Volunteers needed to help
with the German Genealogy Website
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It is the desire and intent of the German Genealogy team, who
maintain these web-pages, to constantly increase their value to the
worldwide German genealogy community. This can only be done with the
help of the expertise which exists in that world.
We are especially interested in local historical research which
seems rather difficult to gather from non-German sources. You would
be helping others to better understand the lives of their ancestors.
Becoming a volunteer includes joining a team mailing alias of
like-minded individuals. If you have a page of your own, or if you
wish to add to the work you find here, either as volunteer
researcher or as a specialist who will maintain, manage and grow a
whole subcategory, please send a short description of what you have
in mind to the email address given below. Someone will contact you.
If you think you could help in any of the areas listed below, please
send an e-mail to the listed Contact person.
- Translation Service
For genealogical researchers, we offer the translation service, TRANSserv.
A wide number of languages are supported. At this time we are
especially seeking translators for the following:
- German to English
- German to French
- French to German
- English to French
- English to Polish
Contact: Arthur
Teschler, ATeschler@genealogy,net
- Individual Page Translation
Since it is the team's desire to reach a wide, bilingual
audience, we need people willing to help translate and possibly
also maintain certain pages which are currently available in one
language only. For this task it is helpful to understand how to
create web pages and to know at least something about the topic
so as to translate in proper context. Some of the pages for
which we could use the help of translators include:
Contact: the owner listed at the bottom of the respective
page
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- Regional Pages
Are you well-versed in how to research the genealogy of a
particular genealogical region? There are still a number of
quite important regions for which we still need owners. We would
like volunteers who can take care of the following:
- Create a web page of resources for the area according to
our regional template
- List their name and email address at the end of the page
in order to accept suggestions and redirect questions on the
region
- Maintain and update the page information as new
information, resources and links become available
The regions for which we are still seeking owners include
- Berlin
- Pommern (Hinterpommern)
(first draft of a page exists)
- Sachsen (Saxony) (first
draft of a page exists)
- Burgenland
- Kärnten (Carinthia)
- Niederösterreich (Lower Austria)
- Oberösterreich (Upper Austria)
- Steiermark (Styria)
- Tirol (Tyrol) (first
draft of a page exists)
- Vorarlberg
- Wien (Vienna)
- Slovenia/Gotschee Germans
(first draft of a page exists)
- Dobruja (first draft
of a page exists)
Contact: WebMaster
- Schweiz/Switzerland Kantone:
- Aargau (first
draft of a page exists)
- Appenzell-Ausserrhoden
- Appenzell-Innerrhoden
- Jura
- Nidwalden
- Obwalden
- Thurgau
- Uri
- Waadt
- Wallis
- Zug
Contact: WebMasterCH
- Liechtenstein (first
draft of a page exists)
Contact: WebMasterCH
- Historical Regions
Are you well-versed in the history of any former German states?
There are a number of historical regions for which we need more
information, primarily of a historical nature, including
- Anhalt-Bernburg (-1863)
- Anhalt-Dessau (-1863)
- Anhalt-Köthen (-1847)
- Berlin, Stadt
- Franken/Franconia
(first draft of a page exists)
- Frankfurt am Main [1866, Prussian province of
Hessen-Nassau]
- Hessen-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt) [GH]
- Hessen-Homburg (Hesse-Homburg) [Landgraviate] (1817-1866)
- Hessen-Kassel/Kurhessen (Hesse-Kassel) [Electorate]
- Hessen-Nassau
- Hinterpommern (Further Pomerania)
- Hohenzollern-Hechingen (-1849)
- Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (-1849)
- Holstein
- Lübeck (Fürstentum)
- Lübeck [FS]
- Lauenburg
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin [GH]
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz [GH]
- Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia)
- Nassau [D] [1866 to Prussia]
- Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria)
- Niederschlesien (Lower Silesia)
- Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria)
- Oberfranken (Upper Franconia)
- Oberschlesien (Upper Silesia)
- Oldenburg in Oldenburg [Herzogtum]
- Preußen (Prussia) [K]
- Provinz Preußen (Prussia)
- Reuß-Ebersdorf (-1848) (jüngere Linie)
- Reuß-Greiz [F] (ältere Linie)
- Reuß-Lobenstein (-1824) (jüngere Linie)
- Reuß-Schleiz [F] (jüngere Linie)
- Reuß
- Rheinhessen
- Rheinprovinz (Rhineland) [Includes, from 1866, part of the
landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg]
- Sachsen-Altenburg (Saxe-Altenburg) [H] (1825-)
- Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) [H] (1825-)
- Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) (-1825)
- Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) (-1825)
- Sachsen-Hildburghausen (Saxe-Hildburghausen) (-1825)
- Sachsen-Meiningen (Saxe-Meiningen) [H]
- Sachsen-Weimar (Saxe-Weimar) [GH]
- Schleswig-Holstein & Lauenburg
- Schleswig
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt [F]
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen [F]
- Schwarzburg
- Unterfranken (Lower Franconia)
- Vorpommern (Hither Pomerania)
- Waldeck [F]
- Westfalen (Westphalia)
Contact: WebMaster
- Geographical Regions
Are you well-versed in the history of any German geographical
regions, such as the Black Forest? There are a number of such
regions for which we would like to present more information,
including those listed below. (In some cases it is mostly a
matter of translation.)
- Bauland
- Bergisches Land
- Breisgau
- Eifel
- Emsland
- Erzgebirge
- Filder
- Der Harz
- Hohenloher Ebene
- Hunsrück
- Klettgau
- Kraichgau
- Markgräfler Land
- Odenwald
- Ortenau
- Ries
- Schwäbisch Alb
- Spessart
- Strohgäu
- Thüringer Wald
- Windecker Ländchen
- Zabergäu
If you can't help with any of these regions, perhaps you can
help with one or more of the regions found on this
page.
- German emigration regional pages
In many cases, a first draft of the page already exists:
Also German emigration to :
- Caroline Islands
- European Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- French Guiana
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Oceania
- Papua New Guinea (former Bismarck Archipelago)
- Pohnpei (former Ponape)
- Tanzania (former Tanganyika)
- Western Samoa
Contact: WebMaster
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There are a number of special topic pages on our website without
owners. For these pages we need volunteers to do the following:
- Maintain and update the page information as new information,
resources and links become available
- List their name and email address at the end of the page in
order to accept suggestions and redirect questions on the topic
Or maybe you have an idea for a new special topic page that you
could create and maintain on our site? Some of the existing pages
for which we need owners include the following
- Genealogical WWW servers
worldwide
Keeping up with WWW genealogical resources is a constant battle.
We need someone with their fingers on the pulse of the web to do
justice to this page.
- Reichskreise
This page is an attempt to deal with the myriad German states
which existed before 1648. We need a real expert in German
history to massage this page into something useful for our
audience.
- Publishers
Do you have an interest in buying genealogical books? Maybe you
can help us track the wild world of book publishing and selling.
- Libraries
Are you really good at finding out what books can be found at
what libraries? Maybe you can help keep our genealogical books
in Libraries page up to date.
Contact: WebMaster
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