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General FamilySearch Genealogy Records - Germany (requires free registration; to view some of the images you must be at an LDS FamilySearch Center or a FamilySearch affiliate library). Includes some German baptism, marriage, and death indexes, and other items. FamilySearch also has some genealogy databases for individual German states and cities. Some of these are listed by German state below. German Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment) Ancestry's World Explorer collection of genealogy records includes 500 German city directories and address books (Adressbuch) with about 27 million total listings; and some German church books, German emigration indexes, German military records, and other items. Here are some highlights of Ancestry's German genealogy records collection...
Matricula Online (ongoing project) has some digitized Catholic church books for the Archdioceses or Dioceses of Aachen, Augsburg, Bamberg, Dresden-Meissen, Eichstätt, Fulda, Hildesheim, Limburg, Magdeburg, München and Freising, Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Passau, Regensburg, and Rottenburg-Stuttgart; and from the Official Archives in Vechta for churches in the former state of Oldenburg (part of the diocese of Münster) German Emigration Lists and Records [on this website] People who left Germany: this webpage contains links to online German emigration lists and indexes. National German Military Grave Registration Service (this site is in German) This organization maintains a database of more than 2 million names of missing and dead German soldiers from both World Wars. You can search this database online or write to them for assistance. Notes for searching: Nachname=surname; Vorname=first name; supplying a date of birth or death is optional. Click on "Suche beginnen" to start your search. You then must register with your name and address to continue the search. On the registration form, the following items are required: Vorname (first name), Nachname (last name), Straße / Nr. (Street & Number), Land/Plz/Ort (Country/Postal or Zip Code/City). Then click on "Zur Ergebniseite" to continue. On the next screen click "Suchanfrage ausführen."
Online German Family Heritage Books - Ortsfamilienbücher (more than 100 listings including the example below)
Historical German Address Books Online Gravestones in German Cemeteries - Grabstein-Projekt Photographs of gravestones from assorted cemeteries in Germany. Baden-Württemberg Includes Baden, Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877 at FamilySearch; indexes civil transcripts of church books from over 50 locations in Baden Baden: Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930 at FamilySearch Heidelberg, Germany, Heidelberg University Student Lists, 1386-1929 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Karlsruhe, Germany, Deaths, 1870-1951 (at Ancestry/requires payment); Ancestry also has Births, 1870-1904; and Marriages, 1870-1921 for Karlsruhe Mannheim, Germany, Death Records, 1870-1950 (at Ancestry/requires payment); Ancestry also has Births, 1870-1900; Marriages, 1870-1920; and Family Registers (see below) for Mannheim Mannheim, Germany, Family Registers, 1760-1900 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1985 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Württemberg, Germany, Family Tables, 1550-1985 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg: Online Finding Aid System Württemberg, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1818-1915 from FamilySearch Württemberg, Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Catholic Church Records, 1520-1975 from FamilySearch Weil Schoenbuch, Wuerttemberg Lutheran Marriage Records 1591-1700 Kappel am Rhein Family Names from the Dorfsippenbuch for this village in Baden Bayern (Bavaria) Germany, Bavaria, Catholic Church Records, 1650-1875 from FamilySearch Germany, Bavaria, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1591-1963 from FamilySearch digiPress: Digitized Historical Newspapers from the Bavarian State Library Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 at Ancestry/requires payment Ansbach...
Berchtesgaden, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1876-1950 at Ancestry/requires payment Deggendorf, Bavaria, Miscellaneous City Records, 1600-1900 at FamilySearch; images only, not indexed Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, Miscellaneous City Records, 1804-1946 at FamilySearch; images only, not indexed Ebersberg, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1951 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Births, 1876-1905; and Marriages, 1876-1921 for Ebersberg; includes records from Aßling, Dorfen, Ebersberg, Kirchseeon and Oberndorf. Feuchtwangen Association for Local History has some indexed parish registers for Feuchtwangen, Breitenau, Dorfgütingen, Kloster Sulz, Mosbach, Steichele, Unterampfrach, Weißenkirchberg, Wieseth, and Wildholz Freilassing, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1876-1985 at Ancestry/requires payment; coverage varies by type of record Grafing, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Births, 1876-1906; and Marriages, 1876-1936 for Grafing; includes: Elkofen, Frauenneuharting, Grafing, Schalldorf, and Straussdorf. Laufen, Germany, Births, 1876-1906 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Marriages, 1876-1936; and Deaths, 1876-1986 for Laufen; includes Heining, Laufen, Leobendorf, and Triebenbach. Mindelheim Bavaria, Miscellaneous City Records, 1407-1950 at FamilySearch; images only, not indexed Mühldorf am Inn:
Neumarkt, Bavaria, Miscellaneous City Records, 1453-1973 at FamilySearch; images only, not indexed Nördlingen, Bavaria, Miscellaneous City Records, 1385-1943 at FamilySearch; images only, not indexed Nürnberg (Nuremberg)...
Regensburg...
Straubing, Bavaria, Miscellaneous City Records, 1765-1917 at FamilySearch; images only, not indexed Traunstein...
Berlin Berlin Civil Registration Records at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Deaths of German Citizens Abroad, Registers from Berlin Standesamt 1, 1939-1955 at Ancestry/requires payment Berlin Telephone Books, 1908-1991; and Address Directories, 1799-1943 Brandenburg Brandenburg, Germany, Transcripts of Church Records, 1700-1874 at Ancestry/requires payment. Has transcripts of more than 650 sets of church records for the state of Brandenburg, Germany from the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv. Coverage varies by parish -- most are from 1795-1874. Most are for Protestant churches. Landkreis Barnim, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1966 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Births, 1874-1906; and Marriages, 1874-1936 for Landkreis Barnim. Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1874-1990 at Ancestry/requires payment; images only, not indexed, but some volumes include handwritten indexes; includes Gollwitz/Wust, Kirchmöser and Plaue Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, Address Books, 1847-1923 at Ancestry/requires payment; images only Prenzlau, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Marriages, 1874-1923; and Births, 1874-1901 for Prenzlau; Prenzlau is in the district of Uckermark. Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874 at FamilySearch Bremen Bremer Adressbücher, 1794-1955 (Bremen Address Directories) Bremen, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1746-1970 at FamilySearch Bremen, Germany, Military Lists, 1712-1914 at Ancestry/requires payment Bremen, Germany Ships Crew Lists, 1815-1917 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has: Bremen, Germany Sailors Registry (Bremer Seeleuteregister), 1824-1917. East Prussia (Ostpreussen) now in Poland East Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1551-1992 at FamilySearch Also see the first two links in the West Prussia section below Hamburg Hamburg Civil Registration Registers PDFs; includes...
Hamburg Address Books Hannover: see the Niedersachsen section below Hesse (Hessen) Hessian Archive Documentation and Information System - Arcinsys includes Hessian Death Records 1876-1929, and other items Hessian Regional History Information System (LAGIS): Hessian Vital Records Search (by Standesamt) type in a standesamt (civil registration office) to see what digitized civil vital records are available online for that place Hesse Records Online at Ancestry (these require payment)...
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) Mecklenburg, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1740-1918 (at Ancestry/fee-based) has transcripts of some duplicate church registers from Lutheran and Catholic parishes in the former Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, now part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; coverage varies by parish Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census Records Online for 1819, 1867, 1890 and 1900 (at Ancestry/fee-based) Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census Records, 1867, 1890 and 1900 at FamilySearch Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1639-1943 at FamilySearch Bad Doberan, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1876-1963 (at Ancestry/fee-based) coverage varies by type of record Fürstenhagen, Feldberg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1664-1937 from FamilySearch; currently has coverage for Fürstenhagen, Feldberg Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1920 (at Ancestry/fee-based) Ancestry also has Grevesmühlen Births, 1876-1901 and Deaths, 1876-1950; includes Grevesmühlen and the communities of Börzow, Diedrichshagen, Friedrichshagen, Roggenstorf, and Bössow. Rehna, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950 (at Ancestry/fee-based) Ancestry also has Births, 1876-1899; and Marriages, 1876-1920 for Rehna Rostock...
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) Suche in den Online-Findbüchern des Niedersächsischen Landesarchivs general search engine for the Niedersachsen state archive (includes some emigration records) Diepholz, Germany, Residence Registration, 1874-1913 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Births, 1874-1899; Deaths, 1874-1950; and Marriages, 1874-1920 for Diepholz. East Frisia, Germany, Fire Insurance Registration, 1768-1937 at Ancestry/requires payment Former Kingdom/Province of Hannover
Oldenburg, Germany, Death Records, 1876-1950 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Birth Records, 1876-1900; and Marriage Records, 1876-1920; for Oldenburg St. Martin Church of Hohnhorst, Schaumburg Province (Formerly Hessische Grafschaf Schaumburg), Lower Saxony index to church record extractions (marriages and confirmations) Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Includes the former Prussian Province of Westphalia, the former Principality of Lippe, and the northern half of the former Prussian Rhine Province. NRW State Archive: Landesarchiv, Rhineland, Digitized Death Registers, 1874/1876-1938 includes duplicates of the civil death records from the Rhineland region of North Rhine-Westphalia; not yet complete -- ongoing project; includes Aachen, Bonn, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and other places; coverage varies by place Rhineland, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1610-1909 at Ancestry/requires payment Zeitungsportal Nordrhein-Westfalen: Historical Newspapers from North Rhine Westphalia Bocholt Population lists, 17th-19th Centuries lists of inhabitants for the city of Bocholt Bornheim, Germany, Births, 1798-1900 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Marriages, 1798-1932; and Deaths, 1799-1932 for Bornheim Dortmund Civil Registration Death Records Essen... Köln (Cologne)...
Minden, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1966 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Minden Births, 1874-1905; Marriages, 1874-1935; and other records for Minden Moers, Germany, Births, 1798-1907 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Marriages, 1798-1935; and Deaths, 1803-1986 for Moers Mönchengladbach, Germany, Death Records, 1798-1950 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Births, 1798-1903; and Marriages, 1798-1933 for Mönchengladbach Münster: Diocese of Münster Catholic Church Records (images online) at Matricula; listed by parish; not indexed Paderborn and nearby villages...
Wehdem Evangelical Church Records (includes the villages of Wehdem, Oppendorf, Westrup & Oppenwehe) Index of Some Surnames of Windheim Parish (includes the villages of Windheim, Ilse, Joessen, Haevern, Rosenhagen, Neuenknick, Seelenfeld & Doehren) Wuppertal...
Pommern (Pomerania) parts now in Poland Pomeranian Genealogical Association Databases includes christenings, marriages, deaths and more Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945 at FamilySearch Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544-1966 at FamilySearch Pomerania, Germany, Parish Register Transcripts, 1544-1883 at Ancestry/requires payment Geneteka has indexes for some parish registers in Pomerania Pomeranian Pedigree Database contains over 100,000 names input by the members of the Pommerscher Verein Freistadt (Pomeranian Society of Freistadt) Die Vorfahren Surname Database of Pomerania and Surrounding Regions This index has about 127,000 names that have apppeared in Die Pommerschen Leute (German Pomeranian Newsletter) from 1982-2012. Greif-Index (personal database) indexes some Pomeranian church and civil registers; from the Pommerscher Greif eV, Association for Pomeranian Family and Local History West Pomeranian Genealogical Society: Pomeranian Indexes Genealogy in Archives - sources for the history of the inhabitants of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship has a database with genealogy records for the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province Stolp, Pomerania Family History Database Polish name: Słupsk Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Stralsund, Church Book Indexes, 1600-1900 at FamilySearch; includes the neighboring community of Voigdehagen Also see the "Eastern Prussian Provinces" link in the Westpreussen section below. Posen (Poznan) now in Poland Germany, Prussia, Posen, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1430-1998 at FamilySearch Poznan Marriage Indexing Project index for 817,000 marriages from the Prussian province of Posen Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874 at FamilySearch Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1556-1973 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Bingen: Die Binger Familienbücher (Bingen Family Books) Bingen: also see the Diocese of Mainz link below. Ludwigshafen, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1798-1875 (at Ancestry/requires payment); Ancestry also has Births, 1876-1903; Marriages, 1876-1924; Deaths, 1875-1950; and Family Tables, 1730-1903 for Ludwigshafen. Mainz...
Trier Genealogy Records and Indexes...
List of Palatines from Germany to England in 1709 (most went on to America) Totenzettel Sammlungen Database contains over 450,000 death notifications from the Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde eV (West German Society for Family Studies) for the former Prussian Rhine province. Includes today's administrative districts of Düsseldorf and Köln (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Koblenz and Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate). Sachsen (Saxony) formerly the Kingdom, then Republic of Saxony Historiche Adressbücher - Historical Address Books/Directories for Saxony Bischofswerda, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1952 at Ancestry/requires payment; civil registration records; Ancestry also has Births, 1876-1902; and Marriages, 1876-1922 for Bischofswerda. Includes: Bischofswerda, Buehlau, Burkau, Frankenthal, Goldbach, Grossdrebnitz, Grossharthau, Jiedlitz, Putzkau, Rammenau, Shmiedefeld, Seeligstadt, and Uhyst. Dresden...
Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) former Prussian province of Saxony Saxony, Prussia, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1890 at Ancestry/requires payment Saxony, Prussia Census Lists, 1770-1934 at FamilySearch Halle (Saale):
Schleswig-Holstein AKVZ-Databank Schleswig-Holstein Census Registers Genealogy in Schleswig Holstein, Germany Includes some census and emigration records for this German state. Lübeck, Germany, Genealogy Records at Ancestry/requires payment; Includes:
Schleswig and Holstein, Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1597-1959 at Ancestry/requires payment; for some communities in what is now the district of Ostholstein in Schleswig-Holstein. Includes the following communities or parts thereof: Ahrensbök (including Gnissau), Bosau, City of Eutin, Gleschendorf, Malente, Neukirchen, Rensefeld, Stockelsdorf (including Curau), Süsel and West-Ratekau. Genealogy Records from the Parish of Erfde, Schleswig features downloadable PDF files of church records, graves, census records & emigrants - includes: Erfde, Tielen, Bargen, Scheppern, Pahlhorn & Tielenhemme Flensberg...
Thüringen (Thuringia) Thuringia, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1591-1875 (at Ancestry/requires payment) has 2.9 million entries Thuringia, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1557-1940 (at Ancestry/requires payment) has 544,000 entries Erfurt, Germany, Births, 1874-1901 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Ancestry also has marriages, 1874-1900; and death records, 1874-1935 for Erfurt. Erfurt, Germany, Transcripts of Church Records, 1806-1874 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Erfurt, Deutschland, Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1806-1874. Meiningen, Germany, Deaths 1874-1990 at Ancestry/requires payment; Ancestry also has Births, 1874-1910; and Marriages, 1874-1940 for Meiningen. Nordhausen, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1992 at Ancestry/requires payment. Ancestry also has Births, 1874-1910; Marriages, 1874-1942; and Residence Registers, 1880-1913 for Nordhausen. Saalfeld, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1951 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Ancestry also has Births, 1876-1904; and Marriages, 1876-1921 for Saalfeld. Weimar, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Ancestry also has Weimar Births, 1876-1903; and Weimar Marriages, 1876-1920. Westpreussen (West Prussia) now in Poland Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945 at Ancestry/requires payment; coverage varies by place; includes some civil vital records from West Prussia, East Prussia, Silesia, Brandenburg, Pomerania and Posen-West Prussia Association for Family Research in East and West Prussia Databases (VFFOW) West Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981 at FamilySearch The West Prussian Land Register of 1772-1773 Familienforschung in Westpreussen database of about 100,000 residents with 12,700 surnames in 3 counties: Briesen, Graudenz and Strasburg (and adjacent districts) Putzig, West Prussia Genealogy Records 1660-1890 Assorted birth, marriage and death records extracted from the Catholic Church records of Putzig, West Prussia -- today called Puck, Poland. Württemberg See the Baden-Württemberg section above. |