A. Baxter, In Search of Your German Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe , by Angus Baxter, 4th Ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. Co., 2001.

E. A. Brandt et al., Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns , St. Paul, MN: Germanic Genealogy Society, 1997. 2nd ed. (good book on German research).

Research Outline: Germany. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 1994. (Good overview, provides many additional sources).

A. Ellmann-Krùger and E. D. Luft, Library Resources for German-Jewish Genealogy , Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998.

E. Thode, Address Book for Germanic Genealogy ,. 6th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997

'Jewish Records Held in Leipzig Archives', by Edward David Luft, Avotaynu VII:4 (Winter 1991), p. 28. (An inventory)

'East German Genealogical Records, by Peter W. Lande, Avotaynu VIII:1 (Spring 1992), pp. 32-33.

'Leo Baeck Institute Resources...', by Franklin & Mecklenburg, Avotaynu VIII:1 (Spring 1992), pp. 39-40.

'The Complete Archives of German Jews', comp. by Peter Lande, Avotaynu IX:1 (Spring 1993), pp. 28-32. (An inventory, by town, indicating what's in New York, Jerusalem, Germany)

'German Laws Regulating Access to Genealogical Records', by Jurgen Sielemann, in Avotaynu X:2 (Summer 1994), pp. 25-30

Edward Luft and Peter Lande have both written many extensive articles on German-Jewish genealogical research in Avotaynu.

There are over 2,000 microfilms of Jewish vital records in Germany. There has been much filming in Leipzig and Berlin in recent years.
For the 1939 Nazi Census of Non-Aryans there are 292 microfilms. Check the German Minority Census of 1939: An Introduction and Register, by Thomas Kent Edlund. (Avotaynu, 1996).

Note: FHL Catalog is based on Germany's 1871 through the First World War border jurisdictions.

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