West Prussia (Westpreußen) Gazetteers

West Prussia (Westpreussen), German Empire Wiki Topics
Getting Started
Finding Town of Origin Finding Aids For German Records Research Strategies Record Finder
Major West Prussia (Westpreussen) Record Types
Church Records	Civil Registration
Reading the Records
German Word List Latin Word List French Word List	Handwriting Languages Feast Days Script Tutorial
Additional West Prussia (Westpreussen) Record Types
Court Records Jewish Records Land and Property	Online Genealogy Records Town Genealogies
West Prussia Background
Gazetteers History Language and Handwriting	Maps Websites
Ethnicity
Minorities Displaced Persons
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies Prussia Family History Centers
Germany Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Emigration and Immigration Genealogy Displaced Persons Local Records Manumission Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship	Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Online Records Town Genealogies Periodicals Probate Records Religious Records School Records
Germany Background
Biography Church Directories Church History Former German Areas Funerary Customs Cultural Areas Gazetteers	Handwriting Historical Geography History Jurisdictions Letter Writing Guide Maps Names Personal Nobility Websites
Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: Mark F Rabideau who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

Germany

Prussia

West Prussia

Gazetteers

For a more comprehensive understanding of gazetteers, study the article Germany Gazetteers.

Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen

• Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen: Westpreussen
  • Tutorial

Kartenmeister

Next, find your town in Kartenmeister.com to learn the Polish name and upper jurisdictions that the town became known by after 1945.

Kartenmeister Search Engine To use Kartenmeister, simply enter the German name of the town in the search field.

A Typical Kartenmeister Record The most important information points here are the name of the Lutheran parish, the name of the Catholic parish, and the location of the civil registry office (Standesamt): [[

Germany Nationwide Gazetteers

The Family History Library uses one gazetteer as the standard guide for listing German places in the catalog. Regardless of the various jurisdictions a place may have been under at different times, all German places are listed by the jurisdictions used in the following reference:

Uetrecht, E. Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs(Meyers Place- and Traffic directory of the German Empire). Fifth Edition. Leipzig, Germany: Bibliographisches Institute, 1912-3. (FHL book Ref 943 E5mo; films 496,640-1; fiche 6,000,001-29.)

Meyer's gazetteer (often referred to as Meyers Orts) lists the names of places as they existed in Germany from 1871 to 1912. It gives the name of the state or province where each town was located at that time. The gazetteer is written in Gothic print, which can be hard to read.

Meyer's gazetteer is available in digital form.

Family History Library