Top Genealogy Websites for Finding Ancestors in Germany

The following Websites contain free or fee-based databases users can search for individual ancestors who lived in Germany.

Germany Wiki Topics

Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Finding Place of Origin Finding Aids For German Records
Reading the Records
German Word List Latin Word List French Word List	Handwriting Languages Feast Days Script Tutorial
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Emigration and Immigration Compiled Genealogies Jewish Records Land & Property Population Records Manumission	Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Online Records Passports Town Genealogies Periodicals Probate Records Religious Records School Records
Germany Background
Biography Church Directories Church History Cultural Areas Cultural Groups Feast Days Former German Areas Funerary Customs French Influence Gazetteers	German Word List Handwriting Historical Geography History Jurisdictions Languages Letter Writing Guide Maps Nobility Personal Names Websites
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies Family History Centers
Moderator
The FamilySearch moderator for Germany is Baerbel

Databases[edit | edit source]

German Research Websites offers a much more extensive list of German genealogy resources than this list.
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