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Offline david64

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German Gazetters
« on: Sunday 30 October 16 19:28 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know of any works, national, or regional that provide descriptive text on settlements/parishes, similar to what you would find in Kelly's Directories, e.g.

http://forebears.io/england/cheshire/nantwich#sid5267

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Re: German Gazetters
« Reply #1 on: Monday 31 October 16 07:47 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps you would like to start with the below website which you may find helpful

http://genealogy.about.com/od/germany/tp/Maps-and-Gazetteers-for-Identifying-German-Towns.htm

Another one you may find helpful to get you started

http://www.germanroots.com/places.html
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: German Gazetters
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 05 November 16 21:55 GMT (UK) »
My first choice would be to check:
- GOV: http://gov.genealogy.net/search/index = German Town Locator [in German], an online database that gives the location of German towns, of former German towns, ...
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite (German version) might be helpful

- westpreussen.de is the best website for West Prussia

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Goldschmidt; Gregory, Maude, Nancy Price, Welby (UK),
Goldschmidt > Goldsmith, Benetta, Bloom, Gillis, McDonough, Moses, Wheaton (Australia / NZ),
Spatz & Henderson (Greater London),
Herbert Spatz MC > H. Spence MC (Salisbury),
Spatz > Spence, Nichols. Kidd (Bromley > Manchester South, India),
Spatz > Spaatz (Boyertown, PA - USA),
Engel & Joly (Philadelphia, PA - USA).
Kummerer (London, Chicago & Australia).

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