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German Place Names: Find Your Ancestors’ Hometown with This Free Online Tool

German place names have changed dramatically over time, so it can be challenging to identify your German...

This surprise discovery of a WWI German ancestor on a free website can inspire your own family history research...

When you need help deciphering place names in hard-to-read genealogy documents, two free online tools may have great...

Beginning German genealogy research starts with a key question: “What does ‘German’ really mean?” A Legacy Tree...

For a long time, German census records were thought not to exist. But they do! A leading German genealogy expert tells...

Big records updates at the Genealogy Giant website Ancestry.com! Brand new collections of birth, marriage, death, and...

Need help reading or translating German genealogical documents? These top German translation websites will help you...

Track down your German ancestors with Germany genealogy expert Jim Beidler. He's here to share great tips for using...

German marriages, Indexed obituaries for the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, The ultimate...