Genealogical Research

Please note that the information contained in this leaflet is given without accepting responsibility for the content of the web sites.

I. Genealogical Institutions

The Consulate General does not have the resources necessary to perform family research. You may, therefore, contact a genealogical institution for further assistance:

Deutsche Zentralstelle für Genealogie
(German Central Office for Genealogy)
Sächsisches Staatsarchiv
Schongauer Straße 1
04329 Leipzig / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49-341) 255-5551
Fax: (011-49-341) 255-5555

www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/DEU/dzfg.de.html

Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Genealogischer Verbände e.V.
An der Baumschule 7
50374 Erftstadt - OT Lechenich / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49-2235) 731-04

www.genealoienetz.de/gene/vereine/DAGV
e-mail: dagv@genealogienetz.de , or dagz@genealogy.net


II. Passenger Lists for the Seaports of Bremen and
Hamburg

If your ancestors came to the United States from Germany, it is most likely that they left Germany through the seaports of Bremen or Hamburg. The passenger lists of those days with the names of the emigrants still exist and information about these registers is available from the following agencies:

1. From Bremen - before 1945:

National Archives and Records Services (GSA)
Record Services
700 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20408

Tel.: (202) 501-5400
www.nara.gov/genealoy/genindex.html

2. 1920 - 1939 only:

Handelskammer Bremen
Am Markt 13
28195 Bremen / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49-421) 3637-0
Fax: (011-49-421) 3637-299
(incomplete and without listings of passengers)
www.handelskammerbremen.de/produktmarken/produktmarken.htm
e-mail: service@handelskammer-bremen.de

3. From Hamburg:

Staatsarchiv
-Auswandererkartei-
Kaltumbleiche 19
22041 Hamburg / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49-40) 3681-1862
Fax: (011-49-40) 3681-2514
www.hamburg.de/LinkToYourRoots/english/welcome.htm
e-mail: linktoyourroots@staatsarchiv.hamburg.de

1850-1934
Historic Emigration Office
c/o Hamburg Tourismus GmbH
Steinstrasse 7
20095 Hamburg / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49-40) 300 51 282
Fax: (011-49-40) 300 51 220
www.heo.de
e-mail: sroka@hamburg-tourism.de

III. Ellis Island

Should your relatives have entered the United States through Ellis Island, please go to:

www.ellisislandrecords.org/default.asp

IV. Family History Centres

Much of the material is also available here in the United States on microfilm through local Family History Centres.
Please contact:

American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society
ASHHS
Mrs. Grace Dietz, Director
P.O.Box 313
Davenport, IA 52805-0313

www.ashhs.org/index.html
e-mail: ashhs@ashhs.org

German Genealogical Society of America
2125 Wright Avenue, Suite C-9
La Verne, CA 91750-5816

Tel.: (909) 593-0509
www.feefhs.org/ggsa/frg-ggsa.html
e-mail: German_Genealogical_Society_of_America@hotmail.com

Chicago Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1160
Chicago, IL 60690-1160

Tel.: 001-773-725 1306
www.chgogs.org

V. Central Archives for Research on the History of the
Jews in Germany

The Central Archive for Research on the History of the Jews in Germany was founded in 1987 as an establishment of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland). The conception of the Central Archives can be compared with that of the former General Archives of the German Jews (Gesamtarchiv der deutschen Juden) located in Berlin 1905-1939. Storing and cataloguing historically valuable documents from Jewish communities, associations, organisations, and persons are a major task.

Zentralarchiv
Bienenstraße 5
69117 Heidelberg / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49) 6221-16 41 41
Fax: (011 49) 6221-18 10 49

e-mail: Zentralarchiv@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Internet:
www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/index.html

VI. Military Records

1. Wehrmacht prior to 1945:

German Authority (WASt) for the notification of next-of-kin of members of the former German Wehrmacht who were killed in action

WASt
Postfach 510657
13400 Berlin / GERMANY

Tel.: 011-49/ 30-419 044
Fax: 011-49/ 30-419 04100

e-mail: St.Ihlenburg@dd-wast.de
Internet: com-de.com/wast/

2. Personal Military Files, Court Files

prior to 1945:

Bundesarchiv
Militärarchiv
79024 Freiburg / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49) 761 47817-0
Fax: (011-49) 761 47817-900

e-mail: koblenz@barch.bund.de

after 1945

Bundesministerium der Verteidigung BMVg
Postfach 1328
53003 Bonn / GERMANY

Tel.: (011-49) 228-12-9438
Fax: (011-49) 228-12-6315

e-mail: BMVgPrInfo4@bwb.org

VII. U.S. Citizens

If you are a U.S. citizen, you may also want to contact your U. S. mission in Germany for further directions:

Embassy of the United States of America
Neustädtische Kirchstraße 4 - 5
10117 Berlin / GERMANY

Tel.:(011-49) 30-8305-0

www.usembassy.de

VIII. More Information on the Web

You can find more information, especially addresses of genealogical societies in Germany and in the United States, in the World Wide Web at:

Ancestors (Germany Info)

www.familysearch.org/geneological Index

www.everton.com

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