Important Addresses and Telephone Numbers


for Genealogical Research for the Five New (Eastern) States of the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin

Third edition, with new German postal codes in effect as of October 1995

compiled by Martina Wermes, vice president, for the
Akademie für Genealogie, Heraldik und Verwandte Wissenschaften e. V.
partially translated and adapted for English-language users, with additional sources of information about historic east and central Germany, mostly genealogical publications, compiled by Edward Reimer Brandt

Contains about 100 addresses for the formerly Communist-ruled area and Berlin

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Chief Repositories for Registers from Former German Eastern
      Provinces
B. Evangelical (Lutheran-Reformed) State, District and Regional Offices
C. Catholic Diocesan and Archdiocesan Offices
D. Offices of Other Religious Groups
E. Miscellaneous Institutions
F. State Archives and Branch Archives
G. Selected City Archives
H. Selected Libraries
I. Genealogical Organizations

Appendix

Translation of Key Terms
Peculiarities of the German Language
Additional Sources of Information
   The Former German Eastern Provinces
   English-Language Publications Which Include Historic Central Germany
   English-Language Publications Which Deal with Historic Central
      Germany
   German-Language Publications Which Deal Mostly with Historic Central
      Germany
This web page first posted on Prodigy August 9, 1999.
Revised August 21, 1999.