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Genealogy Research: International

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International Resources

1)                  International Resources

a)         Genealogy.net   (Germany)

            http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html

            Village names can be searched

b)                  Diplomatarium Norvegicum  (Norway)

http://www.dokpro.uio.no/dipl_norv/diplom_field_eng.html

Transcriptions of documents from 1050-1590

c)                  The Digital Archives of Norway

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e

d)                  An Atlas of the German Empire

http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/

A digitized 1883 map

e)                  Federation of East European Family History Societies

http://www.feefhs.org/

 

f)                   GENUKI

http://www.genuki.org.uk/

Genealogy information for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

g)                  ItalianAncestry.com

http://www.italianancestry.com/

h)                  PolishRoots

http://www.polishroots.com/

i)                    Irish Ancestors

http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/index.cfm

Some free content and some fee based.  Do a surname search to see in which counties families of that surname lived in the 1850s.

j)                    FindMyPast.com

http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp

A leading UK genealogy website. Recently renamed from 1837Online.  Contains databases of births, deaths, marriages from 1837, WW1,WW2, and overseas BMDs, passenger lists leaving UK, and now the1861 UK census is fully searchable. A pay-per-view or subscription website.  Must register to search. 

                        k)         The Origins Network

                                    http://www.originsnetwork.com/

British and Irish record collections dating back to the 13th century. Contains the 1841 England and Wales census. Can search for free, but need subscription for viewing full results. 

l)              Ulster Ancestry

http://www.ulsterancestry.com/search.html

Not free, but can search.  Contains Griffiths Valuation for Ireland.

m)          German Roots

http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/

Resources for German genealogy on the Internet.

n)            Ancestry-The Polish Connection

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/

Genealogy and heritage resources for Polish descendants.

o)             Geogen

http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx

A German surname mapping tool.