Mitch Blank's North-German Genealogy Site
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Name and place indexes for this entire web site.
Introduction to this web site.
This page created October 22nd, 2003, last updated July 25th, 2010
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Our own genealogy publications Regional Research Family Tree Sites Other Publications Web Sites with World-wide Application General Maps and Location Finding Aids Language Translation Aids Calendar Aids Ships and Passenger Lists Germany Specific General German historical information German Maps and Location Finding Aids Old Lutheran emigration Index listings of german newspapers on the web Brandenberg Specific Various resources Uckermark Specific Brandenburg Researcher's Pages Holstein Specific Mecklenburg Specific Various resources Kreis Parchim Specific Mecklenburg Researcher's Pages Pommern Specific Various resources Pommern Organizations Kreis Belgrad Specific Kreis Cammin Specific Kreis Greifenberg Specific Kreis Regenwalde Specific Pommern Researcher's Pages Posen Specific Thüringen Specific Research in Current Poland Research in current Czech Republic USA Specific General Wisconsin Specific Genetic Genealogy DNA testing services Computer Genealogy related sites
Our own genealogy publications
- Regional Research
- Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen
- Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern -- and near-by areas
- Kreis Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin -- and nearby areas
- Kreis Regensburg, Bayern -- and near-by areas of Kreis Kelheim
- Kreis Troppau, Austrian Silesia
- Kreis Uckermark/Prenzlau, Brandenburg -- and near-by areas of Kreis Stargard, Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Family Tree Sites
- NEUMAN/AUGUSTIN family -- of Clark County, Wisconsin
- BLANK/BEISE family -- of Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern
- BENZ/PAGENKOPF & HOGE/SCHEER families -- from Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Other Publications
Web Sites with World-wide Application
- General
- LDS Genealogy home page
- LDS FHC Library Search
- Ancestry.com -- Database searches
- Family History Archive -- Collection of city, county, and family histories
- `1000 Geneology Links'
- Genealogy Resources on the Internet -- An index of resouces on many genealogy topics
- Genealogical CDs -- Volunteer lookups on 600 genealogy CDs
- Encyclopedia of Genealogy
- Maps and Location Finding Aids
- NIMA World geographic names
- Genealogy Unlimited -- Historic Maps of Central and Eastern Europe
- The Gold Bug -- Historic map reproductions
- Detailed maps of Austria-Hungary Empire and neighboring areas -- 1:200,000 scale and includes also much of Poland, Germany, etc.
- Language Translation Aids
- Babelfish translator
- Langenberg -- Portal to various translators for various languages
- SYSTRAN translator
- FreeTranslation.com
- Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch -- German legal dictionary
- Dictionary.com's translator
- LEO German-English dictionay -- Technischen Universität München
- Polish <-> English translation
- Czech Multilingual Dictionary -- Translate between Czech and English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, & Latin
- Translation team -- Volunteer human translation of genealogical documents
- Calendar Aids
- Ecclesiastical Calendar Date Calculation -- Interactive lookup of all ecclesiastical dates for a given year
- Calendar FAQ.
- Birth date calculator
- Ships and Passenger Lists
- Palmer List of Merchant Vessels -- Information and photos of many ships
- Guide to information about Immigrant Passenger Ships
Germany Specific
- General
- Genealogy.com's German genealogy home page
- Internet Sources of German Genealogy -- Large index
- German phone number lookup
- Germany/Prussia Mailing Lists
- Zeitschrift fuer Niederdeutsche Familienkunde -- Index to the ZNF `Magazine for Lower German Genealogy' 1919-present
- Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) -- Archive holding German WW-II information on casulaties, MIAs, etc.
- Heimatortskarteien -- Kirchlicher Suchdienst
- Arbeitkreis Volkzahl Register -- Searches of some Schleswig-Holstein census records
- Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland -- Evangelical Church
- Evangelisches Zentralarchiv -- Archive of the Evangelical Church including partical list of holdings
- Marburg Archives School -- Links to various german archives
- Deutsche Auswanderer Datenbank -- Can search Bremen immigration records, currently ca 1850-1888
- Volksbundes Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge -- Search records of German war dead
- Captured German WW-II material in American archives
- FEEFHS -- Federation of Eastern European Family History Soceties
- Ahnenstammkartei -- Information on using the Ahnenstammkartei, german `soundex' system, etc.
- Max Kade Institute -- UW Madison
- Abkürzung für ForscherKontakte (FOKO) -- Search the FOKO database
- Verbundkatalog Östliches Europa -- Combined cataloge of 15 libraries with holdings pertaining to the Germans in eastern Europe
- Information on Prussian army regiments
- Suetterlin writing -- Tips on reading 'old' german handwriting
- German historical information
- 30-Years War information
- Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher (ZVAB) -- Antiquarian books
- BildIndex -- Large collection of downloadable historic photos
- German Maps and Location Finding Aids
(Also see the World-wide aids above)
- German GEO server -- Automatic lookup of current German town names via email
- Kartenmeister -- Lookup of historic German place names East of the Oder/Neisse rivers -- Pommern, Posen, East/West-prussia, Silesia, etc.
- Atlas des Deutschen Reichs -- Historical gazetteer and maps of all of Germany, 1888.
- www.stadtplan.net -- High-resolution maps of all of Germany
- Geogen -- Creates surname distribution maps of Germany
- Meine Stadt -- Online german atlas/gaziteer
- Collection of historical maps -- Institute of European History - Mainz
- Historic railway maps for various years
- Historic canal maps for various years
- Bayerische Landesbibliothek -- Historic maps of Bavaria
- Bavarian Gazeteer
- Dr. Rademachers deutsch-österreichisches Ortsbuch 1871-1990 -- German and Austrian village look-up by name
- Old Lutheran emigration
- The Old Lutheran Emigration at the Middle of the 19th Century -- by Wilhelm Iwan
- A Brief History of the Old Lutheran Immigrants and the Buffalo Synod: 1838 - 1867 -- Susan Kriegbaum-Hanks
- Index listings of german newspapers on the web
- Brandenberg Specific
- Various resources
- Uckermark Specific
- Uckermark web site
- AMF-Arbeitskreis Landkreis Uckermark -- Uckermark Genealogy working group
- Heiko Streich's Uckermark site
- Heiko Streich's Dedelow page
- Ina Jonas-Nolte's Huguenot site -- Includes pictures of many Uckermark churches
- Brandenburg Researcher's Pages
- Holstein Specific
- Ancestor research and History in Stormarn County -- Peter Doerling
- Mecklenburg Specific
- Various resources
- Federal State of MV -- Official state site in English & German
- Landeshauptarchiv Schwerin -- Schwerin archive, library, and monumnets
- Landesbibliothek M-V
- MV-Web -- Mecklenburg portal site
- Ostsee-Zeitung -- Mecklenburg newspaper
- Verein für mechlenburgishe Familien- und Personengeschicht Geshichte -- Mecklenburg geneaology
- MFP's Contact Database -- Check for people resaerching a given surname
- Landesvermessungsamt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -- Offical mapping agency
- Mecklenburg village/parish list
- Mecklenburg village/parish list
- Index to Who was who in Mecklenburg - Westpomerania
- Karl-Heinz Schröder's roster of Mecklenburg War Dead -- 1870-1871 -- Grenadier-Reg 89, Fuesilier-Reg 90, Jaeger-Bataillon 14, Dragoner-Reg 17 & 18, Mecklenburgische Artillerie-Abteilung & nicht-Mecklenburgische Truppenteile.
- Surname index to the roster of 1870-71 Mecklenburg War Dead
- Home town index to the roster of 1870-71 Mecklenburg War Dead
- Gefallen Denkmalprojekts -- Names from assorted war monuments and other records in Mecklenburg (site also contains sections for other geographic areas)
- Village churches in Mecklenburg -- Churches in need of restoration
- Die slavischen Ortsnamen in Meklenburg -- Original meanings of Mecklenburg place names with Slavish roots
- Travel to Mecklenburg -- Collection of travel reports from people who have visited the area
- Möllenhagen village -- Includes a village history, photos, etc
- Kreis Parchim Specific
- Pingelhof museum
- Kirchgemeinde Klinken/Garwitz -- Web site of local churches
- Kreis Parchim info & pictures
- Mecklenburg Researcher's Pages
- Gina Kramer's site -- More Mecklenburg resources
- Grit Ende's site
- My Kreis Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin site
- My Kreis Stargard, Mecklenburg-Strelitz site -- and Uckermark
- Brunow village -- David Thies
- Mestlin village -- History and culture of a Mecklenburg village near Parchim
- Various resources
- Pommern Specific
- Various resources
- Pommerndatenbank -- Location index to available Pommern church books and civil records, address book searches
- Pommernkontakten data base -- Search Gunthard Stübs' Pommern Contacts database
- Wegweiser für familien- und heimatkundliche Forschung in Pommern -- Gunthard Stübs' 1998 Pommern research guide book
- Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe
- Archivführer Stettin -- Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe index to the Settin Archive
- Index of Pommern village names
- Landeskirchliches Archiv der Pommerschen Evangelischen -- Pommern church archive in Greifswald
- Search the Ariadne catagogue of several archival collections
- Photos of various Pommern villages -- On the Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota site
- Auswandererlisten der Altlutheraner 1837-1853 -- Old Lutheran emigration list
- Rebel Kreklow's Surname List -- Very large `spreadsheet' listing surnames and villages related to various Pommern researcher's work
- Maßeinheiten in Pommern -- Pommern weights and measures units (Gunthard Stübs)
- Gefallen Denkmalprojekts -- Names from assorted war monuments and other records in Pommern (site also contains sections for other geographic areas)
- Hufenklassifikation in Hinterpommern von 1717/19 -- Census of farm families in Hinterpommern between 1717 and 1719
- ZBC Pomerania -- Downloadable historic publications
- Neustetin history and maps -- (Polish)
- Heimatkreis Neustettin -- (German)
- Pommern Organizations
- Pommerscher Greif e.V. -- Verein für pommersche Orts- und Familienforschung
- Pommerscher Verein Freistadt
- Pommersche Landsmannschaft -- Pommern Homeland Asociation
- Pommerscher Kreis- und Städtetag
- Gesellschaft für Pommersche Geschichte, Altertumskunde und Kunst E.V.
- Vereins Ostpommern e. V. - Verein für Familienforschung und Heimatkunde -- Specializing in eastern Hinterpommern research
- The Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota
- Kreis Belgrad Specific
- Der Kreis Belgard-Schivelbein in Pommern
- Der Kreis Belgard - Schivelbein -- German language Kr Belgrad information
- Kreis Cammin Specific
- Kr Cammin site -- Includes a map, church information, etc.
- Kreis Greifenberg Specific
- Greifenberg-Treptower Geschichtsverein
- Greifenberg-l -- Mailing list for genealogy in Kreis Greifenberg
- Print literature on Kreis Greifenberg
- various digitized yearbooks of schools in Treptow -- 1834-1939
- Kreis Greifenberg genealogy site -- Edna Pieper Cherney
- Kreis Regenwalde Specific
- Kreis Regenwalde genealogy site -- Edna Pieper Cherney
- Pommern Researcher's Pages
- Stübs Pommern site
- Carol Gohsman Bowen's site -- Many Pommern (Mecklenburg) resources
- Penny Ford's site -- Family history and Pommern trip report
- Trudy Heuer's site
- Uwe Christian Parpart's site -- Parpart surname and connected families
- My Kreis Greifenberg, Pommern site
- Various resources
- Posen Specific
- Poznan Marriage Records Indexing Project -- Search index of Posen marriage records
- Thüringen Specific
- Research in Current Poland
- Genealogy and Poland -- A Guide
- Regions of Poland
- Zachodniopomorskie Province -- Map and info on NW Poland
- Polish Genealogical Society of America
- Polish Worldwide WEB Resources -- Many links on varied topics
- Polish State Archives
- Holdings of the Köslin archive -- Covers Kr Belgard, Dramburg, Kolberg, Körlin, Köslin, Schlawe, Neustettin, & Regenwalde
- Lutherans OnLine Poland -- Genealogy information for primarily the Lublin and Chelm areas
- Obtaining Polish Records
- Map and Cities of Poland -- Map of country with links to more information on some cities
- Administrative regions of modern Poland
- Translate.pl -- English <-> Polish translation (Also see the World-wide aids above)
- Discovering Roots -- An excellent research and guide service for Posen and Pommern
- Research in current Czech Republic
- Sudetenland genealogy site
- German-to-Czech place name conversion
- Index of church registers in the Czech Republic
- Jägerndorf -- Jägerndorf information from partner city Ansbach
- Czech Republic Church Books from the Brno Regional Archive
USA Specific
- General
- Linkpendium USA -- Links to each couny's Genealogy information
- RootsWeb SSAN index lookup
- Ancestry.com SSAN index lookup
- Family Tree Legends SSAN index lookup
- Obit Central SSAN index lookup
- Selected Census extracts
- Ellis Island lookups -- New York arrivals 1892-1924
- Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide gravesite locator -- Search records of burials at VA cemeteries in the USA
- American Battle Monuments Commission -- Search records of burials at military cemetaries outside the USA
- General Land Office records -- Land Patents, Original Surveys, Field Notes, etc.
- Wisconsin Specific
- Wisconsin State Historical Society
- Wisconsin Historical Society genealogy resources
- Wisconsin Digital Collection -- Digitized historic documents and maps
- Search pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records
- Calumet County -- Calumet County geneaology site
- Clark County ALHN Site
- Dodge/Jefferson Counties Genealogical Society
- Dunn County
- Manitowoc County geneaology site
- Manitowoc County geneaology site
- Marathon County geneaology site
- Milwaukee County geneaology site
- Milwaukee area Catholic cemetery database
- Milwaukee County Church and cemetery records -- At UWM Library
- Wisconsin Cemetary Photos
- Ozaukee County genealogy site
- Sheboygan County genealogy site
- Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
Genetic Genealogy
- International Society of Genetic Genealogy
- IGofGC's Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree
- Journal of Genetic Genealogy -- Free on-line journal
- Charles Kerchner's YDNA Haplogroup Descriptions & Information Links -- Links to additional information on various Y Haplogroups
- Charles Kerchner's MtDNA Haplogroup Descriptions & Information Links Links to additional information on various MtDNA Haplogroups
- Origins, age, spread and ethnic association of European haplogroups and subclades -- Both Y and MtDNA descriptions of European ancestries
- World Families
- Ysearch
- Whit Athey's Haplogroup Predictor -- Predicts hapogroup from DYSs entered
- DNA testing services
- Family Tree DNA
- 23andMe/ -- Full DNA analysis
- deCODEme -- Full DNA analysis