Research & Bibliography Tools

Everything you ever wanted to know about Germany, Mecklenburg & Genealogy:

• Everything about German Genealogy
• Genealogy by Cindi Howell - The mother of all Genealogy pages
• German Genealogy On the Internet
• ProGenealogists - Excellent source
• Frequently Asked Questions

Well known genealogy databases:

• Rootsweb Genealogy Search Page First stop for searches. Access to Ancestry.com also
• Family Search - Data direct from Salt Lake. Access to the world's most extensive genealogy database.
• Ancestry.com Direct access to Ancestry.com

• Hamburg as Emigration point
• More on the Hamburg Port
• Filby's Germans to America Series
• Castle Garden New York Port of entry prior to 1892
• Ellis Island New York Port of entry 1892-1954
• Everything about immigration vessels

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• Carol Bowen's Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Home page - Outstanding !!
• Frequently Asked Questions about Mecklenburg Genealogy:  An excellent checklist for research in Mecklenburg
• More stuff about Mecklenburg on Genealogy.net

Pomerania

• Pomeranian History from German Genealogy

Maps

• Find a place in Germany (In German)
• Mecklenburg Duchies in 1882
• Pomerania in 1882

• Map of Pomerania in 1938

• Any City Map By MapQuest

• Any City Map By Expedia

• German cities and route planner (In German)

• German-Polish city locator (for locating and converting names of former German cities in Poland)

Zip Codes in US and Germany

• Find a USA ZIP Code
• Find a German ZIP Code

Software

• Family Tree Maker - Most expensive $45-60 dollars, very user friendly.
• PAF 5.0 Download for free. Very capable. Published by the Church of Latter Day Saints.

 For an independent analysis of these programs and their strengths and weaknesses see Bill Mumford's page on this subject at: http://www.mumford.ab.ca/reportcard/index.htm

Mecklenburg Family Genealogy Assn

• Verein für meckl. Familien- und Personengeschichte (MFP)  A bi-lingual family association web site in Mecklenburg - great people helping others learn more about their Mecklenburg heritage.

• Pommerscher Verein Freistadt (A German Pomeranian society in Wisconsin)

• AltaVista Translations Quick but dirty translations
• Systran Translator - not much difference from Alta-Vista
• German Language Dictionary

Travel in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Other Travel Aids

• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern interactive map and tourist info

• Underwater Archaeology if you like to tour underwater castles

Other Aids

• WhoWhere? International Telephone Directory
• Switchboard telephone/addresss locator
• Telephone Directories around the world