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Military Units and Military Parishes

The following is a list of military units or parishes for military personel and families that existed in East Prussia that have records available in the Family History Library collection.

Parish and Kreis (District)	Family History Library
Allenburg Parish in Kreis Wehlau	Records Set 1 (Dragoner Regiment 06)
Allenstein Parish in Kreis Allenstein	Records Set 1 (Military)
Angerburg Parish in Kreis Angerburg	Records Set 1 (Military)
Arys Parish in Kreis Johannisburg	Records Set 1 (Military)
Bartenstein Parish in Kreis Friedland	Records Set 1 (Infanterie Regiment 14) Set 2 (Military Bartenstein, Infanterie Regiment 58, Infanterie Regiment 14) Set 3 (Military Karge, Landwehr Bataillon 33)
Bischofsburg Parish in Kreis Rössel	Records Set 1 (Military)
Braunsberg Parish in Kreis Braunsberg	Records Set 1 (Military, Infanterie Regiment 03 (2. Ostpreußisches Grenadier)) Set 2 (Infanterie Regiment 53) Set 3 (Infanterie Regiment 16, Infanterie Regiment 05 (4. Ostpreußisches Grenadier))
Darkehmen Parish in Kreis Darkehmen	Records Set 1 (Military)
Domnau Parish in Kreis Friedland	Records Set 1 (Invalidenkompagnie 01)
Drengfurth Parish in Kreis Rastenburg	Records Set 1 (Military, Infanterie Regiment 52) Set 2 (Invalidenkompagnie 01) Set 3 (Military Marriages) Set 4 (Military Baptisms)
Friedland Parish in Kreis Friedland	Records Set 1 (Military, Infanterie Regiment 14 (Lehwald), Infanterie Regiment 58 (Courbière)) Set 2 (Ulanen Regiment 12 (Litthauisches)) Set 3 (Military, Ulanen Regiment 12 (Litthauisches))
Gerdauen Parish in Kreis Gerdauen	Records Set 1 (Dragoner Regiment 06, Kürassier Regiment 03 (Ostpreußisches))
Goldap Parish in Kreis Goldap	Records Set 1 (Military, Husaren Regiment 05) Set 2 (Husaren Regiment 05)
Gumbinnen Parish in Kreis Gumbinnen	Records Set 1 (Landwehr Brigade 01) Set 2 (Garrison) Set 3 (Garrison) Set 4 (Infanterie Regiment 43 (6. Ostpreußisches)) Set 5 (Infanterie Regiment 41 (5. Ostpreußisches))
Heiligenbeil Parish in Kreis Heiligenbeil	Records Set 1 (Infanterie Regiment 53) Set 2 (Garnison Regiment 11)
Heilsberg Parish in Kreis Heilsberg	Records Set 1 (Garrison)
Insterburg Parish in Kreis Insterburg	Records Set 1 (Military) Set 2 (Dragoner Regiment 08) Set 3 (Ulanen Regiment 12 (Litthauisches)) Set 4 (Military) Set 5 (Infanterie Regiment 43 (6. Ostpreußisches))
Königsberg Parish in Kreis Königsberg	Records Set 1 (Preußen. Armee. Pionier Bataillon 01) Set 2 (Garrison) Set 3 (Preußen. Armee. Infanterie Regiment 11) Set 4 (Military Braunsberg) Set 5 (Preußen. Armee. Infanterie Regiment 02) Set 6 (Preußen. Armee. Dragoner Regiment 06) Set 7 (Preußen. Armee. Garnison Regiment 11) Set 8 (Preußen. Armee. Infanterie Regiment 43) Set 9 (Preußen. Armee. Infanterie Regiment 16) Set 10 (Preußen. Armee. Infanterie Regiment 41)
Labiau Parish in Kreis Labiau	Records Set 1 (Dragoner Regiment 06, Kürassier Regiment 03 (Ostpreußisches))
Liebstadt Parish in Kreis Mohrungen	Records Set 1 (Infanterie Regiment 04)
Lötzen Parish in Kreis Lötzen	Records Set 1 (Garrison) Set 2 (Pionier Bataillon 01) Set 3 (Infanterie Regiment 43)
Lyck Parish in Kreis Lyck	Records Set 1 (Garrison)
Marggrabowa Parish in Kreis Oletzko	Records Set 1 (Garrison) Set 2 (Husaren Regiment 05)
Memel Parish in Kreis Memel	Records Set 1 (Garrison)
Mohrungen Parish in Kreis Mohrungen	Records Set 1 (Kürassier Regiment 04)
Mühlhausen Parish in Kreis Preußisch Holland	Records Set 1 (Infanterie Regiment 52) Set 2 (Infanterie Regiment 04)
Ortelsburg Parish in Kreis Ortelsburg	Records Set 1 (Military Community)
Osterode Parish in Kreis Osterode	Records Set 1 (Garrison)
Pillau Parish in Kreis Fischhausen	Records Set 1 (Garrison) Set 2 (Infanterie Regiment 02)
Preußisch Eylau Parish in Kreis Preußisch Eylau	Records Set 1 (Garrison) Set 2 (Invalidenkompagnie 01) Set 3 (Garnison Regiment 11)
Preußisch Holland Parish in Kreis Preußisch Holland	Records Set 1 (Garrison) Set 2 (Infanterie Regiment 52) Set 3 (Infanterie Regiment 04)
Ragnit Parish in Kreis Ragnit	Records Set 1 (Military) Set 2 (Dragoner Regiment 08)
Rastenburg Parish in Kreis Rastenburg	Records Set 1 (Garrison) Set 2 (Infanterie Regiment 52) Set 3 (Infanterie Regiment 02) Set 4 (Infanterie Regiment 16)
Saalfeld Parish in Kreis Mohrungen	Records Set 1 (Dragoner Regiment 08)
Sensburg Parish in Kreis Sensburg	Records Set 1 (Military)
Stallupönen Parish in Kreis Stallupönen	Records Set 1 (Military)
Tapiau Parish in Kreis Wehlau	Records Set 1 (Invalidenkompagnie 01)
Tilsit Parish in Kreis Tilsit	Records Set 1 (Military) Set 2 (Landwehr Regiment 01)
Wehlau Parish in Kreis Wehlau	Records Set 1 (Military) Set 2 (Ulanen Regiment 12 (Litthauisches)) Set 3 (Dragoner Regiment 06)
Wormditt Parish in Kreis Braunsberg	Records Set 1 (Military)

Germany Nationwide Records Websites

• Germany & Austria, Directories of Military and Marine Officers - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1500-1939. Index. In German.
  
• Germany and Austria, Military and Marine Unit Histories - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1760-1933. Index and images. In German.
  
• Germany, Military and Marine Weekly Publications - at Ancestry.com, 1816-1942. Index and images. In German.
  
• German Navy Crew Chronicle - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1891-1918. Index. Incomplete.
• Germany, Torpedo Personnel Register - at Ancestry.com, 1911. Index. Incomplete.
  
• German Casualties in the Franco-Prussian War - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1870-1871. Images, no index. In German. Incomplete.

Service Records

• Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918)
• Histories of German and Austrain Division,1917-1918. NAID 6487553 National Archives
• Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 (Ancestry) ($) - requires Ancestry Worldwide subscription. Over 8 million records. Records are in German.

Casualty Records

• Germany, World War I Casualty Lists, 1914-1917 (Ancestry) ($) - requires Ancestry Worldwide subscription. Over 5 million records. Records are in German.
• Germany, Navy Casualty List, 1914-1915 (Ancestry) ($) - requires Ancestry Worldwide subscription. Records are in German.
• Genwiki World War I Casualty Lists.
• The World Remembers - WWI Deaths

Prisoners of War

• Numerical Lists of German Prisoners of War Interned by the American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1918-1919 NAID 6706704
• Organizational Lists of German Prisoners of War Interned by the American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1918-1919 NAID 1918-1919
• Lists of German Prisoners of War Assigned to Prisoner of War Company Commanders when Labor Companies were Formed, 1918-1919 NAID 6455801

Cemetery Records

• Database of war graves from WW I and WWII German War Cemetery records database

World War II, 1939 to 1945

1939-1945: World War II. Many German records were destroyed.

Prisoner of War Records

• Prisoner of War Rosters, 1942-1947, National Archives NAID 849166 This collection contains records of prisoners of war interned in the United States
• Records Relating to Prisoners of War, 1942-1927, National Archives NAID 865093 Includes deaths lists sent to the International Red Cross.
• Records Relating to German Prisoners of War, 1943-1952, National Archives NAID 876973

Cemetery Records

• Database of war graves from WW I and WWII German War Cemetery records database

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