Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Kingdom of Saxony II, Volume 26 of the series was just published. Soft cover books on standing order were shipped on Wednesday, September 16. This volume includes a total of 2,894 places – mostly towns, found in the Kreishauptmannschäfter of Chemnitz, Dresden, and Bautzen. Hard cover volumes are at the bindery and will ship the week of September 21. A full index and ordering of the soft cover books is available at http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/product_view.php?id=400
Each volumes of the series does the following:
- Identifies the parish where an ancestor worshipped based on where they lived.
- Gives the FHL microfilm number for the family’s parish records.
- Identifies nearly every city, town, and place that included residents.
- Visually identifies church parishes for Lutherans & Catholics in each district.
- Identifies adjoining parishes in case an ancestor attended an alternate parish.
- Aids in area searches, particularly across district or regional borders.
- Provides visual identification of search areas in which to look for a family.
- Helps in determining proximity of one area to another.
- Aids in determining reasonable distances of travel from one area to another.
- Identifies population centers in each parish.
- Identifies archives, repositories, and other resources.
- Aids in identification of the location of minority religions.
Kingdom of Saxony I covered Leipzig and Zwickau and was printed in August. A full index and ordering information for that volume is available at:http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/product_view.php?id=306
I was enquiring if this book was available anywhere in Australia. Public libraries here do not seem to stock it.
thanks,
The following group has most of the books published thus far (less the last three volumes – all Hannover):
International Settlers Group
C/- Genealogical Society of Victoria
Melbourne
Victoria 3127
AUSTRALIA
As far as I know, this is the only full collection available in Australia.