Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Research Websites

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Online record collections
See German Online Genealogy Records. Databases cover indexed Germany birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeterie; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

See Lippe Online Genealogy Records for data about people who lived in Lippe. This online collection may include birth, marriage, and death records; biographies; cemeterie; censuses; emigration, immigration, and passenger lists; land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, probate records, and town genealogies.

German genealogy on the wiki
See also Germany Genealogy wiki to learn about typical German records and tips for finding them.

BYU German research class, online, no charge
See also German Research, a free, in-depth online course through Brigham Young University, by Larry Jensen.

Germany Websites--Reference and Training
Websites that assist in finding and using genealogy records for German ancestors. Research Websites:

Census

 * Census
 * Census of Bennin 1867

Church Records

 * Death registers Malchin
 * Index of Mecklenburg-Schwerin pastors

Directories
Emigration and Immigration


 * Mecklenburgers in Danzig

Gazetteers

 * Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexikon online with Ancestry free account signup

Genealogy

 * Batchnumber index for IGI
 * Ahnenforschung Klatt

General Information

 * Helps for Researchers
 * Genealogy Databanks, and lots of good information regarding research
 * Pictures posted of many localities around the world
 * List of archaic medical terms
 * Grimms German dictionary containing archaic and historic words
 * The World Fact book with regional maps, flags, guides to countries and current news
 * Information about Mecklenburg
 * Genealogy website
 * Calendar of 1823
 * Calendar 0f 1824
 * Immatriculation at Rostock University 1419-1945

History

 * History Guide including all areas of Europe
 * Chronicle of Wolgast
 * Chronicle of Parchim
 * Chronicle of Lübz
 * Chronicle of Ueckermunde

Language and Languages

 * Lexikon of the German Language
 * Lexicon of Pommeranian dialect

Maps

 * Mapping Europe's Historic Boundaries and Borders
 * Maps of the German Empire
 * German Empire map
 * name mapping in Germany

Military Records

 * Lost persons in the military

Newspapers

 * Newspapers

Nobility

 * Nobility worldwide

Occupations

 * Old German occupations