Saxony (Sachsen), Germany Genealogy

Germany Kingdom of Saxony FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Kingdom of Saxony page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Germanic records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The Kingdom of Saxony page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Jurisdictions
For town and city maps in Sachsen click here and then click on "Zur Kartendarstellung". You can use a specific street address if you know it.

Another online map showing towns and administrations (Amtsgerichte = Lower Courts) can be found here

This site will give you parish jurisdictions and other interesting and helpful information regarding towns and cities in Sachsen.

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Research Tools

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 * (language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Germany, Saxony, Freiberg Funeral Sermons (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Featured Content
This is a website featuring Saxony in quite great detail about regions and cities

http://www.saxonytourism.com/index2.php

Things You Can Do
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

Websites

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 * http://www.aller-ursprung.de/ (features emigration newspapers)
 * Die Kirchenbücher im Königreich Sachsen - http://wiki-de.genealogy.net (church books in Saxony)
 * http://www.genealogienetz/de/reg/SAC/sac-d.html
 * http://www.genealogienetz/de/reg/SAC/Kirchen/ort-A.html (places and churches)
 * http://www.slub-dresden.de/ (Landesbibliothek)
 * http://www.archiv.sachsen.de/ (archives)


 * Genealogie Sachsen Orts- und Kirchliste
 * A collection of ancestral lines and online resources you will find here http://www.webgenealogie.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=35&amp;Itemid=1
 * Online gazetteer for the Kingdom of Sachsen
 * http://web.isgv.de/online-publikationen This website has several features: Gazetteer function (Ortsverzeichnis), biography search function for prominent Saxonians, by last name, professions etc. The website also features historical documents taken from Amtsbücher (administrative records) created by Kurfürst Morítz between 1547-1553). There is a digital picture archive.