There are many other genealogical resources available in Texas and beyond. Several of these resources include:

Genealogical Societies & Research

• Austin Genealogical Society (www.austingenealogicalsociety.org)

• Texas State Genealogical Society (www.txsgs.org)

• International German Genealogy Partnership (iggp.org)

• Clayton Library Friends, c/o Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, 5300 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004 (claytonlibraryfriends.org)

Online Resources

• National Archives (www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/start-research)

• Family Search (www.familysearch.org) – free to use, but registration required

• Family Search German Resources (www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Germany_Websites) – guide to websites for family history sources that assist in finding genealogy records for German ancestors

• Find-a-Grave (www.findagrave.com)

• GenWIKI (wiki.genealogy.net/Hauptseite) – a project of the association for computer genealogy. Family researchers provide information about genealogy and post it here (in German)

• Matricula (data.matricula-online.eu) – church registers (mostly books of birth, marriage and death) from various European countries. Not a free site

• Archion (www.archion.de/en) – not free

• Ancestry (ancestry.com) – not free

• Meyers Gazetteer (www.meyersgaz.org) – an online, searchable version of the Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire with integrated historical maps

• Texas Wendish Heritage Society (texaswendish.org) 

• The Wendish Research Exchange (wendishresearch.org)

• The Portal to Texas History (texashistory.unt.edu)

• Researching your history from ships passenger lists

• https://ourpublicrecords.org/europe-family-records/

• Traditional German Clothing. Submitted by Corrine Bass: https://www.lulus.com/blog/resources/traditional-german-clothing-german-heritage/

• https://crossword-solver.io/genealogy-resources

• https://iggp.org

• This is a sample of their Partner Zeitung: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I_GYQmpiCxiXv2fYEU8LxUFcoS454hU8/view

• https://www.namenforschung.net/dfd/woerterbuch/liste/ 

  • Use the top right button to convert this page into English

• How to make your own family history videos: https://training.certstaff.com/certstaffix/Video-Editing-Tips-for-Family-History-Videos.asp

• How to use AI for genealogy research. Submitted by Ben's mom Jenny:  https://www.aiprm.com/education/ai-for-genealogical-research/

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Reading the old German handwriting (Kurrent & Sütterlin)

See our GTHS Journal to find people who do translations of German genealogical documents and who can read the old script.

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New Interactive Map Connects You with German Genealogy Resources 

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new resource designed to help you with your German genealogy research: The German Genealogy Resource Map.  

This interactive map, developed by IGGP partner representatives (and friends!) Nancy Myers of the Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna and Kent Robinson of Palatines to America, enables you to visualize and easily locate valuable resources to help you with your family history journey.

Easily locate and explore resources in Germany and the United States:

●      Local genealogical societies and groups that specialize in researching German-speaking ancestors

●     Archives, genealogical libraries, and historical societies

●     Specific resources near your ancestor's home village or immigration destination

Simple and User-Friendly Features: 

●     Unique icons and colors make it easy to identify different resource types

●     Click on any icon to see detailed information, including name, location, and contact information

To access the map, click either German Genealogy Map on the Palatines to America website or Forschungshilfen on the Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna website. 

We hope this map resource will be a helpful tool for German genealogy research, providing a comprehensive and easy-to-use way to find archives, libraries, historical societies, and genealogical groups that specialize in researching German-speaking ancestors.

If you would like to embed the map or add a link to the map on your own website, we kindly ask that you credit the Genealogy Resources Mapping Project of the Ahnenforscher Stammtisch Unna and Palatines to America. 

Feedback: We welcome your feedback, reports of any inaccuracies, and suggestions for additional resources to include. To contact us, send an email to GenResMap@googlegroups.com.

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