I keep these 2 sites handy for more general German origin questions. Marybeth's sites are good but predominently eastern Germany. I have others but these are my short list. Obviously, familysearch by LDS is the best. This should give you some ideas: http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx You may want to try the telephone book. I switched it over to English version. I hope it sticks: http://www2.dastelefonbuch.de/english.html I doubt you will find your ancestors telephone listing but you might be able to get some idea where groups of the family is now. On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:34 PM, <acmbjc@aol.com> wrote: > > FYI... the following from another list with lots of info etc. This lady is > very knowledgeable about Germany, CZ, Hungary, Austria, and the histories of > these countries. > > > Best of luck with ALL your family searches. > > > Marybeth > acmbjc@aol.com > > =============================================== > > > From: Aida Kraus <birchbaylady@gmail.com> > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Research Links for Germany > To: german-bohemian <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> > > > > > from Aida: > > * > * > > *GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH LINKS FOR GERMANY* > > * (Copy and paste these links into your browser, but should you not be able > to open it through your home website, try the browser at www.yahoo.de)* > > * * > > *Genealogie-Netz (Genealogy Network) :* > > > http://www.genealogienetz.de/** > > *AMF : German Central Association for Family Research* > > > http://db.genealogy.net/vereine/index.php?verein=AMF > > *General Research in Germany:* http://www.roots-in-germany.de > > > http://www.ezab.de/d/bframe.html > > > http://www.familysearch.org > > > http://ahnenforschung.org > > *Nieders?chsisch Landesverein*: > http://db.genealogy.net/vereine/index.php?verein=NLF > > *Pomerania:* > http://db.genealogy.net/vereine/index.php?verein=PG > > *Middle Germany*: > http://www.ahnensuche-mitteldeutschland.de > > *Eastern German Settlements AGoFF (Association of East German family > researchers):* > > > http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I read somewhere (forget where) that LDS does not have records from Germany, if the family was Catholic. Is this correct? I was able to locate records at LDS for one line of my mothers family, in Germany, and they were Lutheran; but have not been able to locate ANYTHING for my mothers fathers family, Wagner - and thinking possbly they were Catholic and that is why I can't locate records. (my understanding was that the Catholic church has not given LDS permission to scan the records). thanks, Ruth