Resources

European countries’ genealogy links, resources, and other information will be included here as time permits. The U.K. and Ireland section is contained on a separate Resources page. This page will contain information (resources and links) to other areas and countries. Some maps have been included from the Library of Congress (LOC) which provided access for educational and research purposes. Each map has a citation with a link to direct the user to the map.

The image of Europa for Europe is located at the Library of Congress and is based on an original.

Citation:

Currier & Ives. (ca. 1870) Europe. , ca. 1870. New York: Published by Currier & Ives. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001697235/.

Europe

(all sources, as of 23 September 2023)

Websites:

FamilySearch Research Wiki – https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Europe_Genealogy.

Animation: How the European Map Has Changed Over 2,400 Years – https://www.visualcapitalist.com/2400-years-of-european-history/.

BYU Script Tutorial (for transcribing documents written in other languages) – https://script.byu.edu.

Center for Jewish History – https://cjh.org/ .

Online Books and other Materials:

Google Books – https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=European+Genealogy.

Internet Archive – https://archive.org/search?query=European%20Genealogy.

Germany

(all sources, as of 23 September 2023)

Websites:

FamilySearch Research Wiki – https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Germany_Genealogy.

Archion – https://www.archion.de/.

A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames – https://www.avotaynu.com/books/Menk.htm.

DigiBaeck: Digital Collections at Leo Baeck InstituteDigital Collections at Leo Baeck Institute – https://www.lbi.org/collections/digibaeck/.

GenWiki – https://wiki.genealogy.net/Hauptseite.

Many Roads. German Illness / Death Terms and Translations. https://www.many-roads.com/2014/10/13/german-illness-death-terms-and-translations/.

German Name-Change Gazetteer – https://www.avotaynu.com/books/Kredel.htm.

GERMANIA JUDAICA – Kölner Bibliothek zur Geschichte des Deutschen Judentums e. V. – https://www.stadt-koeln.de/leben-in-koeln/stadtbibliothek/germania-judaica-koelner-bibliothek-zur-geschichte-des-deutschen-judentums-ev.

Germany Gazetteers – https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Germany_Gazetteers#Meyer.27s_gazetteer.

Geschichts- und Kunstverein Aschaffenburg e. V. – https://www.geschichtsverein-aschaffenburg.de/.

Online Books and other Materials:

Google Books – https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Germany+Genealogy.

Internet Archive – https://archive.org/search?query=Germany+genealogy.

• German-English genealogical dictionary – https://archive.org/details/germanenglishgen00thod.

(1918) The Political subdivision of the Polish territory before the war and its linguistic areas. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/80695246/.

United States Central Intelligence Agency. (1998) Poland. [Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99442982/.

Spain

(all sources, as of 23 September 2023)

Websites:

FamilySearch Research Wiki – https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Spain_Genealogy.

Library of Congress (LOC) – Spain materials – https://guides.loc.gov/hispanic-genealogy/spain-emigration/spain.

Spanish Archives Portal (PARES) – https://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/inicio.html.

Online Books and other materials:

 Google Books – https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Spain+Genealogy.

Internet Archive – https://archive.org/search?query=Spain+genealogy.