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Title: German Gazetters
Post by: david64 on Sunday 30 October 16 19:28 GMT (UK)

Does anyone know of any works, national, or regional that provide descriptive text on settlements/parishes, similar to what you would find in Kelly's Directories, e.g.

http://forebears.io/england/cheshire/nantwich#sid5267

Title: Re: German Gazetters
Post by: Girl Guide on Monday 31 October 16 07:47 GMT (UK)

Perhaps you would like to start with the below website which you may find helpful

http://genealogy.about.com/od/germany/tp/Maps-and-Gazetteers-for-Identifying-German-Towns.htm

Another one you may find helpful to get you started

http://www.germanroots.com/places.html

Title: Re: German Gazetters
Post by: Rudolf H B on Saturday 05 November 16 21:55 GMT (UK)

My first choice would be to check:
- GOV: http://gov.genealogy.net/search/index (http://gov.genealogy.net/search/index) = German Town Locator [in German], an online database that gives the location of German towns, of former German towns, ...
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite) (German version) might be helpful

- westpreussen.de is the best website for West Prussia

Rudolf