After a full year in the making, Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Brandenburg II, Regierungsbezirk Frankfurt an der Oder is now in print. The soft cover volume is shipping NOW, and the hard-bound library edition will ship within the next week. (Update: Hard bound volumes are now shipping [...]

German maps are incredibly popular and extremely important to German research. During the middle ages and on up to the First World War a modest portion of western-central Europe was a land of ever changing boundaries. In the heart of this area were the German people. At different times, different rulers and governments ruled the [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Sachsen I & Duchies of Anhalt & Brunswick is the 27th volume of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. This map guide provides an historical background to the Sachsen region, including a complete list of [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria II – Niederbayern II is the seventh of ten volumes covering Bavaria. This is also volume 20 of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. This map guide provides an historical background to the region, including a complete list of [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Bavaria V – Schwaben is the fifth of ten volumes covering Bavaria. This is also volume 18 of the now 41 total volumes in the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series. This map guide provides an historical background to the region, including a complete list of [...]

Volume 41 of the German Map Guide series in now in print! This volume includes a total of 3,921 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Brandenburg, Regierungsbezirk Potsdam. This book also includes a master index to Volumes 41 through 42, which covers all of Brandenburg. Written in English by [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers: Kingdom of Prussia, Province of  Rhineland III and Kingdom of Bavaria, Palatinate (Pfalz) is the third volume covering Rhineland. See the list below for all areas covered. This map guide provides an historical background to the region, including a complete list of rulers and political leaders for the Rhineland [...]

German parish records are critical to researching one’s German ancestors. William Dollarhide explained it well: “Unlike American genealogical research, where the place to search for basic vital records is usually a civil registration (city, county, state), European research is usually related to an ecclesiastical jurisdiction. In 18th & 19th century German-speaking areas, one must search [...]

By now, most of our readers are familiar with Family Roots Publishing’s Map Guide to German Parish Registers Series. The series has received praise and great reviews throughout the genealogy community. We have reviewed many of the volumes here on the GenealogyBlog, but never the first volume, the one that started it all. Or, we [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Westphalia II, covering the RB of Arnsberg has just been published by Family Roots Publishing Company. This is volume 40 of the German Map Guide series. This volume includes a total of 5,548 places – mostly towns, found in the Kingdom of Prussia, [...]

Back in Print! The Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein has been out-of-print for some time. We’re happy to announce that’s it’s now available again. Published by Family Roots Publishing Company, Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Oldenburg & Schleswig-Holstein; Volume 4 of the German Map Guide series was initally [...]

We just took delivery of Volume 39 of the German Map Guide series, soft cover editions. The hard cover volumes will ship next week after receipt from the bindery. The title is Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Kingdom of Prussia – Province of Westphalia I, and the Principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe. This [...]

For the first time since the inception of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers project in 2004, Family Roots Publishing is offering the completed German State multiple-volume sets of the soft-cover books at 20% off retail. This is a limited time offer and ends at Midnight MDT, Monday, August 1. We’re also offering FREE [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine VI (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Lothringen II – French Department of Lorraine – Kreise (Arrondissements) Saarburg and Salzburg with full index of included towns, by Kevan Hansen is now shipping Published by Family Roots Publishing Company, Volume 38 of the German Map Guide series [...]

Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Imperial Province of Alsace-Lorraine V (Elsass-Lothringen – District of Lothringen I – French Department of Lorraine – Kreise (Arrondissements) Bolchen, Diedenhofen, Forbach, Metz and Saargemünd with full index of included towns, by Kevan Hansen, is now available. Published by Family Roots Publishing Company, Volume 37 of the German [...]