I have received many requests for information about genealogical resources in Germany, so I am listing a few here. Before you start writing, however, I strongly advise studying some maps for the area and period you are researching. What we commonly consider to be the country of Germany did not exist before WW I. - There were many German-speaking countries, principalities, etc. Several members of the Barger Family History Society have sent me letters erroneously declaring that their family came from the Palatinate, Bayern, Prussia (In one order or another, indicating that those areas overlapped or fit within each other like a city, county and state.) - This mistake is repeated so frequently, that I suspect one person made the original error and that it has been duplicated by any number of historians who didn't take time to look at maps. Bayern is "Bavaria" and I think it is safe to say that few Bavarians would consider it a compliment to be mistaken for a Prussian, and visa versa. Also, do not take for granted that these sources all have English-speaking staff. If possible, send your questions in German, or send a short note asking if they will accept queries in English. AREA: Baden Generallanderarchiv D7500 Karlsruhe Nordiche Hilda-Promenade 2 Staatsarchiv D7800 Freiburg Coloimbistr, 4 AREA: Bayern (Bavaria) Haupstaatsarchiv 1 D8000 Munchen Arcisstr. 12 Stattsarchiv fur Coburg D8630 Coburg, Schloss Staatsarchiv fur Mittelfranken D85 Nurnbert Arachivstr. 17 Staatsarchiv fur Niederbayern D8300 Landshut Burg Trausnitz Statsarchiv fur Oberbayern Hauptstaatsarchiv V D8000 Munchen Shonfeldstr. 3 Staatsarchiv fur Oberfranken D8600 Bamburt Hainstr. 39 Staatsarchiv fur Oberfalz D8450 Amburg Archivstr. 3 Staatsarchiv fur Schwaben D8858 Neuberg a.d.D., Schloss Staatsarchiv fur Unterfranken D8700 Wurtzburg, Residenz AREA: Berlin Stattsarchiv D100 Berlin 33 Arachivstr. 12-14 Landesarchiv D1000 Berlin 12 Strasse d. 17 Juni AREA: Brandenburg Deutsches Zentralarchiv DDR 15 Potsdam Beliner Str. 98-101 Staatsarchiv DDR 15 Potsdam Sanssouci-Orangerie AREA: Bremen Staatsarchiv D2800 Bremen Prasident-Kennedy-Platz 2 AREA: Hamburg Staatsarchiv D2000 Hamburg, Rathaus AREA: Hessen Hauptstaatsarchiv (fur Nassau) D6200 Wiesbaden Mainzer Str. 80 Staatsarchif fur Hessen-Darmstadt D6100 Darmstadt, Schloss Staatsarchiv fur Hessen-Kassel D3550 Marburg Friedrichplatz 15 AREA: Mecklenburg Staatsarchiv DDR 27 Schwerin Graf-Schack-Allee 2 AREA: Niedersachen (Lower Saxony) Staatsarchif fur Hannover D3000 Hannover, Am Archive 1 Staatsarchiv fur Braunschweig D3340 Wolfenbuttel, Forstweg 2 Staatsarchiv fur Bukelburg D4967 Buckelburg, Schloss Staatsarchiv fur Niedersachen D2160 Stade, Sand Staatsarchiv fur Oldenburg D2900 Oldenburg, Damm 43 Staatsarchiv fu Osnabruck D4500 Osnabruck, Schlossstr. 29 Staatsarchiv fur Ostfriesland D2960 Aurich, Geogstr. 50 AREA: Pfalz (Palatinate) Staatsarchiv D6720 Speyer, Domplatz 6 AREA: Pommern (Pomeranisa) Staatsarchiv DDR 22 Greifswald, Dreishauh AREA: Rheinland Personenstandarchiv fur Kierchenbucher und Zivilstandsregister D5040 Bruhl, Schloss Hauptstaatsarchif fur das Nordliche Rheinland D4000 Dusseldorf Prinz-Georg-Str. 78 Staatsarchiv fur das Sudliche Rheinland D5400 Koblenz, Karmeliterstr. 1-3 AREA: Sarrland Landesarchif D6600 Sarrbruken Am Ludwigsplatz 7 AREA: Sachsen (Saxonoy) Staatsarchiv DDR 806 Dresden Archivstr. 14 Staatsarchiv DDR 701 Leipzig Georgi-Dimitroffplatz 1 Staatsarchiv DDR 86 Bautzen, Ortenburg AREA: Sachsen-Anhalt Staatsarchiv DDR 30 Magedeburg, Hegelstr. 25 Staatsarchiv DDR 37 Werngerode (Harz) AREA: Schleswig-Holstein Landesarchiv D2380 Schleswig Schloss Gottorf AREA: Thuringen Staatsarchiv DDR 58 Gotha, Shloss Staatsarchiv DDR 66 Greiz, Oberes Schloss Staatsarchiv DDR 61 Meiningen Schloss Bibrabau Staatsarchiv DDR 782 Rudolstadt Schloss Heidecksburg Staatsarchiv DDR 53 Weimar, Beethovenplatz 3 AREA: Westfalen Personenstandsarchiv fur Kirhenbucher und Zivilstandregister D4930 Detmold Willi-Hofmann Str. 2 Staatsarchiv D4400 Munster, Bohlwg 2 AREA: Wurtemberg Hauptstaatsarchiv D7000 Stuttgart Gutenbergstr. 2 I hope these addresses will be of help to those of you who have extended your research back to Germany. At a future date, I will provide names and addresses for genealogical societies in Germany and Switzerland. Susan Barger Donahue BARGER FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY 411 East Roosevelt Road Wheaton, IL 60187-5564 suzid@tripod.net