FamilySearch Research Wiki Wizard in Germany Part 7 of 14: Germany Wiki Province Pages
Channel: Kathi Hanna
Date: 2018-02-20

Learning to use a German province page on the FamilySearch Research Wiki to access church and civil registration records by using the online databases, FamilySearch Historical records, and addresses and support for writing for genealogical records, specific to each province/state of Germany. Links for German Empire and current locations.

Germany Genealogy main page: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_GenealogyThe main page is an index to everything else you need—research tools, classes, articles on record types, and instructional articles specific to each state/province (lower jurisdictions)

Meyers 1871 Gazetteer Online: http://www.meyersgaz.orgThe major gazetteer listing locations in the German Empire.  The FamilySearch Catalog and Historical Records are organized based on these place names.

Kartenmeister: http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp
    The major gazetteer listing locations in the former territories of Germany lost after the two World Wars