especially if you are finding the German Gothic script hard to read, then this book can help. Langenscheidt New College German Dictionary German-English/English-German (hardcover) A fine German-English dictionary, assembled by the Langenscheidt staff. More than 1700 pages of words and phrases translated from either German to English or English to German. Also: Polish Roots Korzenie Polskie by Rosemary A. Chorzempa A useful guide for finding Polish roots. The book also contains helpful information if you have German ancestors from former Prussian/German territories now in Poland. Included is a guide to writing letters to archives and churches in Poland. |
 The Rough Guide to Germany |
The Rough Guide to Germany (7th Ed) by Neville Walker, Christian Williams, James Stewart Planning a trip to Germany? Or just want to read about all the interesting places the country has to offer? This is a fairly comprehensive general travel guide to the entire country. Lots of obscure places to encounter on your way to the home of your ancestors. It has travel tips and a bit of history too. |
