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German Maps and Gazetteers Eastern European Research
Workshop
Salt Lake City, UT
Milan Pohontsch, AG®
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German GazetteersGazetteers in printGemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen
Mayers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs
Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder
Gazetteers on the InternetAncestry
Kartenmeister
Mapquest
Wikipedia
Shtetl Seeker
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Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen
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Run- ning num- ber Name of community
Total size ha
Average taxes per 1 ha
Occu- pied houses
Other occupied living spaces
Households Population present
Regular with 2 or more persons
Single Total
Of which
Religious
Evangelical
Male
Active military Total
Of which are native speakers
German PolishOther language
German and other language
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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on Dec. 1, 1905
Church parish
Civil Registration
districtCity or office
district
Run-ning num-ber
affiliation
CatholicOther Christi
ans Jews
Other relig. affiliat
.
Total
Of which are native speakers
Evangelical CatholicGerman Polish
Other languag
e
German and other language Total
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1
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Mayers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs
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Three sections:
Topographical description and main services
Population
Services, offices, parishes, schools
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Kuckau, rural community, at [the creek] Klosterwasser; Saxony,
government district [and] district command [in] Bautzen, army corps [and] lower court [in] Kamenz,
civil registrar’s office [in] Crostwitz, post office [in] Panschwitz, railroad station [in] Elstra;
617 inhabitants, [with] electric power source [and] mill – Includes village Alte Zie-
gelscheune, [to] railroad station 7 km, 60 [inhabitants]; village and administration [in] Kuckau,
[to] railroad station 6.5 km, 557 [inhabitants] with a copper mill,
inn [called] Schanzenhaus; manorial district [called] Kloster [=monastery] Sankt
Marienstern, [to] railway station 6 km, 145 inhabitants, reform school
for girls [named] Sankt Joseph.
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Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und LänderUseful for:
AustriaNorthern part of ItalySloveniaCroatiaCzech RepublicSouthern part of PolandWestern part of UkraineNorth-east part of Romania
Also available on microfilm(1.187.925 - 28, and 924.736 it.1)
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A AmtsbezirkAb.(e) Abbau, AusbauAbt. Abteilung || || || ||
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Other Publications
Der Schlüssel [= The Key]
Contains an index of all in Germany published genealogical periodicals since 1950, including titles, subject index, town name index, and family name index (only family names mentioned in titles)
Lists the libraries that own these individual Periodicals
Vol. 9 includes indexes for specific periodicals back to 1866
• A problem solver when searching a specific area• Only available in German and for areas in Germany,
Austria, and Switzerland
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Internet
Ancestry (several gazetteers available, some are free)Go to www.ancestry.com ,“Search”, “Search all Records”, scroll
down, choose tab called “Europe”, choose Germany, scroll down to “Germany Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers” or to “Germany Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs”
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Internet
Kartenmeister (for locations east of the Oder and Neisse rivers) Go to www.kartenmeister.com , scroll down and enter data
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Internet
Mapquest (use the version of the country where the town is located, for example: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?country=PL)
More exact than the U.S. version, especially for small towns
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Internet
Mapquest – German version via http://open.mapquest.de/
Contains former German names for Polish and Czech towns(for example: Hindenburg = Zabrze)
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Internet
Wikipedia (general wiki and FamilySearch wiki)
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Internet
Shtetl Seeker (only east and south-east Europe, lists mostly towns where Jews once lived), via http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp
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Internet
Shtetl Seeker (cont.)
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Locality search through passenger lists
Family History Library: on microfilmas book publication
Online sources: Ancestry.com, AncestorsOnBoard.com, TheShipList.com, GermanyRoots.com, Passagierlisten.de, EllisIsland.org, CastleGarden.com, Lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/
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Locality search through immigration / emigration records
Ancestry.com: naturalization records
Family History Library: Klüber Karteien (microfilm), Germans to America (book series), other area-specific
publications
Local archives and county courts in the US: Addresses on the Internet
Local archives in Germany: almost no success promised
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Microfilm / microfiche
through catalog of FamilySearch.org
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German Maps
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Area Search in German Maps
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Online Atlas of the German Empire (with borders as existed between 1871 and 1914)
Easy to use but only with localities of 500+ inhabitantsHuge magnification possible, download possible
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Online Atlas of the German Empire (with borders as existed in 1907)
Easy to use but only with localities of 300+ inhabitantsSatisfying magnification possible, no download possible
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David Rumsey Map Collection (via http://www.davidrumsey.com/)
More than 1900 maps for Germany – but not all are usefulVery good magnification possible (only online) Download of useful magnification only after log-in
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German Maps via Ancestry.com
Very detailed, includes every small settlement and landmark
Not possible to download
Only free if used at LDS Family History Library/Centers and BYU
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German Maps via Ancestry.com (cont.)
abt. 7 miles
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German and Austrian maps via FEEFHS
Not very detailed
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Boundary Changes in Europe throughout History
Very general, magnification possible
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Maps indicating the predominant religious affiliation
Europe before 30-Years-War (1618)
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Maps on microfilm
Same German maps as on Ancestry.com
Königliche Preußische Landesaufnahme. Kartographische Abteilung. Karte des Deutschen Reiches (Map of the German Empire). Scale 1:100,000. Berlin, Germany: Königliche PreußischeLandesaufnahme, 1914-1917. (FHL film 68,814)
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Maps on microfilm (cont.)
Austrian Empire map (FHL film 1,045,395)
The grid at the beginning of film 1045395 is difficult to use. The article on FamilySearch Wiki is designed to help you find your locality easier on the filmed map (search keyword: Austrian Empire map). The localities are listed alphabetically and followed by the page number.
Aagyar 4861Aba 5161Abaujszanto 4666Abenau 4951Abony 5164Ach 4749Achenkirchen 4947Ada 5664Adaiszallasok 5664Adamello 5545Adasevci 5962 ||
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Printed Atlases
Auto Atlas Deuschland. Scale 1:200,000. Berlin, Germany: RV Verlag: Berlin, 1997-. (Family History Library book 943 E7a)
Der Grosse V.A.G. Atlas (The great V.A.G. atlas). Scale 1:200,000. Berlin, Germany: Reise-und Verkehrsverlag, Annual. (FHL book 940 E7gv1991-2)
Der Grosse Shell Atlas (The great Shell atlas). Scale 1:500,000. Ulm/Donau, Germany: Franz Spiegel Buch, Annual. (FHL book 943 E7gs) Stier, Hans-Erich. Westermann Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (Westermann atlas of world history). Eighth Edition. Braunschweig, Germany: Georg Westermann, 1972. (FHL book Ref 940 E3we)
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German maps and postal codebooks for purchase from:
Genealogy Unlimited Interlink Bookshop & Genealogical Services4687 Falaise DriveVictoria, B.C. V8Y1B4Canada
E-mail: [email protected]: www.genealogyunlimited.com
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Any questions to maps and gazetteers?
http://www.european-roots.com/feefhs.html