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Reading old German records requires a knowledge of basic German genealogical terms and familiarity with German handwriting. Difficulty in reading a record may not result from a record keeper’s poor penmanship but rather the use of a different style of handwriting. As most early German documents were written in some form of Gothic handwriting or printing, familiarity with this style of writing will aid in deciphering early German records. This guide introduces common Gothic letters, type, and handwriting used in German records.

Pages in category “Germany Language and Handwriting” – There are 24 pages in this category.

Archion is an Internet portal that has been making historical church registers and other sources relevant to genealogical and biographical research available in digital form since March 2015. At this point in time, more than 150,000 church records from 25 archives are available for inspection on Archion.

FEEFHS was organized in 1992 as The Federation of East European Family History Societies, an international organization to promote genealogical research in Eastern and Central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions.

A portion of the Foundation for Eastern European Family History Studies website. This section has many historic maps from Eastern Europe that are very useful when researching in those areas. FEEFHS was organized in 1992 as The Federation of East European Family History Societies, an international organization to promote genealogical research in Eastern and Central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions.

Find a Grave is the best place on the internet to look for burial and other final disposition information for your family, friends and famous people. The site provides tools that let people from all over the world work together, share information and build an online, virtual cemetery experience.

Comprehensive solutions for genetic genealogy and family tree search. GEDmatch provides more applications for comparing your DNA test results with the most people worldwide.

GenTeam is free of charge! You will find here databases made by and for genealogists. After registration you may use these databases free of charge. The collection currently contains more than 21 million entries and will be continually updated. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. Prof. Ing. Felix Gundacker

Geogen stands for “geographical genealogy”, which means something like location-based genealogical research. On this page you can create maps of the distribution of surnames in Germany. Particularly noticeable concentrations can indicate the place of origin of the name or family.

Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet – Research Information for Americans of German Descent

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German dictionary by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm.

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