Internet Resources for German Research. Getting some value from the internet

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1 Internet Resources for German Research Getting some value from the internet 1

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3 Find My Past (Australia) The Find My Past site has the Emigrants from Hamburg database along with other Australian and New Zealand databases Societies can have a library subscription to Find My Past (Australia) 3

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9 Ancestry.com.au Ancestry has scanned images of The hand-written Hamburg emigration lists (direct and indirect) The hand-written index to the Hamburg emigration lists Electronically indexed Hamburg emigration lists

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11 Ancestry.com.au Societies can have a library subscription to Ancestry (through ProQuest) Ancestry also have: Other lists of emigrants including the lists from Württemberg and Baden Immigration lists to America German address books and directories 11

12 Emigrants from Hamburg to Australian Ports The books and CDs are still available These have the advantage over the online version of the lists in that they include details of the vessels and voyages, and footnotes 12

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14 Family Search Use the Family Search website to: Use the IGI to locate vital records. Locate microfilmed copies of church records. 14

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19 Online Family Trees Rootsweb/Ancestry WorldConnect Project Search the family trees online. Easy to add your own tree. Many US users. 19

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23 ID: I3651 Name: Ada Florence BROHMANN Sex: F Birth: 6 APR 1895 in Brisbane, QLD, AUS Death: 4 AUG 1895 in Brisbane, QLD, AUS Burial: 6 AUG 1895 Toowong, Brisbane, QLD, AUS Change Date: 27 APR 2007 Mother: Louisa Jane BROHMANN b: 22 JAN 1875 in Brisbane, QLD, AUS 23

24 Online Family Trees GeneaNet Interface available in 8 languages Appears to have many European users Search the large number of family trees online. Easy to add your own tree. 24

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29 Online Family Trees MyHeritage Interface available in 36 languages Appears to have many European users Easy to add your own tree. 29

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32 Mailing lists Rootsweb/Ancestry 31,817 genealogy mailing lists Scroll down to International Click on Germany (or ) Click on area of interest 32

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36 Mailing lists Genealogy.net mailing lists Click on area of interest Unfortunately, most of the descriptions (and lists) are in German Some of the lists are bilingual 36

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38 Mailing lists Yahoo! Groups mailing lists Enter German Genealogy, for example, in the Find box Scroll through the list and click on any that look interesting 38

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42 Wikipedia An online encyclopaedia Anyone may add or update articles Has local histories for many obscure villages Available in many languages 42

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48 Language Translation There are several sites available on the internet that will translate German (and other languages) to English:- Altavista s BabelFish (Click on Babel Fish Translation) 48

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52 Language Translation There are several sites available on the internet that will translate German (and other languages) to English:- Altavista s Babel Fish (Click on Babel Fish) Google (Click on more >Translate) 52

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54 Language Translation There are several sites available on the internet that will translate German (and other languages) to English:- Babel Fish and Google both translate websites The URL can be typed or pasted into the dialog box 54

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56 Language Translation Translation to or from Polish is not available through Babel Fish Poltran offers a bidirectional translation between Polish and English 56

57 The old writing & printing This website provides a way to practice reading the old style writing and printing 57

58 The old writing & printing A number of old style fonts can be downloaded These can help you practice reading Sütterlin (Sütterlin) was a handwriting script Schwaben (Schwaben) was a printed script 58

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62 Genealogy.net Genealogy.net the German internet portal Regional mailing lists Regional societies Digitised Local Heritage Books Gedcom based database Transcribed historical addressbook database Membership database 62

63 Kartenmeister Details of 86,169 locations with 34,125 name changes All east of the Oder and Neisse rivers 63

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67 IEG Maps Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz (Institute Of European History) High quality digital maps for personal use Many map series showing development of Transport - canals, railways, roads Provincial borders National borders 67

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70 Meyers Lexikon Meyers Orts= und Verkehrs=Lexikon specifies the Standesamt at about 1910 It is available through the LDS Family History Centres Film 496,640 (Volume 1 A-K) Film 496,641 (Volume 2 L-Z) Online through Ancestry.com 70

71 Meyers Lexikon Pachutken, Rg., Pr., Westpr., RB. Marienwerder, Kr. AG. Rosenberg Westpr., BKdo. Deutsch Eylau, P Riesenkirch, E 9,4 km Riesenburg; 91 E., StdA., A. 71

72 Eastern Digital Archives The Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library digital copies of books & journals Bałtycka Biblioteka Cyfrowa large collection of material from Pomerania 72

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