Myrt Reviews the German Map Guide Series
My friend Pat Richley, aka DearMyrtle, reviewed the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series on her blog today. Following is the first couple paragraphs.
Locating German Church Records: Hansen’s Map Guides
DearREADERS,
OK, so you’ve finally located the small town where you Germanic ancestors once lived before immigrating to the United States. How do you find the parish registers?It is easy enough to use the FHLC Family History Library Catalog to see if any records from the town are on microfilm and available through your local LDS FHC, but they usually filed NOT by town, but by parish, province or duchy. How will you locate all of the jurisdictions associated with your ancestors’ town?
THE PROBLEM:
For too long, we have relied on cryptic “MyersOrts”, and other such German-language gazetteers, which by definition do NOT include maps, but a description of each locality in paragraph format. Aside from the German font, one must decipher cryptic abbreviations and codes…