[HUNSUCKER-L] "German Research on the Internet"
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Email Dated 2/4/2000
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GEORGE G. MORGAN: "ALONG THOSE LINES . . ."
"German Research on the Internet"
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Researching our ancestors on the eastern side of the Atlantic can be
challenging to many U.S. family historians. The records are quite different
and, when you add a different language to the equation, they can become more
complex to locate and evaluate. Fortunately, the Internet provides many
resources for us that complement the printed materials in libraries,
archives, magazines, and in our own private collections. This week's "Along
Those Lines . . . " focuses on German genealogical resources on the
Internet. There are vast materials available at both U.S. and German Web
sites, as well as mailing lists to which you can subscribe and Usenet
newsgroups which you can read online and to which you can post. Obviously
the list cannot be all-inclusive, but if you are researching your German
ancestry, you will find many resources listed that may help you and/or point
you to other resources on the Internet.
WEB SITES
First of all, please note that some of the sites listed here based in
Germany and may be written in German. Never fear! You can always translate
the German into English by going to the AltaVista search engine's
translation site at http://babelfish.altavista.com. Here you type the full
Web address (URL) into the box (don't forget the ) and select
Translate from German to English and click on the Translate button. The
translation may not be perfect because of idiomatic and slang text, but you
will be able to get the general idea of the content.
The Internet Sources of German Genealogy site at
http://www.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/edatbase.htm
is probably the most comprehensive collection of links to German resources
anywhere on the Internet.
It is divided into multiple categories: General/Regional Information;
Databases (primarily surnames); Secondary Genealogical Resources;
Newsgroups; Mailing Lists; Commercial Offers; and Genealogy Software. The
Frequently Asked Questions site
(http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/sgg.html) is a gem for beginners,
but there are many excellent resources here, many of which are inGerman and
can be translated as described above. Genealogy.net bills itself as "The
number one source in German genealogy." Found at
http://german.genealogy.net/gene/genealogy.html , there is much to commend
this site. Its German Genealogy: Tips for Researchers site
(http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/tips.html) provides a good primer
for beginning researchers. There are detailed articles and links to other
resources, as well as a nice bibliography. The site is also available in
German at http://german.genealogy.net/gene/genealogy_de.html.
The German Genealogy Bridge at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/1538/german.html contains a
collection of excellent links, including a link to a large basic map of
Germany.
(If you are planning on conducting German research, you should invest in a
good, detailed map of Germany.) As you trace your German lineage and the
migration of your ancestors from Germany to the United States, it is
essential that you learn about ship passenger lists. There are several
tremendous Web sites on this subject.
"The Emigration to America: Passenger Lists" site written by Michael P.
Palmer at http://german.genealogy.net/gene/www/emig/gta-revu.html provides
definitive reviews of two excellent books on the subject: "German
Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York" and "Germans
to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports," as well as mentions
of other printed resources. The reviews are very instructive on the subject
and include excellent tables and extensive footnotes. In addition, Mr.
Palmer's "German and American Sources for German Emigration to America" site
at http://german.genealogy.net/gene/www/emig/emigrati.htm describes in
detail many of the resources available to resources. The German Migration
Resource Center site at http://www.germanmigration.com is a resource for
the exchange of information between people interested in German emigrants
and immigrants. You can submit, read, and search for queries about surnames,
ship names and cities of origin and destination. There is also information
on almost a hundred books concerning genealogy and migration, as well a
collection of German genealogy links.
The Federation of Eastern European Genealogical Societies presents its
German Genealogy Cross-Index site at http://www.feefhs.org/indexger.html.
Here you will find a collection of links to the Web sites of a number of
societies concerned with German research and/or German lineage, as well as
links to maps of Germany. It is important to learn about German names and
naming patterns as you conduct your research. The German Names site at:
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/germname.htm is an excellent online
reference resource on this subject.
Finally, no list of German Internet resources would be complete without the
inclusion of the Germany GenWeb Project site at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/ . Like the USGenWeb Project, the German
site has been created and developed by volunteers wishing to expand the
availability of free information on the Internet. There is a wealth of
resources here too, ranging from general information, information about
regions of Germany, historical maps, some passenger lists, and information
about the Kingdom of Prussia.
RESOURCES AT ANCESTRY.COM
Ancestry.com members have access to the Wuerttemberg Emigration Index
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3141.htm, a seven-volume work
that represents the thousands of German and Prussian immigrants to the
United States that made application to emigrate at Wuerttemberg, Germany.
This collection, filmed at Ludwigsburg, contains the names of approximately
60,000 persons who made application to leave Germany from the late
eighteenth century to 1900. The information supplied on each person
includes: name, date and place of birth, residence at time of application
and application date, and microfilm number. There is a wealth of other
database German resources at Ancestry.com.**
MAILING LISTS
Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/europe/index.html#germany for a
complete list of topics available.
SUMMING UP
There are vast amounts of information available on the Internet for the
German researcher. The list of examples I've mentioned above is by no means
complete. Use these resources as a starting point in your research if you
are a beginner or to expand your research if you have been working on your
research for a while. In addition, don't neglect using Internet search
engines to locate German genealogical resources. The largest and fastest
search engine on the Web today is FAST Search, located at
http://www.alltheweb.com/. Indexing more than 300 million Web pages and
searching at light speed, this is the fastest engine on the Web. At the time
of this writing, by entering "german genealogy" (in quotes), I located 3,540
documents found in 0.2475 seconds search time!
There are a lot of German resources on the Internet. Get searching!
Happy Hunting!
George
**EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is a list of other databases available to
Ancestry.com members seeking their German heritage: Finding Your German
Ancestors http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3112.htm (To browse
from the beginning of this title, search for the word THE, click to view
entire text, and then scroll forward.)
Early Germans of New Jersey
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3278.htm
Pennsylvania German Pioneers
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3175.htm
Germany Telephone and Address Listings
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4064.htm
Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4121.htm
Kapsweyer, Germany Baptism Records, 1879-1902
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3949.htm
Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1693-1920
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3679.htm
Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1792-1810
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3811.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1769-1788
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3503.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Baptismal Records, 1788-1840
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3517.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1824-1849
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3511.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz Death Register, 1683-1793
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3924.htm
_________________________________________________________________
Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. All rights reserved. George G. Morgan is a
proud member of the Council of Genealogy Columnists. He would like to hear from
you at mailto:atl@ahaseminars.com but, due to the volume of e-mail received, he is
unable to answer every e-mail message received. Please note that he cannot
assist you with your individual research. Visit George's Web site at
http://ahaseminars.com/atl for information about speaking engagements.
George is also the author of "The Genealogy Forum on America Online," which is
available in the Ancestry Online Store at
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Email Dated 2/4/2000
============================================================
GEORGE G. MORGAN: "ALONG THOSE LINES . . ."
"German Research on the Internet"
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
============================================================
Researching our ancestors on the eastern side of the Atlantic can be
challenging to many U.S. family historians. The records are quite different
and, when you add a different language to the equation, they can become more
complex to locate and evaluate. Fortunately, the Internet provides many
resources for us that complement the printed materials in libraries,
archives, magazines, and in our own private collections. This week's "Along
Those Lines . . . " focuses on German genealogical resources on the
Internet. There are vast materials available at both U.S. and German Web
sites, as well as mailing lists to which you can subscribe and Usenet
newsgroups which you can read online and to which you can post. Obviously
the list cannot be all-inclusive, but if you are researching your German
ancestry, you will find many resources listed that may help you and/or point
you to other resources on the Internet.
WEB SITES
First of all, please note that some of the sites listed here based in
Germany and may be written in German. Never fear! You can always translate
the German into English by going to the AltaVista search engine's
translation site at http://babelfish.altavista.com. Here you type the full
Web address (URL) into the box (don't forget the ) and select
Translate from German to English and click on the Translate button. The
translation may not be perfect because of idiomatic and slang text, but you
will be able to get the general idea of the content.
The Internet Sources of German Genealogy site at
http://www.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/edatbase.htm
is probably the most comprehensive collection of links to German resources
anywhere on the Internet.
It is divided into multiple categories: General/Regional Information;
Databases (primarily surnames); Secondary Genealogical Resources;
Newsgroups; Mailing Lists; Commercial Offers; and Genealogy Software. The
Frequently Asked Questions site
(http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/sgg.html) is a gem for beginners,
but there are many excellent resources here, many of which are inGerman and
can be translated as described above. Genealogy.net bills itself as "The
number one source in German genealogy." Found at
http://german.genealogy.net/gene/genealogy.html , there is much to commend
this site. Its German Genealogy: Tips for Researchers site
(http://www.genealogy.net/gene/www/ghlp/tips.html) provides a good primer
for beginning researchers. There are detailed articles and links to other
resources, as well as a nice bibliography. The site is also available in
German at http://german.genealogy.net/gene/genealogy_de.html.
The German Genealogy Bridge at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/1538/german.html contains a
collection of excellent links, including a link to a large basic map of
Germany.
(If you are planning on conducting German research, you should invest in a
good, detailed map of Germany.) As you trace your German lineage and the
migration of your ancestors from Germany to the United States, it is
essential that you learn about ship passenger lists. There are several
tremendous Web sites on this subject.
"The Emigration to America: Passenger Lists" site written by Michael P.
Palmer at http://german.genealogy.net/gene/www/emig/gta-revu.html provides
definitive reviews of two excellent books on the subject: "German
Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York" and "Germans
to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports," as well as mentions
of other printed resources. The reviews are very instructive on the subject
and include excellent tables and extensive footnotes. In addition, Mr.
Palmer's "German and American Sources for German Emigration to America" site
at http://german.genealogy.net/gene/www/emig/emigrati.htm describes in
detail many of the resources available to resources. The German Migration
Resource Center site at http://www.germanmigration.com is a resource for
the exchange of information between people interested in German emigrants
and immigrants. You can submit, read, and search for queries about surnames,
ship names and cities of origin and destination. There is also information
on almost a hundred books concerning genealogy and migration, as well a
collection of German genealogy links.
The Federation of Eastern European Genealogical Societies presents its
German Genealogy Cross-Index site at http://www.feefhs.org/indexger.html.
Here you will find a collection of links to the Web sites of a number of
societies concerned with German research and/or German lineage, as well as
links to maps of Germany. It is important to learn about German names and
naming patterns as you conduct your research. The German Names site at:
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/germname.htm is an excellent online
reference resource on this subject.
Finally, no list of German Internet resources would be complete without the
inclusion of the Germany GenWeb Project site at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/ . Like the USGenWeb Project, the German
site has been created and developed by volunteers wishing to expand the
availability of free information on the Internet. There is a wealth of
resources here too, ranging from general information, information about
regions of Germany, historical maps, some passenger lists, and information
about the Kingdom of Prussia.
RESOURCES AT ANCESTRY.COM
Ancestry.com members have access to the Wuerttemberg Emigration Index
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3141.htm, a seven-volume work
that represents the thousands of German and Prussian immigrants to the
United States that made application to emigrate at Wuerttemberg, Germany.
This collection, filmed at Ludwigsburg, contains the names of approximately
60,000 persons who made application to leave Germany from the late
eighteenth century to 1900. The information supplied on each person
includes: name, date and place of birth, residence at time of application
and application date, and microfilm number. There is a wealth of other
database German resources at Ancestry.com.**
MAILING LISTS
Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/europe/index.html#germany for a
complete list of topics available.
SUMMING UP
There are vast amounts of information available on the Internet for the
German researcher. The list of examples I've mentioned above is by no means
complete. Use these resources as a starting point in your research if you
are a beginner or to expand your research if you have been working on your
research for a while. In addition, don't neglect using Internet search
engines to locate German genealogical resources. The largest and fastest
search engine on the Web today is FAST Search, located at
http://www.alltheweb.com/. Indexing more than 300 million Web pages and
searching at light speed, this is the fastest engine on the Web. At the time
of this writing, by entering "german genealogy" (in quotes), I located 3,540
documents found in 0.2475 seconds search time!
There are a lot of German resources on the Internet. Get searching!
Happy Hunting!
George
**EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is a list of other databases available to
Ancestry.com members seeking their German heritage: Finding Your German
Ancestors http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3112.htm (To browse
from the beginning of this title, search for the word THE, click to view
entire text, and then scroll forward.)
Early Germans of New Jersey
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3278.htm
Pennsylvania German Pioneers
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3175.htm
Germany Telephone and Address Listings
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4064.htm
Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4121.htm
Kapsweyer, Germany Baptism Records, 1879-1902
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3949.htm
Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1693-1920
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3679.htm
Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1792-1810
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3811.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1769-1788
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3503.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Baptismal Records, 1788-1840
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3517.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1824-1849
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3511.htm
Steinfeld, Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz Death Register, 1683-1793
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3924.htm
_________________________________________________________________
Copyright 2000, MyFamily.com. All rights reserved. George G. Morgan is a
proud member of the Council of Genealogy Columnists. He would like to hear from
you at mailto:atl@ahaseminars.com but, due to the volume of e-mail received, he is
unable to answer every e-mail message received. Please note that he cannot
assist you with your individual research. Visit George's Web site at
http://ahaseminars.com/atl for information about speaking engagements.
George is also the author of "The Genealogy Forum on America Online," which is
available in the Ancestry Online Store at
==== HUNSUCKER Mailing List ====
The Hunsucker, Hunsicker, Hunsinger, etc...Web Page
To have your family posted, send an email message to; kee46@msn.com
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ahopkins/hunsucker/
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