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A GENEALOGICAL HANDBOOK OF GERMAN RESEARCH |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowldegements
Chapter 1 Historical And Geographical
Chapter 2 Emigration Before 1800
Chapter 3 Emigration After 1800
Chapter 4 Determining The Place Of Origin L.d.s. Sources
Chapter 5 Determining The Place Of Origin U.S. Sources
Chapter 6 Determining The Place Of Origin European Sources
Chapter 7 Analyzing Surnames And Place Names
Chapter 8 Locating The Parish
Chapter 9 Determining The Present Name Of Localities
Chapter 10 Conducting An Area Search
Chapter 11 Record Repositories
Chapter 12 Naming Practices (patronymics And Occupational)
Chapter 13 Naming Practices (farm And Locality)
Chapter 14 Handwriting And Terminology Beginning
Chapter 15 Handwriting And Terminology Intermediate
Chapter 16 Handwriting And Terminology Advanced
Chapter 17 Feast Days And Calendars
Chapter 18 Finding A Birth Record
Chapter 19 Finding A Marriage Record
Chapter 20 Finding A Death Record
Chapter 21 Corresponding For Records
Chapter 22 German Genealogical And Family Organizations
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Index
Alsace-Lorraine. See Elsass -Lothringen
Amtliches Gemeinde und Ortsnamen
Antwerpen Passenger List, 44
Area Search, 7, 85-92
Baden, 61, 62
Bayern, 4, 62
Birth Records, 139-148
Boundary Changes, 72
Brandenburg, 63
Brotherhood records, 162
Calendars, 132-137
Census,38, 146
Church Receipt Books, 159-161
Church Records, 34, 143-152
Citizenship, 6
City Chronicles, 161, 162
Civil Registration, 4, 8, 9, 56-60,140-143
Climate, 6, 15
Computer File Index, 25
Confession Records, 163, 164
Corresponding, 166-170
Death Certificates, 31, 32
Death records, l56-l65
Deutsch-fredsprachiges Ortsnamenverzeichnis 79-81
Deutsches Namenlexikon, 17
Deutsche Sippennamen, 18
Deutsches Geschlechterbucher 46
Double Surnames, 110
Economics. 15, 20, 21
Elsass-Lothringen, 2, 44, 63
Emigration - Inunigration,7, 11-22, 179
Encyclopedia. 87, 203-205
Environment, 15
Etmyologisches Worterbucher der Deutschen Familienniamen, 18
Familiengeschichtliche Quellen, 46
Family Group Records Archives (FGRA), 27, 28
Family History Organization, 171-178
Family Registers, 158, 159
Farm Histories, 162, 163
Farm Names, 107-110
Feast Days, 137, 138
Form Letters, 197-200
French Revolution, 12, 20
Funeral Sermons, 160, 161
Genealogical Organizations, 171 -178
Geography, 1-7
German Lineage Books, 46
Germantown, Pennsylvania, 13
Grave Registers, 158, 160
Guild Records, 145, 146, 151, 153
Hamburg Passenger List, 40-44
Handwriting, 111-1 31
Hannover, 64
Hessen-Nassau, 65
Hohenzollern, 65
Illegitimate Births, 148
Immigration
von Kocherthal, Joshua 14
Le Havre Passenger List, 44
Lippe, 65
Lithuania, 201, 202
Locality surnames, 106, 107
Maps
Marriage Records, 149-155
Mecklenburg, 65
Memmel, 201, 202
Meyers Konversation Lexikon, 87, 204-5
Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon, 58, 73, 184-191
Migrations. See Emigration-Immigration
Military Records, 32, 38, 146, 147
Minerva-Handbucher Archive, 96
Months, 135-137
Millers Grosses Deutsches Ortsbuch Pt. I, 75 Pt. II, 78, 79
Name changes
Newspapers, 33
Obituary Records, 32, 33
Occupational names, 104
Occupations, 5, 32
Oldenburg, 65
Ostfriesland, 103, 104
Palatinate. See Pfalz
Palatines, 13-17
Parish Registers
Patronymics, 100-10 4
Periodicals, 46, 47, 96-98
Pfalz, 4, 13-17, 66
Place Names, 52, 53
Political events, 2-5, 15, 20, 21
Polygamy, 155
Pomerania. See Pommern
Pommern, 66
Posen, 66
Primogeniture, 110
Process of Verification, 53-54, Protestants, 12, 60
Prussia. See Preussen
Prussian Wars, 21
Record types, 94
Religious Persecution, 14
Repositories, 56, 93-98
Reuss-Greiz, 68
France, 12
America, 12, 20
Rheinland, 68
Sachsen - Kingdoms 68, 69
Sachsen - Province, 68
Spis Miejscowosci Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej, 81, 82
Stillbirths, 148
Surnames, 48-54
Surname books, 17
Temple Records Index Bureau (TIB), 29
Terminology, 111-131
Thirty Years' War, 14, 15
Thüringen, 69
Trades, 6
Treaties,
Verification, 53-54
Verzeichnis der Archivare, 96
Waldeck, 69
Wars,
Westfalen, 69
Wurttemberg, 44, 45, 69
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INDEX
A
verzeichnis den Deutschen
Cstgebiete unter Fremder
Verwaltung, 78, 79
Anhalt, 61
B
emigration, 45
Bavaria. See Bayern
See also Preussen
Braunschweig, 63, 45
C
Julian, 133
Gregorian, 133, 134
French 135, 136
Dutch, 137
Catholic Church, 14, 60
1900, 22, 32
Charlemagne, 12
D
E
F
G
H
See also Preussen
Hessen, 64
See also Preussen
Histories
Family, 36, 37
Locality, 37
History, 1-10
See also Preussen
Homesteading. 21
I
See Emigration-Immigration
International Genealogical Index (IGI), 25-27
K
L
M
Preussen, 3
divided kingdoms, 5
Germanic Tribes, 13
U.S. - German Immigration, 22
Civil Registry, 57
Modern jurisdictions, 76, 77
Ostpreussen, 89
Overview with grid, 90
Detailed of Wormditt area, 91
Genealogical and Family Organizations, 175
Manumission Records, 17
N
Translative, 49
Anglicization, 49, 50
Total Change, 50, 51
Naming practices, 99-110
Patronymic, 100-104
Occupational, 104
Farm, 107-110
Double surnames, 110
Locality, 106, 107
Naturalization records, 32, 34-36
O
See also Hannover
Ostpreussen, 66, 201, 202
See also Preussen
P
European, 8, 55-70, 94, 143, 144, 150
United States, 33, 34
Parishes
Locating, 55-70
Passenger Lists, 16-l8, 31,40- 44
See also Bayern
Phonetics, 49-5 3
Translative, 52
Anglicization, 52, 53
Modern, 71-84
Endings, 192-196
Places of Origin, 15-18, 23-47
L.D.S., 23-29
U.S., 30-38
European, 39-47
Police Registration, 146
See also Preussen
Port Records, 44
See also Preussen
Preussen, 3, 66-68
R
Reformation Catholic (Counter), 14
Religion, 6, 7
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen-Kingdom
Reuss-Schleiz-Gera, 68
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen-Kingdom 101, 103- 4
Revolutions,
See also Preussen
Rhineland. See Rheinland
S
See also Preussen
Sachsen Altenburg, 69
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen - Kingdom Sachsen Sachsen Coburg, 69
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen - Kingdom
Sachsen Meiningen, 69
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen - Kingdom Sachsen Weimar - Eisenach, 69
See also Thüringen
See also Preussen
Schaumburg - Lippe, 69 Schlemiel, 69
See also Preussen
Schleswig-Holstein, 69, 100-103
See also Preussen
Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt, 69
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen - Kingdom Schwarzburg - Sonderhausen, 69
See also Thüringen
See also Sachsen - Kingdom
Silesia. See Schlesien
T
see also Sachsen - Kingdom
Topography, 7
Augsburg, 14
Westphalia, 14
Tribes,
German, 12, 13
Slavic, 12
V
W
Thirty Years' War, 14, 15
Spanish Succession, 15
American Revolution, 12, 20
Civil War (American), 21
French Revolution, 12, 20
Prussian, 21
Westphalia. see Westfalen.
Emigration, 46
See also Preussen
Westpreussen, 69
See also Preussen
West Prussia. See Westpreussen
emigration,
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