Parish Registers


Bavarian Map Guides - Unterfranken & Oberfranken Now Available

Volumes 14 and 15 of the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series covering Bavaria Unterfranken (Volume 14) and Oberfranken (Volume 15) are now available in both soft and hard cover. All orders can be shipped within 24 hours for either book.

One thing that should be mentioned about Bavarian research is that there is very […]

FamilySearch Teams With FamilyLink to Bring the Brenner German Collection Online

Got relatives in the Bavarian area of Ansbach, Mittelfranken? If so, you’re soon to have access to many original records previously difficult to get at.
PROVO, UT, May 13, 2008 — FamilySearch recently announced an inaugural project in concert with FamilyLink.com, Inc., to digitize and index a valuable German genealogy collection containing over 3.5 million […]

Latin Genealogical Words

If you’re doing research in Germanic parish registers, you’ll find that you will run across Latin terminology on a regular basis. A good resource for wading your way through unfamiliar Latin words can be found in “Research Guidance” at FamilySearch.org. See the Latin Genealogical Word List.