German Genealogy Research Online – Tips And Links is now available in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. Leland’s popular addendum to The German Researcher, is now available in electronic format. The electronic version costs less than the printed option; however, both remain free as an addendum for those who purchase The German Researcher.
Here is a copy of previous review of the guide:
Anyone who knows Leland Meitzler, operator of the GenealogyBlog, knows he has a passion for German research. Now, he has turned his personal experience into a new book, German Genealogy Research Online: Tips and Links. Written to help genealogists with online research, the book deals with using the Internet to advance an individual’s Germanic genealogy.
Here’s what the book covers:
- Finding Pictures, Images and Websites for Your Ancestral Home
- Finding and Using Online German Gazetteers
- FamilySearch German Databases
- Online German Surname Distribution Maps
- Translating Online German Websites
- The International Genealogical Index (IGI) Online
- Full German State Archives Addresses & Contact Information
- 30 Helpful Online German Research Resources
The book is small but packed full of critical data to German research. With its updated addresses and resources, it also makes an excellent addendum to The German Researcher. In fact, the two go so well together that Family Roots Publishing is offering a free copy of German Genealogy Research Online, a $6.95 value, for free with every purchase of The German Researcher (see a review by clicking here).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Finding Pictures, Images, and Websites for Your Ancestral Home
Translating Online German Websites
FamilySearch.org German Databases
FamilySearch.org International Genealogical Index (IGI) Online
Online German Surname Distribution Maps
Online German Gazetteers
- German State Archives – Addresses & Contact Information
- Alsace-Lorraine
- Anhalt, see: Sachsen-Anhalt
- Baden, see: Baden-Württemberg
- Baden-Württemberg National Archives
- Bayern (Bavaria)
- Berlin Prussian Privy
- Brandenburg
- Bremen (City-State)
- Braunschwig (Brunswick), see: Niedersachsen
- Hamburg (City-State)
- Hannover, see: Niedersachsen
- Hessen (Hesse)
- Hessen-Nassau, see: Rheinland and Niedersachsen
- Hohenzollern, see: Baden-Württemberg
- Lippe National Archives
- Lüeck, see: Schleswig-Holstein
- Mecklenburg Provincial Archives
- Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia), see also: Rheinland
- Oldenburg, see: Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) – Lower Saxony State Archives – Oldenburg..15 Ostpreussen (East Prussia)
- Pfalz (Palatinate)
- Pommern (Pomerania)
- Poznan/Posen (Poland
- Rheinland (Rhine Province)
- Saarland (Saar) National Archives
- Sachsen (Saxony)
- Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)
- Schaumberg-Lippe, see Niedersachsen
- Schlesien (Silesia) Research Center
- Schleswig-Holstein.
- Thüringen (Thuringia), see also: Sachsen.
- Waldeck, see: Niedersachsen and Hessen
- Westfalen (Westphalia), see also: Niedersachsen & Rheinland
- Westpreussen, see: Ostpreussen: (East Prussia)
- Württemberg
Helpful Online German Research Resources
About the Author
German Genealogy Research Online: Tips and Links is available from Family Roots Publishing; Price: $6.88.
NOW IN .PDF FORMAT: German Genealogy Research Online: Tips and Links is available from Family Roots Publishing; Price: $5.50.
DON’T FORGET
German Genealogy Research Online: Tips and Links ships automatically, as a free supplement, to all orders of The German Researcher: How To Get The Most Out Of An LDS Family History Center, Fourth Edition, Price: $14.80. NOTE: If you order The German Researcher, then do NOT add German Genealogy Research Online to your cart; again, it will come with your order of The German Researcher.
Could you give me some hints on what my family name may have been in German? My maiden name is Wornstaff (some of the family spell it Warnstaff). I know its German because the first ancestor I can find with my name was Heinrich Wornstaff. I’ve asked some friends who speak german, and they say it was probably anglisized from Von something or other. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks, Sandy
Sandra,
I checked the references I have available and didn’t come up with any Wornstaff or Warnstaff. However, the name Warnstorf can be found in Germany today – although I only came up with 11 families.
Leland
Hello, I am trying to find my gggrandfather and wife his name was frederick Buchholz and his wife’s name was Ellen Brown Their son my ggrandfather immigrated to Australia on a ship called Suzanne Goddfrey what year I do not know but his name was Heimlich and was born in 1843 in when Hanover hope you can help cheers carolyn