Ancestry.de Posts 500+ City Directories
Ancestry has now posted a total of 540 German city directories containing about 27,000,000 names. This data is available to all those with a membership to Ancestry.de or a World Deluxe Ancestry.com membership. The majority of the directories are from the late 1800s and early to mid-1900s. Genealogists can browse all of the German directories or search the Ancestry Card Catalog by keyword to locate directories.
In searching for “Meitzler” in Germany, I just typed the name, “Meitzler” in the Search Databases - Last Name box on the left hand side of the German Directories & Member Lists screen. Clicking on the “Search” button brought up Meitzler in a number of categories. Scrolling down the screen, I came to Directories and Member Lists. Clicking on “View all 25 results,” at the end of that category gave me a list of 10 German Directories with 25 Meitzler listings. Good stuff!!!