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STOP! DO NOT ORDER! Out of Stock! The German Researcher: How to Get the Most Out of an LDS Family History Center, Fourth Edition, by : Fay S. Dearden and Douglas Dearden; 81 pg Paperback; 8.5x11; ISBN: 1-593313160; 2007; Illus., maps, bibliog; Item FTP2
The German Researcher: How to Get the Most Out of an L.D.S Family History Center, 4th ed., revised and enlarged by Fay Dearden and Douglas Dearden provides genealogists with a step-by-step guide to finding German information, especially when using a Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), formerly known as LDS Branch Genealogical Library. LDS Family History Centers located in many cities worldwide have access to the microfilms from Salt Lake City.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started
Steps in German Research (Chart)
- Chart Summary
- Explanation of steps shown on chart
- International Genealogical Index (IGA)
- Hamburg Passenger Lists
- Hamburg Passenger Lists Microfilm Numbers
- Other Immigration Lists
- Meyer Orts, a German Gazetteer
- Common Meyers Orts abbreviations
- Changes in Names of German States Gemeindelexikons, Town Gazetteers
- Family History Library Catalog
- Writing Letters to Germany for Records
- Writing to German Archives
Helps in translating the records
- Reading Gothic Script
- Samples of Records
- Map of the German Empire 1871-1919
- Map of Germany, 1946-1990
- Map of Reunited Germany, 1990
- Suggested Bibiography
- Appendix A (More Help of Translating German Records)
- Appendix B (FamilySearch - A Computerized System of Family History Information)
- Index
Note: The 20 page book. German Genealogy Research Online - Tips and Links, by Leland K. Meitzler (2012) ships automatically as a supplement with this book. If you are purchasing The German Researcher, DO NOT order German Genealogy Research Online, unless your want an ADDITIONAL copy of that title.
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