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Table of Contents
Introduction
German Search Strategies
Records At The Family History Library
Familysearch™
The Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Directories
Church History
Church Records
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Church Records
Locating Church Records
Search Strategies
Civil Registration
General Historical Background
Regional Differences
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Locating Civil Registration Records
Court Records
Directories
Dwellings
Emigration And Immigration
Finding The Emigrant's Town Of Origin
Emigration From Germany
Records Of German Emigrants In Their Destination Countries
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Handwriting
Heraldry
Historical Geography
History
Jewish Records
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Maps
Military Records
Types Of Military Records
Foreign Military Service
Locating Military Records
Military History
Names, Personal
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Nobility
Obituaries
Occupations
Periodicals
Population
Probate Records
Schools
Societies
Other Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
PERIODICALS A periodical is a regularly published magazine, newsletter, or journal. Several valuable periodicals concerning German genealogical research exist. Most genealogical and historical societies in North America and in Germany publish magazines and newsletters. The articles in these periodicals often include the following:
Some historical and genealogical societies publish periodicals focusing on German immigrants to North America. These periodicals are often published quarterly and may focus on the immigrants to a particular region or state. Some examples are listed below:
German American Genealogy. 1988-. Published by The Immigrant Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 7369, Burbank, CA 91510-7369, USA. (FHL book 973 F25ga; computer number 523764.)
The German Connection. 1976-. Published by the German Research Association, P.O. Box 711600, San Diego, CA 92171-1600, USA. (FHL book 943 D25gc; computer number 184589.)
German Genealogical Digest. 1985-. Published by German Genealogical Digest, P.O. Box 700, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062, USA. (FHL book 943 B2g; computer number 366089.)
Journal (American Historical Society of Germans from Russia). 1978-. Published by the AHSGR, 631 D St., Lincoln, NE 68502-1199, USA. (FHL book 973 B2aht; computer number 2930.)
Palatine Patter: The Newsletter of Palatines to America. 1975-. Published by Palatines to America, Capital University Box 101, Columbus, OH 43209-2394, USA. (FHL book 973 D25pa; computer number 37398.)
Nationwide. Many societies and organizations in Germany publish genealogical periodicals. These are in German. Much of their content is devoted to compiled genealogies of native families. They are also an excellent place to publish queries or advertisements for a lost ancestor from Germany. Below are listed two major examples published by C.A. Starke Verlag (mailing address: Postfach 1310, 65533 Limburg/Lahn, GERMANY):
Archiv für Sippenforschung (Archive for ancestral research). 1941-. (FHL book 943 B2as; computer number 51747.)
Praktische Forschungshilfe (Practical research help). 1924-. (FHL book 943 B2pf; computer number 51911.) This is an insert in Archiv für Sippenforschung.
Three nationwide family history periodicals published by Verlag Degener (mailing address: Postfach 1340, 91403 Neustadt/Aisch, GERMANY) are listed below:
Deutsches Familienarchiv (German families archive). 1952-. (FHL book 943 D2df; computer number 273457.)
Familienkundliche Nachrichten: Mitteilungen, Rundfragen, Empfehlungen (Family history news: announcements, queries, suggestions). 1956-. (FHL book 943 B2f; computer number 224465.)
Genealogie: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Familienkunde (Genealogy: German periodical for family studies). 1952-. (FHL book 943 B2gf; computer number 63124.)
Regional. In addition to the national periodicals, excellent regional publications are also available. Most articles in these periodicals are about families from the area covered by the periodicals. Examples of regional periodicals are listed below:
Most magazines have annual or cumulative indexes. A major composite index to over 175 German periodicals is listed below:
Der Schlüssel: Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnisse für genealogische, heraldische und historische Zeitschriftenreihen mit Orts-, Sach-, und Namenregistern (The key: comprehensive index of genealogical, heraldic, and historical serials with place, subject, and name indexes). 9 vols. Göttingen: Heinz Reise Verlag, 1950-1986. (FHL book 943 D25sc; computer number 244443.) This source indexes 68,660 article and book titles. About half of each volume is a numbered bibliography of periodical articles and genealogical books. Each bibliography entry gives the issue and page number of the article. The second half of each Schlüssel volume contains a place, subject, and surname index of that volume's bibliography. It is easy to quickly browse each volume's surname index for the surname you seek. Volumes 7, 8, and 9 each summarize the years and major periodicals covered in previous volumes.
The following is another major composite index:
Familiengeschichtliche Quellen: Zeitschrift familiengeschichtlicher Quellennachweise (Family history sources: periodical of family history source references). 17 vols. Neustadt/Aisch: Degener, 1926-. (FHL book 943 B2fq; films 496680-82; fiche 6000817; computer number 224301.) This index totals over 6,400 pages, citing over 2,300 sources and listing over 2.5 million surname citations. The first few pages of each volume are a numbered bibliography of genealogy periodicals and books. Most of each volume is a separate index of surnames cited in the sources at the beginning. You will need to check each volume's surname index for the surname you seek.
Copies of periodicals are available from the individuals or societies that publish them. Major archives and libraries with genealogical collections often have copies of many periodicals, particularly those that represent the area they serve. Some libraries collect certain periodicals as part of a special collection about an area or topic.
The Family History Library subscribes to numerous periodicals. These publications are listed in the catalog in several ways. If you know the title of a periodical, look in the Author/Title Search of the catalog. To find periodicals in the Locality Search of the catalog, look under the following:
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