Databases

• 1793-1794 Land Records of South Prussia. Compiled and posted by R. Reuben Drefs February 2004. This database provides 83 volumes of information from the 1793-1794 South Prussia Land Registration Records. These land records provide the head of household names of nobility villages. They do not include towns and villages owned by the state which are sometimes called crown lands, in German Amtsdoerfer.
   
• FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family History Societies) is a major resource for Germanic genealogy searches.
   
• GEOserv - a German town locator / Ein Service um Städte in Deutschland zu finden (In English and German)
   
• Immigrant Genealogical Society. Through the IGS Research Committee, volunteers open the unique resources of the Immigrant Library to genealogists across the United States and overseas via mail requests. Searches now offered include: German telephone books on CDs; Numerous maps, gazetteers and atlases; Indexes to surnames researched by German genealogists; Lists of German genealogists; Published lists of arriving immigrants; First Immigrants List database of over 3,500 persons; and over 100 volumes of German genealogies.
   
• Kartenmeister.com. Most comprehensive database of it’s kind in the world. It contains 60007 locations (Pommern-8211; Posen-7647; Schlesien-13338; Ostpreussen-18694; Westpreussen-8996; and Brandenburg-3121) with over 20,000 name changes once, and 5,500 thrice. All locations are EAST of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of  the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: East Prussia, including Memel, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia.  It currently list most towns or points, points being : Mills, some bridges, battlefields, named trees, cenotaphs etc. As more  information becomes available, (books, maps, your input  etc) this database will be updated. Compiled by Uwe-Karsten Krickhah of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. (In German, English and other languages)
   
• Mecklenburgkontakte. Participant database for family researchers in Mecklenburg.
   
• Mecklenburg Emigrant Database.  Information regarding about 10,000 persons has already been entered into the database from documents held by the Mecklenburg Main State Archive at Schwerin. Many of these records are "Permit To Emigrate" forms approved for departing emigrants. Records from other archives holding similar records and from books or articles may be included.
   
• Pomeranian Villages and Places. Pommern Wegwieser duch ein Unvergessens Land (Pommern Guide to Places) by Johannes Hinz.
   
• Pommerndatenbank - the database for genealogy in Pommern. Die Pommerndatenbank ist eine spezielle Datenbank für ganz Pommern, die den Familien- und ortsgeschichtlichen Forschern wertvolle Hilfsmittel und andere Möglichkeiten für ihre Forschung bereitstellen möchte. By Gunthard Stübs.
   
• Pommernkontakte. With 3325 participants the Pommernkontakte is the largest and most up-to-date researcher database for family researchers in Pommern. The target of the database is to bring together all Pomeranian family researchers and other interested parties in the internet to allow and encourage contacts and an information exchange.
   
• Die Pommerschen Leute in aller Welt (the Pomeranian People in the World). Is a web site by Heinz Dieter Donicht featuring history, emigration, database, maps and photos of Pomerania and Pomeranians who went to Brazil in the 1800’s. Donicht family history and research information is also included. Hosts live Saturday Pommern chats. (In English and German)
   
• Pommerscher Verein Freistadt Database Search. Searchable database for Pommern surnames. (In German and English)

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