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"I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

-Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

GERMAN RESEARCH LINKS
Part One
(See LINKTABLES for Part Two)

---It must be here somewhere... Grandpa said so!

Dynamic Equivalent Translations, German>English>German!
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Discover the meaning of your ancestor's German first, middle, and last name! Free!

Misc
Archives Church
Archives Hessen
Archives Paying for Research
German Postage FAQs
Census

FHL
IGI First Names
Surnames
First Names
Surname
Lookup
5000 First
Names German
Language
Latin Language Ships Passenger
Lists USA Genealogical
Records

Military FOKO/GOV
GEDBAS
et al German
Telephone
Directory Hessen History
and Maps Volunteer and
Professional
Researchers

German
Genealogy
Network
(the German FHL) German
Ancestors
Search Town
Locator LinkTables
(Part II, ToL) Shorcuts

German Address Books! (Forerunner to the German Telephone Directories, and MORE!) German Genealogy Net! (The up-and-coming German answer to the LDS)

Miscellaneous Archives

Church, Civil, Military (includes primary resources, various archive types)	City-Town-County-Regional Archives	State, Media, and University Archives
Collected Archives Staatsarchive	Familienarchive Deutsche Bibliotek World Genealogical Data Online (Sites with actual archives posted)	German Microfiche See Mipolonia for parts of Germany now in Poland
Pre-church	Bundesarchiv Online Federal and State Central Archives	Archive, Personal, and FOKO Letters Pre-written, German Language

Church Archives

Evangelical (non-Catholic) Church Districts See also District Map	Zentralarchiv der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau Evangelical Church Archives for Hessen-Nassau	Kirchenarchive An actual church register from 1759
Catholic Church Genealogy and other Helps Latin in Parish Records	Church District Boundaries Evangelical or Catholic Evangelical-Lutheran Church Addresses in Europe (not genealogical, but may provide an address)	Catholic Church District Map
German Catholic Churches Today Alphabetical	German Conference of Bishops	Non-Catholic and Catholic church Archives

Hessen Archives

Hessen Archives at (FHL Film Numbers) FHL Archives	Hessen, Alphabetical	Hessen Family Histories (German language genealogical study groups in Germany)
Free City of Frankfurt Historical Archives	German Language Archives Hessen Archives Hessische Familien	Church and Civil Registers for every location in Hessen
	Cross-Reference Town with Catholic or non-Catholic church Actual Location Hessen-Nassau A-E F-J K-N O-R S-Z

Paying for Research/German Postage

A WORD OF CAUTION What NOT to do (and lots of FHL/FHC info)	Paying for Research/German Postage (plus Difficulties in German Research and Hiring a Researcher)

FAQs/Census

FAQs - General

FAQs - Regional

Q&A1

Q-A2 - Hessen
(plus tips and helps for anyone)

Postal (zip) Codes

German Census

1803 Census Schleswig-Holstein
(Kiel)
.pdf format

English

Census in Schleswig-Holstein 1769-1864

Family Histry Library
International Genealogical Index

FHL Online Tutorial IGI Batch Numbers IGI Surname Index (Change the Surname after the equals sign) Go to College Online for FREE (genealogy)	The Merged Index How to use the FHL/IGI "Merged Index"Database	The Alphabetical Location Index (G for Germany) International Genealogical Index (IGI) and Merged Family History Library (FHL) FHL Genealogy Books Online
LDS Searchable Indexes	FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY FHC/LDS Online Source (categorized)	German Genealogical Word List

German First Names and Surnames

Language Translation	First Name Translator First Name Translator II	Surname Origins Surname Origins II German Surnames
German Surnames First and Last Names	Behind Your Name Does Your Surname Translate? Surname Distribution Search ALL occasions of your Surname on file in various Genealogical systems	German Names Middle Names, Nicknames
Vornamen A to Z	Children's Names A to Z Baby Names A to Z (a variety of language sources) More Baby Names About Surnames	German Naming Patterns German to English Surnames
German Surnames Surname Variations Surname Databases Surname Anatomy	Is your Surname part of a Town Name? Click Here, type an asterisk * and a suffix such as .dorf, .heim, .stadt (limit ONE inquiry per E-Mail - leave subject line blank. If you send more than ONE per E-Mail you'll get an incomplete list). Example of results: Waltersdorf; Eckhardtsheim; Schmidtstadt; Webersberg; Müllersburg, and more.*	Insights into the German Language: Family Names Surname Search Surname Meanings

Hochdeutsch! Plattdeutsch!

Hochdeutsch! Plattdeutsch!

German Language

Learning German German Handwriting	A guide to reading old German script is available at your area Family History Center. Item 36316, $1.00	Dialects Dialects II
Genealogical Symbols & Abbreviations Umlauts & the German sZ	German Language Town Websites	Old Script Analyzer
Cultural Issues	Books, Books, Books	Language Translation Page

Ships!

Emigration Ports	Ships Passenger Lists	Rivers & Waterways

Day-Date
Calculator

USA Genealogy Records

Census Microfilm ------- How to use it Census Data 1790-1930 ------- Detailed Information USA Vital Records	See Also LinkTables Social Security Death Index Search Surname Distribution USA	Abbreviations I Abbreviations II Genealogical Assistance Free Genealogy
1895 Atlas of the USA (county, state) Census Codes Migrations Database	The Great Migration 1620-33 (You must be a subscriber) Genealogy A to Z	The American Genealogical Ancestral Database State Governments

Military

German Military Archives	Hessian Soldiers	Madras Military Fund Index 1808-1862
Naturalized Soldiers USA	WWI / WWII German KIA / MIA (Translation available)	World War I Draft Registrants born 1872-1900

FOKO/GOV/GEDBAS/METASUCHE/HADIS
VORFAHREN SUCHE

FOKO German Surname Contributors/Locations/Matches Find Germans living in Germany working on YOUR line! Research Assistance from Germans living in Germany	GOV Locator Database (Great supplement to Town Locator but no maps)	GEDBAS Ahnen-Such Database FAQ FOKO/GOV/GEDBAS Creators Awesome German Research Website German Genealogy
METASUCHE MetaSearch Your Surname(s) in ALL databases located in Germany	HADIS Central Genealogical Search System German Language	VORFAHREN SUCHE Ancestor Search Database

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German Telephone Directory
(with instructions in English)

TELEPHONES, E-MAIL,
ADDRESSES

German Telephone Directory
for people, places, zips, and all archive addresses

Hessen History & Misc. Maps

A Descriptive History Territories & Colonies Regional Research Former German Territories	Hessen Eastern Hessen Germany 1815-1871 (Don't miss all the awesome links found here!)	Downloadable German Empire Village, Town, District Identifier. Includes Adjacent Countries. University of Mainz Digital Maps #1 -------- Digital Maps #2
1815-1848 The German Revolution of 1848	19th Century Germany	Germany in 1871 Germany Then & Now
Prussia Prussia/Pommerania Bi-Lingual Kingdoms of Europe World Maps	Germany Through the Ages German History More German History	Germany Today Cities, Towns, Counties, Duchies: Misc Maps & Descriptions City Maps, Germany (fee) History & Research FEEFHS Online Maproom CD-ROM Maps Purchase, Topographical, Large