Civil registration commenced in 1876
ONLINE RESOURCESOnline German emigration records
http://www.germanroots.com/emigration.html
List of links. Also check Ancestry Library Edition.
Darragh Index to the Melbourne German Sick and Relief Society membership 1861-1924 : Melbourner Deutscher Krankenvereinhttp://gateway.slv.vic.gov.au/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&next=html/public.html&bad=html/authofail.html&style=noframe&autho=genealogy&password=genieIncludes name and date of joining, or date of nomination if
unsuccessful. There may also be information about marital status on joining,
occupation, date and place of birth, date of death, date of leaving, address at
the time of joining, date of arrival in Victoria and on what ship.Germans in Australiahttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/44356/20040907-0000/www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/slv/genealogy/german/intro.htmDetailed survey of State Library of Victoria material about Germans in Australia, from families to individuals.Ancestry Library Edition (only available in the library)http://www.ancestrylibrary.comContains birth, death and marriage records, censuses, directories, and migration records.
- Baden, Germany
- Bayern, Germany
- Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany
- Braunschweig, Germany
- Hannover, Preußen, Germany
- Hessen, Germany
- Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Germany
- Hohenzollern, Preußen, Germany
- Lippe, Germany
- Mecklenburg, Germany
- Oldenburg, Germany
- Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany
- Pommern, Preußen, Germany
- Posen, Preußen, Germany
- Preußen, Germany
- Rheinland, Preußen, Germany
- Sachsen, Germany
- Sachsen, Preußen, Germany
- Schlesien, Preußen, Germany
- Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
- Thüringen, Germany
- Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
- Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany
- Württemberg, Germany
BOOKS
In search of your German roots: a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in the Germanic areas of Europe, 4th ed.
G 943 B333I (2001)
'Germanic Region' in The Family Tree guidebook to Europe
G 940 F21N
‘Germany’ in In search of your European roots: a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in every country in Europe, 3rd ed.
G 940 B33I (2001)
Finding your German ancestors: a beginner’s guide
G 943 H198F
German-English genealogical dictionary
G 943.003 T352G
Pomeranian genealogy, culture and history
G 943.816 ST45P
Collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss,
Dutch, French, and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776
G 974.8 R878C
CD-ROMs
Deutsches Geschlechterbuch (German Families) (1911-2003) on CD-ROM
See Information Databases menu under 'Biography'