German Research Websites

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Archives

 * Association of Evangelical Church Archives
 * Archives in Germany - Hanacek (2000)
 * Archives in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 * Archive links (Cox)
 * Archive School Marburg
 * EZAB - Berlin Evangelical Central Archive Holdings
 * Oberlausitz Evangelical Archive
 * EZAB portal page
 * Geheimes Archiv - Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
 * GHI Links to German Archives
 * Libweb - Directory of Libraries in Germany
 * Monasterium.net
 * Niedersachsen Archives - Aida online
 * Unesco Directory of Religious Archives - Germany

Biography

 * Deutsche Biographie - Search page

Calendars

 * French Republican Calendar (Research outline)
 * GenTools 6-software for historians and genealogists
 * Grotefend calendar book online
 * Calendar converter (German)
 * The Calendar Zone - software links
 * The Liturgical Year

Churches

 * Alt-Katholiken - Germany
 * Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
 * Evangelical Church in Germany
 * IGI Batch Number Index
 * Bibliography - Books of Pastors
 * Roman Catholic church in Germany

Colonies

 * German Colonies

Concentration Camps

 * Displaced Persons' (DP) Camps
 * Holocaust Victims killed in Czech Concentration Camps
 * International Tracing Service

Culture

 * Village celebration (in German)

Databases

 * Biography search
 * Emigration from Southwest Germany
 * German Newspapers
 * Historische Adressbuecher - Eine Sekundärquelle fuer die Familienforschung
 * IGI batch number search 
 * Schleswig census
 * Schleswig-Holstein census
 * Wehdem Parish Records online
 * Westfalen Family Name search

Directories

 * German Online Telephone Book
 * historic address books

Emigration and Immigration

 * Emigration from Southwest Germany
 * Emigration via Bremen
 * Galveston-Bremen Project
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists - User Guide
 * Westfalen emigrants (in German)
 * Lower Saxony State Archives Emigrant Search
 * Palatines to America
 * German Roots Internet portal
 * German Emigrant Lists
 * Roots in Germany portal
 * Internet Resources for Finding Origins of German 19th Century Emigrants
 * Pre-1820 Emigration from Germany

Gazetteers - general

 * Using Meyer's Gazetteer
 * Meyers Gazetteer onlinepart 1 A-K,part 2 L-Z
 * Orbis Latinus
 * Kartenmeister

Genealogy

 * Aller Ursprung - Magdeburg Boerde
 * Familienforschung - Wittholz
 * Forschungsstellen
 * genealogy.net - German genealogy - Familienforschung im deutschen Sprachraum
 * German Names - Shareware for German Genealogy
 * German-Russian Genealogy
 * Germans from Russia Research

General Information

 * Wikipedia
 * Currency Converter
 * Deutsche Post
 * Germany Genealogy Links
 * Germany Genealogy Resources
 * Germany GenWeb
 * Language Tools - Google
 * Meine Stadt.de

Historical Geography

 * Baden Parish Finder
 * Genealogie Sachsen Orts- und Kirchliste
 * German Town Name Meanings
 * Kartenmeister
 * meinestadt.de Search for German cities and towns
 * Pommern - Das Land am Meer

Jewish

 * Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
 * Jewish Genealogy Roots Ancestry Ancestors Information Research History Names Surnames And Jewish Family Tree
 * www.auschwitz.org.pl

Language helps and guides

 * Orbis Latinus Latin Place names
 * German Genealogical Word List FamilySearch Wiki article
 * Germany FamilySearch Wiki article, which links to topics and language helps
 * Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide
 * Latin Genealogical Word List
 * Translation of Phrases

Maps

 * German Empire Maps
 * Karte der RBD Berlin 1943
 * Stadtplan Berlin und Vororte 1907

Societies

 * Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher e.V. (AGoFF)
 * FEEFHS - Eastern European Genealogy - FEEFHS
 * Forschungsstellen
 * genealogy.net - German genealogy - Familienforschung im deutschen Sprachraum
 * German-Russian Genealogy
 * Leipzig Genealogical Society
 * Palatines to America Society
 * Pommerscher Greif e.V. Verein für pommersche Orts und Familienforschung
 * Society for German Genealogy in E. Europe

Village Lineage book information

 * Ahnenforschung.Net - Ortsfamilienbücher
 * Baden Ortssippenbücher
 * Ortsfamilienbuch Groß Lessen
 * Village lineage books for Schlesien
 * Waldeck Ortssippenbuecher
 * Verlag für Standesamtswesen Fachliteratur