Contents:

1. General Information
2. Associations and Societies
3. Genealogical and Historical Records
4. Gazetteers and Maps
5. Bibliography and Literature
6. Archives and Libraries
7. Miscellaneous
8. Other Internet Resources

1. General Information

Description of the research area

• Introduction
  • State in the southwest of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 35,751 square kilometres
  • 9.15 millions inhabitants (1976)
  • Capital of the state is Stuttgart
• Political Divisions today
  • 4 administrative districts (Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Tübingen)
  • 35 rural districts and 9 urban districts
  • 1110 municipalities
• Religious Divisions (Administrative or Diocesan w/church communities in each)

History

• Baden
• Württemberg
• Baden-Württemberg
   
• Fürstendynastie Hohenzollern (German)

2. Associations and Societies

• Genealogical Associations and Societies
  • Verein für Familien- und Wappenkunde in Württemberg und Baden e. V.
    with its regional working groups:
    • Genealogischer Arbeitskreis Ostalbgruppe
    • Freiburger Genealogischer Arbeitskreis
    • Pforzheimer Genealogischer Arbeitskreis
    • Arbeitskreis Familienforschung Herrenberg
    • Familienkundlicher Arbeitskreis Biberach

  • Landesverein Badische Heimat e.V., Ausschuß für Familienforschung,
    Heilbronner Str. 3, D-75015 Bretten

  • Albert Metzler Kreis der Familien- und Heimatforscher Heidelberg
    Meetings every 2nd Wednesday of the new month in the restaurant "Hutzelwald",
    Gaisbergstr., Heidelberg. Opening at 20.00 Uhr at the second Wednesday of every new month.

  • Arbeitskreis Familienkunde of the VHS Leutkirch
    At 14.00 Uhr in the Torhaus Room "B", D-88299 Leutkirch/Allgäu. Appointed days: Saturdays

  • Genealogenkreis Schorndorf
    Two meetings in the semi-annual of winter in the VHS Schorndorf.
    Organisation by Mrs Heide Kraiss, Phone (07181) 74335.

  • Gruppe Familien- und Wappenkunde (GFW) in der Stiftung Bahn-Sozialwerk (BSW), Bezirksgruppe Stuttgart

  • Genealogical Association for English Speaking Researchers in Europe (GAESRE)
    Röntgenstr. 4, D-68789 St. Leon-Rot, Germany

• Historical Associations and Societies
  • Verein für württembergische Kirchengeschichte
    Geschäftsstelle: Gaisburgstr. 4 (Landeskirchliches Archiv)
    Postfach 10 13 42, D-70012 Stuttgart

    Der Verein hat als Ziel die Erforschung

    • der Kirchengeschichte Württembergs
    • der kirchlichen Kunstgeschichte and
    • der gesamten mit der regionalen Kirchengeschichte in Verbindung stehenden Kulturgeschichte; ferner die
    • Mitwirkung bei der Erschließung und Erhaltung der Dokumente und Denkmäler der örtlichen und regionalen Kirchengeschichte.
    The society is one of the editors of the Baden-Württembergischen Pfarrerbuchs.

  • Württembergischer Geschichts- und Altertumsverein
    Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 4, D-70013 Stuttgart

  • Geschichtsverein Markgräflerland e.V. (Historical society of the Markgräflerland)

• Other Associations and Societies
  • Schwäbischer Heimatbund
    Weberstr. 2, D-70182 Stuttgart

  • Karpatendeutsche Landsmannschaft Slowakei e.V., Stuttgart
    Karpatendeutsche Kulturwerk Slowakei e.V., Karlsruhe
    Joint homepage http://www.karpatendeutsche.de

3. Genealogical and Historical Records

• Church Records
  • The church records of the evangelical Regional Church of Württemberg are in general still in the particular vicarages. The duplicates of the church records (1808-1875) as well as microfilms of most of the church records are in the Landeskirchlichen Archiv at Stuttgart (cf. the chapter archives).

  • At the evangelical Regional Church archive at Karlsruhe are about 670 church records from 117 parishes.

  • Duplicates of church records 1810-1870 for all parishes in Baden of the today's administrative district of Karlsruhe are in the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe.

  • Duplicates of church records for the administrative district of Freiburg can be found in the Public Record Office of Freiburg.

  • Catholic church records and duplicates of church records (since 1870) are in the archiepiscopal archive in Freiburg.

  • For the Catholic church records in the archive of the diocese Rottenburg, see the chapter archives.
• Civil Registration Records
• Other Records
  • Land Records
  • Military Records

4. Gazetteers and Maps

• Gazetteers (all German language)
  • Das Land Baden-Württemberg, Official Description by districts and municipalties, 8 volumes. Ed.: Public archive administration Baden-Württemberg. Publisher W.Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1974-1983.
  • Württemberg - The Kingdom, A description by districts, Oberämtern and municipalties, 4 volumes. Stuttgart, 1904-1907.
  • Beschreibung der einzelnen württembergischen Oberämter, published by the royal statistical-topographical bureau. 1st edition 1824-1884, partially a 2nd edition has been published. Some has been published as reprints by the Varia-Verlag.
  • J. Bader: BADENIA orDas badische Land und Volk (1839-1844)
    The 3-volumes work contains the description and history of the various badenian landscapes, the remarkable cities and villages, the former cloisters, citadels and hill-castles. The complete inventory of all about and in Baden published writings, books of plates and maps has to be emphasized. Local sciences with cards, lithographies and national images.
  • H.J.Pauli: Ortsverzeichnis Baden
  • List of villages in Hohenzollern.
  • List of cities, villages, ... in the former kingdom of Württemberg.
• Atlases and Maps

  Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Württemberg,

  P.O.Box 10 29 62, D-70025 Stuttgart, Phone (0711) 123-2831 (dial through of the maps sales department)
  There one can also get the register Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile in Baden-Württemberg, Edition 1994, with approximatly 7300 place-names together with the district the place belongs to today.

  Map of Baden from 1771

  as a survey (51 KB) or large (584x900 Pixel 212 KB!)

  Map of Württemberg from 1789

  as a survey (60 KB) or large (1252x1754 Pixel 393 KB!)

5. Bibliography and Literature

• Bibliography
  • Heyd, Wilhelm: Bibliographie der Württembergischen Geschichte. Stuttgart, 1.ufl. 1895, 11.Aufl.1974. Fortgesetzt von Theodor Schön, Otto Leuze, Heinrich Ihme, Wolfgang Irtenkauf.

• Historical Literature

• Lists of Church Records

  Hermann Franz: Die Kirchenbücher in Baden

  Inventories of the non-state-controlled archives in Baden-Württemberg, No.4 (3rd edition Karlsruhe 1957). A reprint has been published by the Varia-Verlag.

  Dr. M. Duncker: Verzeichnis der württembergischen Kirchenbücher

  2nd edition 1938. A reprint with supplements (table of contents, wastes of church records in the periode 1939-1945, temporary affilation of a vicarage to another parish) has been published by the Varia-Verlag.

• Genealogical Literature

  Publications of the VFWKWB

  Unit publications and serveral series.

  Ortssippenbücher

  Family books of villages and parishes
  The Ortssipenbücher of Baden and Württemberg are available in several libraries, e.g. in the library of the Vereins für Familien- und Wappenkunde and at the Landeskirchlichen Archiv, both located in Stuttgart. You may ask for availability and further information at:

  • Interessengemeinschaft Badischer Ortssippenbücher Albert Köbele Nachfolger
    Leitung: Klaus Siefert, Beim weißen Stein 29, 77933 Lahr-Dillingen
  • The Ortssippenbücher of Württemberg are in general available by the authors and the corresponding villages.

  Neues Württembergisches Dienerbuch

  compiled by W.Pfeilsticker, vol. 3: Registers of persons and locations, corrections and improvements. Reprint of the edition Stuttgart 1974.
  DM 258,-. Lithos-Verlag, Stuttgart.
  by: Antiquariat Steinkopf, Marienstr. 3, D-70178 Stuttgart, Tel. (0711) 2264021

  Württembergische Familienstiftungen

  Ferdinand Faber, 4 volumes+supplement, in all 33 numbers

  Kirchenregister von 1721

  Evangelische Theologen in Württemberg von der Reformation bis 1721, 990 Seiten.

  Veteranen-Chronik der Krieger Badens 1792-1815

  Names, occupation, residence, summary of war events. Karlsruhe 1843.

  Veteranen-Chronik der Veteranen, die in württembergischen Diensten Feldzüge mitgemacht

  Names, occupation, residence, summary of war events 1792-1815. Cannstatt 1840.

  Veteranen-Appell in Württemberg

  before Kaiser Wilhelm II on December 04, 1910.

• Directories

6. Archives and Libraries

1. Public Archives

   Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe

   Nördliche Hildapromenade 2, D-76133 Karlsruhe

   Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart

   Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 4, D-70173 Stuttgart

   Staatsarchiv Freiburg

   Colombiastr. 4, D-79098 Freiburg

   Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg

   Schloß Ludwigsburg, Schloßstr. 30, D-71634 Ludwigsburg

   Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen

   Strohdorfer Str. 11, D-72488 Sigmaringen

   Staatsarchiv Wertheim

   Bronnbach 19, D-97877 Wertheim

   Hohenlohe Zentralarchiv

   Neuenstein - Schloß, Neuenstein/Württemberg

2. Church Archives

   Evangelisches Landeskirchliches Archiv

   Blumenstr. 1, D-76133 Karlsruhe

   Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg

   Gänsheidestr. 4, D-70184 Stuttgart (Leaflet: Finding your roots in Württemberg)

   Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg

   Herrenstr. 35, D-79098 Freiburg

   Bischöfliches Ordinariat, Diözesanarchiv,

   Bischöfliches Palais, Eugen-Bolz-Platz 1, D-72108 Rottenburg
   (cf. Information zu Kirchenbüchern im Diözesanarchiv Rottenburg)

3. Archives of religious communities

   Archiv der Herrenhuter Brüdergemeinschaft

   Zinzendorfplatz 3, D-78126 Königsfeld, Phone (07725) 93820

4. Private Archives

   Historisch-Demographische Dokumentationsstelle für Südwestdeutschland

   Prof. Dr. Burkhart Oertel, Brunhildenstr. 4B, D-85579 Neubiberg, Phone (089) 6015316

5. Libraries

   Library of the Vereins für Familien- und Wappenkunde

   in Württemberg and Baden

   Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart

   Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 8, D-70173 Stuttgart

   Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe

   Erbprinzenstraße 15, D-76133 Karlsruhe

   Library in the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

   Charlottenplatz 17, D-70173 Stuttgart

6. LDS FHC's
   (Family History Centers of the Church of Latter Days Saints (Mormons))
   In Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart and in Karlsruhe. For the addresses, see FHC's addresses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

7. A list of archives in Baden-Württemberg, maintained by Andreas Hanacek.

7. Miscellaneous

• Genealogical courses and similar
  • Organized by several Volkshochschulen (VHS)
  • Talks in genealogical assiziations and societies see there

• Publishers
  • Varia Verlag, Proprietor H.J. Pauli
    Stuttgarter Str. 202, D-71732 Tamm
    Telefon [49]-7141-601910 - Fax [49]-7141-602099
    Genealogical publications and facsimiles of old books.

• Professional Researchers Announcements of professional researchers can be found for example in the Familienkundlichen Nachrichten published by Verlag Degener.

• Customs

• Emigration waves
  • Emigration from Wuerttemberg (offical emigration site of the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart)
  • See the library catalogue of the genealogical society Vereins für Familien- und Wappenkunde, No. G001-G170. From this as an example:
  • Schenk, T.; Froelke, R.; Bork, I.: The Württemberg Emigration Index, Vol. I-V, Ancestry Incorporated, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. (Catalogue-No. G005/1-5)
  • Passenger lists of the harbour of Hamburg (1850-1934)
  • Germans To America, List of passengers arriving at U.S. ports, Hrsg. Ira A. Glazier, P. William Filby.

• Occupations
• Onomastics & Ethymology
• Regions of settlement today

• Private Genealogical Home Pages Baden-Württemberg
  • Dihlmann-Familienbuch
  • 444 Jahre Eissler (1540-1994) von H. Gurski
  • Internet Sources of German Genealogy by A. Hanacek.

• GermanGenWeb Project: Baden-Württemberg

• Homepage of the mailing list BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-L@rootsweb.com

• Black Forest Seiten (Englisch)

• WWW pages for Ancestors and Heraldic Reseachers by J. Ramsperger.

8. Other WWW Internet resources
(non-genealogical information)

• Baden-Württemberg (E)
  (http://www.city.net/countries/germany/baden_wurttemberg, from  )

• Pictures from and about Baden-Württemberg (e.g. Queen Catharina)
  With friendly permission by the Landesbildstelle Württemberg, Fotoarchiv

• Informations of the State Government of Baden-Württemberg

• Capital of the state: Stuttgart (D)
  (http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/Ist/, from the University of Stuttgart)

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