OSTFRIESEN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OF AMERICA

EALA FRYA FRESENA! LEVER DOD AS SLAAV!

Ostfriesland

• Ostfriesland nett — Information, pictures, etc. about villages in Ostfriesland
• Ostfriesiche Nachrichten — The original Ostfriesiche Nachrichten, the Newspaper for Altkreis Aurich. The newspaper has existed since 1864.
• Das Genealogie-Forum von Doris Reuter — Excellent site about Ostfriesen genealogy, plus excellent information about the churches of Ostfriesland (pictures, too!). Mostly in German
• Ostfriesland Online — Newspaper and publishing
• Suchmaschine für Ostfriesland — A search engine for Ostfriesland!
• Friesenschule/Leer
• Das aktuelle Wetter in Ostfriesland — Time and temperature in Emden, with lots of links to other webcams.
• Wilkommen in Ostfriesland — Order Ostfriesland travel information, plus many beautiful pictures of Ostfriesland.
• Manfred Becker's Ostfriesen Page — Many Ostfriesen resources, particularly about food and restaurants.
• Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft — für historische Personenforschung und Bevölkerungsgeschichte in Ostfriesland
• Ostfrieslands Ortssippenbücher (OSB) — Information about Ostfriesen Ortssippenbücher including years covered in each book author, date of publication, and ISBN if available.

Germany

• 10,000 Volkslieder, German and other Folksongs — German folks songs; also, hymns and non-German folks songs.
• German Internet Project — Multimediales Museum zur deutschen Sprache, Literatur
• German Migration Resource Center — A worldwide exchange of genealogy information about German emigrants and immigrants.

Language (German, Platt, other)

• Deutsche Internet Übungen — German language lessons
• Internet Handbook of German Grammar — Just what it says
• FriesMusiek — Musik van de Platt-Planet, low German music with audio clips, written in Platt and German.
  Translation
• AltaVista World — AltaVista's language translation tool, Babel Fish.
• Babylon — This is a translation program for several languages which can be downloaded free of charge.
• FreeTranslation — The fastest, web-based language translation service. And it's free!

Genealogy Sites

• GenealogyBuff.com — A unique surname tool and a growing library of data files.
• The Genealogy Home Page
• FamilySearch.org — The LDS Family History Library's databases online.  Make sure you take advantage of this site!
• Family History Centers — An unofficial list of LDS Family History Centers by state and country.
• JewishGen — The Home of Jewish Genealogy
• Park Genealogical Books — Genealogy and local history specialists for Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and the surrounding area.
• Cyndi's List — More than 41,700 categorized and cross-referenced links for genealogy.
• Ancestry.com — Home of the largest collection of family history data online.
  • Social Security Death Index
• RootsWeb — The Internet's Oldest and Largest FREE Genealogy Community
• Genealogy.com — The leading source for family history
• Everton's Genealogical Helper — Genealogical materials, books, research materials. etc.
• German genealogy — A great list of German genealogy resources on the Internet.
• German Genealogy Home Page — Comprehensive information about all aspects of German genealogy.  Make sure you check this out!
• German Roots — Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet
• German Genealogy Cross-Index

State Resources

• These change frequently.  Put the state, county and/or city name into your search engine along with the record you are seeking. 

The GenWeb Project

• World GenWeb
• Germany
• United States
• Minnesota
  Do you have others we can add?

Personal Pages

• Johnson/Janssen family
• The Willemssen Family — Alan R. Willemssen
• BORCHERS Family Genealogy — The late Bob Borchers
• Appledorn Home Page — The late C. Robert Appledorn  - not available at this time.
• Ostfriesland Ancestors — Dorothy Sewell's Alaska web-site of Ostfriesland genealogy networking. (Has not been updated for many years!)
• Traverse County Family Links — Ostfriesen families (and others) in Traverse County, Minnesota. Surnames: Lupkes, Poppinga
• Wir Wellhausen im Web (WWW) — Joern Wellhausen
  Wellhausen ancesters
  Search the Wellhausen database
• The Schneidermann Family: all the descendants of Harm Janßen — John Erick Schneiderman

Maps

• Terra Server — Satellite photos of the US and Europe. See roads, canals, and actual buildings in Ostfriesland!
• The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker — This is a good gazeteer and map source; uses MapQuest.
• Odden's Bookmarks — The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping — Over 8200 Cartographic Links
• 1895 US Atlas — Also includes place name information.

          Check googleearth.com - more maps are available online

Graves and Cemeteries

Do you have some websites for this category?

Uncategorized

• Teleauskunft — German telephone directory
• LDS Church Official Home Page
• User Mailing Lists Hosted by Rootsweb
• Immigrant Ships — Ship Descriptions from Various Internet Mailing Lists
• Palmer List of Merchant Vessels Descriptions of merchant vessels, both sail and steam
• Ostfriesland — The German battleship Ostfriesland, see also Ostfriesland
• Your Past Connections — The site that is dedicated to helping people find original items and memorabilia from their family's past

   

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