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German Maps and Gazetteers Eastern European Research

Workshop

Salt Lake City, UT

Milan Pohontsch, AG®

mpohontsch@yahoo.com

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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

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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

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Total

Of which are native speakers

Evangelical CatholicGerman Polish

Other languag

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German and other language Total

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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: dixie@genealogyunlimited.comInternet: www.genealogyunlimited.com

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Any questions to maps and gazetteers?

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