Germany Online Classes and Tutorials


 * German Research Strategies for Eastern Provinces
 * Research in German Archives
 * Old German Script, part 1
 * Old German Script, part 2
 * Extracting Information from German Church and Civil Records
 * Kartenmeister.com Finding Places in the Former German Area of Poland
 * German Census Records 1816-1916
 * German Historical Maps and Territories
 * Russian Germans in North Caucasus
 * The Volga German Settlements in Russia
 * Latin for Genealogists
 * Finding German Places of Origin
 * Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names
 * Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!
 * German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records
 * Elusive Immigrant: Methods of Proving Identity
 * Calendar Changes in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries
 * Building a German Genealogy Library
 * German Churchbook Analysis-Reconstructing a German Immigration Area
 * German Research
 * German Script Tutorial
 * German Town of Origin
 * Germany Beginning Research Series Lesson 1: Getting Started
 * Germany Beginning Research Series Lesson 2: Learn about Historical Background
 * Germany Beginning Research Series Lesson 3: Using Maps, Gazetteers and Websites
 * My Ancestors Are from Germany, and I Don't Speak German!
 * My Experiences in German Family Research
 * Principle Germany Research Series
 * Germany Research With the Wiki
 * Research in German Archives
 * Elusive Immigrant: Methods of Proving Identity
 * Using German Address Books to Find Records
 * Lost Shoebox: German and Polish Online Records
 * Using Metasuche or Metasearch on Genealogy.net
 * Researching Douglas Page

Church Records

 * Hansen’s Map Guides: Finding Records with Parish Maps
 * German Church and Civil Records
 * German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records

Civil Registration Records

 * German Church and Civil Records

Gazetteers

 * Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!
 * Kartenmeister.com Finding Places in the Former German Area of Poland
 * Finding Places in the Former German Areas of Poland Using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com

Geography

 * Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names
 * German Historical Maps and Territories
 * German Historical Geography

Handwriting and Vocabulary

 * Reading German Handwritten Records:
 * Lesson 1: Kurrent Letters
 * Lesson 2: Making Words in Kurrent
 * Lesson 3: Reading Kurrent Documents
 * Old German Script Part 1
 * Old German Script Part 2
 * Old German Script (German Church and Civil Records) Part 3

Record Types

 * Research in German Archives
 * Online Ortsfamilienbücher (Village lineage books) at Genealogy.net

Regional Research

 * Russian Germans in the North Caucasus
 * German Research: Strategies and Sources for Eastern Provinces
 * The Volga German Settlements in Russia

Research Techniques

 * German Research, BYU Independent Study, no cost.
 * Germany Beginning Research Series:
 * Lesson 1: Getting Started
 * Lesson 2: Learn about Historical Background
 * Lesson 3: Using Maps, Gazetteers and Websites
 * Finding German Places of Origin