A message board that covers all things German, handling topics such as research, Family History Library classes, collections, websites, and changes in the world of genealogy for Germany. To use it, you will have to log in to your FamilySearch.org account.

Contains a number of presentation videos addressing Austro-Hungarian research. The page is managed by the Austro-Hungarian Community on FamilySearch. Posted 12/21/20.

Free German music. See website for terms and conditions.

A major resource containing links for German genealogy databases.

Displays statistically based locations for German surnames.

Free online directory of German organizations, clubs, businesses, restaurants, newspapers, media outlets, schools, sites and historic landmarks. Initiated in Nov. 2020 by the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA.

From the International Association of Germans from Lithuania (IAGL) hosts a free online searchable database of transcribed records. The IAGL's database contains tens of thousands of transcribed church and civil records pertaining to ethnic Germans and Lutherans living in the former Suwalki Gubernia of the Russian Empire--today, southwest Lithuania.

A community of more than 180 archives and scientific institutions from 34 European countries plus Canada and the U.S. rises together to the various challenges of the digital era.

This provides an overview of the well-known local family books (also briefly: OFB). An older name is local family book (also short: OSB). Printed local family books as well as publications published on CD or on the Internet are listed. If you do not find what you are looking for, please check the corresponding local article to see if the location was processed in another OFB. Printed local family books are often no longer commercially available. In such cases, you should try to find the printed work in libraries or archives. This website's language is German.

The Pommerscher Verein Central Wisconsin exists to preserve the language and heritage of its member's ancestors who immigrated primarily from the Prussian Provinces of Pomerania, West and East Prussia, and Posen as well as Mecklenburg (not a province of Prussia); to record the rich history of the settlers; and to be a resource for genealogy research. A further objective is to provide opportunities for fellowship, friendship, and Gemütlichkeit for members and the community at large.

A project to connect different information sources to a specific location.

Projects consist of information from various archives placed online. Immigration archives include German Immigrants 1850 - 1899 (links below) as well as Finnish, Italian, Russian, and UK immgrants. In addition, there is a Historical Military Collection with information from the Civil War to the War in Viet Nam.

A searchable database of Germans who applied for emigration permits from the middle of the 18th to the early 20th centuries. English can be selected by clicking on it in the upper right.

Addressbooks of Breslau from 1701 to 1937 (with gaps). In German language. Requires DjVu viewer available at download.cnet.com.

Database of Austrian newspapers from 1704-1872 (with a few gaps). Placed on line by the Austrian National Library. In German.

Maintains a genealogy library in San Francisco containing over 38,000 reference materials from around the world.

A California regional genealogical organization whose members mostly are genealogical societies.

Online listing of German casualties during WWI. Contains about 8.5 million entries. In mixed German & English. For more information or instructions, see Der Blumenbaum: List of German Casualties in World War I, Vol 32, No 2 (Oct/Nov/Dec 2014)

This link brings up the Germany category from what is the world's largest database of genealogical and historical websites.

This branch of the huge Family History Library in Salt Lake City provides local access to much of that collection. SGGS member and German research expert Michael Mayer-Kielmann serves as a volunteer on Thursdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. During that shift, he is available for mentoring, transcribing German script and German language translation.

Website of the Familia Austria genealogical association. Searchable databases include Vienna newspapers and a marriage index. Data are limited for non-members. In German, but clicking on the "Internationale Versionen" link in the upper right will bring up Google Translate.

Lists useful German research websites.

A national genealogical organization of which SGGS is a member.

A general purpose local genealogical society located in the city of Sacramento.

This is a link to a downloadable, 43-page genealogical dictionary in PDF format by the Austrian professional genealogist Felix Gundacker. It includes many Latin terms and regional southern German terms. It will not replace Ernst Thode's dictionary, but can be a useful augmentation. The dictionary is free for private use.

Gazetteer provided by the Verein für Computergenealogie. Covers over 850,000 location in areas of the former German Empire and some foreign settlements. Includes churches, church districts, places, districts, regions and more. In English and German.

Provides a number of free databases (e.g., family books, searchable gazetteer for historic Germany, Austria and Switzerland).

Contains a variety of databases created by the Austrian GenTeam. Access is free but registration is required. English language can be selected by clicking on the flag symbol in the upper right.

For an entered surname, provides location distribution (based on phone books), spelling variations, surname queries and links to similar resources for other countries.

A large number of German-related fonts (mostly freeware) are posted for downloading. Of particular interest are the "18th Century Kurrent" font used in old church books, and "Sütterlin" which is a stylized version of Kurrent. There are also a number of Fraktur fonts available. Just enter "Kurrent", "Sütterlin" or "Fraktur" in the search window.

Includes--but is not limmited to--several searchable data bases of early immigrants in the New York area.

Download public domain fonts including a contemporary German Gothic. Available for Windows and Mac. If you want the historic Fraktur font, go to the Fontasy web site above.

Contains lists of both general-use and German genealogy websites.

At this website, you can enter a name or word and choose one of seven different types of old German handwritten or printed letters in which to display it. This feature is useful for seeing the image of a name in script before searching for it in a church register. In German.

A national German-American historical society of which SGGS is a member.

Contains about 3000 individual records covering 1792 -1900 from Michael Mayer-Kielmann's grandmother's village called Tinz (located in Breslau county, Niederschlesien, Germany). Michael is an SGGS member and mentoring volunteer at the Elk Grove Family History Center (Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.).

Gazetteer covering provinces of East Prussia, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania and Silesia. Location results include email addresses of other researchers and their names of interest in that location. Visitors to this site can add their email address and names of interest to locations. In English.

A general purpose local genealogical society located in Bakersfield, California. Specialized research into Kern County records is available for a nominal fee.

Digging deeper in you ancestors history? Meyers is the most important of all German gazetteers. It provides an English version Meyers Ortz and includes translation, location profile, maps and a list of churches. The goal of the Meyer’s compilers was to list every place name in the German Empire (1871-1918) giving the state and other jurisdictions, where the civil registry office was and parishes if that town had them. Note that if a town did not have a parish, it does not tell where the parish was, making reference to other works necessary.

Meyers Geographical and Commercial Gazetteer of the German Empire, known as "Meyers Orts" for short. Lists all locations that were part of the German Empire before World War I. For best results, use the keyword instead of the location box. In Fraktur font and in German.