FS Research Wiki Wizard in Germany Part 3 of 14: Finding Your German Town of Origin in U.S. Records
Channel: Kathi Hanna
Date: 2018-02-20

Learning to use census records, vital records, military records, cemetery records, obituaries, and Social Security records to discover the name of the town in Germany where your ancestors lived so you can do further family history research in genealogical records.

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)

Germany Online Genealogy Records: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Online_Genealogy_Records 
     A list of links to databases of actual records about people—covering all of Germany           
Online Germany Genealogy Records by State: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Online_Germany_Genealogy_Records_by_State
     A list of links to databases of actual records about people—organized by state
Gathering Information to Locate Place of Origin: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Gathering_Information_to_Locate_Place_of_Origin Instructions for using records, both U.S. and German, to find the name of your ancestors’ town