============================================================ TODAY'S FEATURED MAP <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ Today's featured map is: The German "Zollverein" (Customs-Union), 1834-1866 To view this map, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/FreeImages.asp?ImageID=88 ============================================================ GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ October 6th has been designated as "German American Day" in the United States, and from the middle of September to the middle of October we celebrate German American Heritage Month. In recognition of the many German Americans who settled in North America and have helped to shape this country, Ancestry.com is providing the following databases free between October 6th and October 13th. ~ Finding Your German Ancestors ~ Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, all 7 vols ~Pennsylvania German Pioneers ~ Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance ~ Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance, Vol. 2 ~ Early Germans of New Jersey ~ New Jersey German Reformed Church Records, 1763-1802 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Deaths, 1683-1793 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1769-1788 ~ Steinfeld, Germany, Baptism Records, 1824-1849 ~ Kapsweyer, Germany Church Records, 1693-1920 ~ Kapsweyer, Germany Baptism Records, 1879-1902 To search these databases, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/german.htm <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> GERMAN AMERICAN LINKS & RESOURCES German-American Heritage Month http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/gamonth.htm German Americana http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/germusa.htm German-American Corner: History & Heritage http://www.germanheritage.com/ (See Today's Family History Favorite) Germany GenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/ Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies http://feefhs.org/ Archives in Germany, by Andreas Hanacek http://www.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/earchive.htm Germanic Genealogy Society PO Box 16312 Saint Paul, MN 55116-0312 (A Branch of the Minnesota Genealogical Society) http://www.mtn.org/mgs/german/index.htm Palatines to America http://genealogy.org/~palam/ Researching ALL German-Speaking Ancestry. Online Immigrant Ancestor Register available at this site. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) 631 D Street Lincoln NE 68502-1199 Tel: (402) 474-3363 Fax: (402) 474-7229 E-mail: AHSGR@aol.com http://www.ahsgr.org/ German-Bohemian Heritage Society P.O. Box 822 New Ulm, MN 56073-0822 http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ Site features German-Bohemian Immigrant Surname Database. Gl�ckstal Colonies Research Association (GCRA) 611 Esplanade Redondo Beach, CA 90277-4130 Email: gcra31@aol.com http://feefhs.org/FRGGCRA/gcra.html ODESSA . . . A German Russian Genealogical Library http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/odessa.html Descendants of Urloffen, Baden, Germany http://www.avana.net/~toatney/Urloffen_Germany.htm Kent Peterson's Genealogy Trading Post http://www.execpc.com/~kap/index.html (Links to many German Resources and a Pomeranian Page) Palatine & Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy Page by Kraig Ruckels http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3955/ Stammbaum - Journal of German-Jewish Genealogical Research http://www.jewishgen.org/stammbaum/ Schroeder & Fuelling GbR (Site features German Emigrant Databases 18th & 19th Century) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/German_Genealogy/homepage.htm ARTICLES "German Ports: Gateways to America," by Raymond S. Wright, III, Ph.D., AG (Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 1998, Vol. 16, No. 2) http://www.ancestry.com/magazine/articles/gerports.htm "Russian, German, and Austrian Ancestors in Poland," by Raymond S. Wright, III, Ph.D., AG (Ancestry Magazine, Nov/Dec 1997, Vol. 15, No. 6) http://www.ancestry.com/magazine/articles/poland.htm HELP FROM THE ANCESTRY E-STORE Wuerttemberg Emigration Index http://shop.myfamily.com:80/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=13246&dept%5 Fid=10203002 "Address Book for Germanic Genealogy," by Ernest Thode http://shop.myfamily.com:80/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=18546&dept%5 Fid=10203002 "In Search of Your German Roots," by Angus Baxter http://shop.myfamily.com:80/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=19246&dept%5 Fid=10103003 "Of German Ways," by LaVern Rippley http://shop.myfamily.com:80/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=19446&dept%5 Fid=10303000 "Following the Paper Trail," by Johnathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=14546&dept%5Fid =10103001 ============================================================ FAMILY HISTORY FAVORITE AWARD <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ In recognition of excellence in providing the genealogical community with these valuable research tools, Ancestry.com is happy to announce the following "Family History Favorites." German-American Corner: History & Heritage http://www.germanheritage.com/ A must-see for German-American researchers. Highlights include biographies, books online, links to German-American organizations, essays, stamps issued, and teaching materials.