Oldenburg Gazetteer Introduction-Abbreviations

As there are no central record retrieval systems for German records, it is imperative to know the record jurisdictions to which your ancestor's place of origin belonged. The object of this project was to list the place names within the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, along with: 1) Physical description, i.e. farm, city, etc. 2)  Community to which it belonged. 3) The name of the district. 4)  The Lutheran parish jurisdiction. 5) Where the Lutheran records are housed. 6)  The Catholic parish jurisdiction. 7) Where the Catholic records are housed.

This project is currently in process.

The information has been compiled using the following resources:

1. Raymond S. Wright III, Nathan S. Rives, Mirjam J. Kirkham, Saskia Schier Bunting, Ancestors in German Archives, A Guide to Family History Sources; Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc, c2004. 2. Family History Library Catalog.  3. "German Archives: FHL Archive Inventory", FHL  B1 International Reference Desk Computer, 35 W. Temple, SLC UT 84150 4. Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e. V.,Kirchspielverzeichnis 1814, 7/7/2009.  5. Hansen, Kevan M. Map Guide to German Parish Registers, Oldenburg, vol. 4, North Salt Lake, Utah: Heritage Creations, c2004 6. Meyer's Orts- und Verkehrs=Lexikon Des Deutschen Reich. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut 1912 7. Ortschaftsverzeichnis des Grossherzogtums Oldenburg 1911; Oldenburg : Ad. Littmann, 1911

Abbreviations: AHL=Archiv der Hansestadt Lübeck, Mühlendamm 1-3, 23552 Lübeck www.schleswig-holstein.de/archive/kreis_frei/saluebec.html Birkenfeld: Kreisarchiv Birkenfeld - Kreisverwaltung, Schlossallee 11, 55765 Birkenfeld - Email: info@landkreis-birkenfeld.de BMO = Bischöflich Münstersches Offizialat, Bahnhofstr. 6, 49377. E-mail: Archiv@BMO-Vechta.de Eutin: Stadtarchiv Eutin, Markt 1, 23701 Eutin www.schleswig-holstein.de/archiv/kreis_osth/saeutin.html. Holds a variety of emigration records; such as emigration statistics 1853-1938, 1933; emigrations of 1863 and 1902-1947; emigration authority 1872-99 protection of German emigrants - general records. No Church or Religious communities records. No records from cities, town or district records. Census recordss from 1755, 1819 and later years available. KB = Kirchenbuch KBdupl. = Kirchenbuchduplikat KG = Lutheran: direct inquiries to the local parish. Catholic: direct inquiries to the BMO LDS = Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 35 N West Temple St., SLC UT 84150 LSH = Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein, Prinzenpalais, 24837 Schleswig, www.schleswig-holstein.de/archive, E-mail: landesarchiv@landsh.de OKR = Archiv des Ev. Luth. Oberkirchenrates, Philosophenweg 1, 26121 Oldenburg, www.ev-kirche-oldenburg.de, E-mail: archiv-ork@ev-kirche-oldenburg.de