Altenburger Land District Genealogical Records

Altenburger Land District Birth & Baptism Records

Germany Births and Baptisms (1558-1898)

An index to over 37 million birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Altenburger Land District Marriage & Divorce Records

Germany Marriage Index (1558-1929)

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Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

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Altenburger Land District Death & Burial Records

Germany Death & Burial Index (1582-1958)

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Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

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Newspapers Covering Altenburger Land District

Newspaper Archive: Germany (1945-1999)

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Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

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Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Altenburger Land District Immigration & Travel Records

Hamburg Passenger Lists (1850-1934)

An index to and images of lists of passengers departing Hamburg, Germany. They may list name, gender, age, date and place of birth, occupation, residence, nationality, marital status, family relationships, religion, military service and more. Contains over 5 million names.

Hamburg Passenger List Index (1855-1934)

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United States Germans to America Index (1850-1897)

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Germany to Australia & New Zealand Emigration (1850-1879)

An index to over 40,000 people who sailed from Hamburg to Australia and New Zealand. It contains: name, former place of residence, age, occupation, ship and more.

Swedish Emigration Records (1783-1951)

Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.

Altenburger Land District Military Records

Germany World War I Casualty Lists (1914-1917)

An index to and images of World War I casualty lists for the German army. The lists include over 5 million soldiers who died, were injured, or went missing during the war.

Flossenburg Entry Registers (1941-1945)

Registers recording the arrival of over 75,000 prisoners of war, political prisoners and those deemed as undesirable by the Nazi regime.

Dachau Entry Registers (1933-1945)

Registers recording the arrival of around 175,000 political prisoners and those deemed undesirable by the Nazi regime.

Hellfire Corner (1897-1919)

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Prisoners of War (1715-1945)

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Flossenburg Entry Registers (1941-1945)

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Nazi Death Camp Records (1939-1945)

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Dachau Entry Registers (1933-1945)

Registers recording the arrival of around 175,000 political prisoners and those deemed undesirable by the Nazi regime.

Dachau Concentration Camp Records (1945)

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Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1944-1946)

The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.

Altenburger Land District Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

Germany State Government Directories (1802-1929)

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World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

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German Phone Directories (1915-1981)

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Crane's Directory & Buyer's Guide (1899-1900)

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Altenburger Land District Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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Altenburger Land District Obituaries

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

Indexed images of over 400,000 obituaries of Germans from Russia who died in North America.

Altenburger Land District Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

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Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

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Nazi Death Camp Records (1939-1945)

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Dachau Concentration Camp Records (1945)

A database of over 165,000 Dachau prisoners who were included on a survivors list prepared after the end of the war.

Germany & Austria Historical Postcards (1890-1950)

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Altenburger Land District School & Education Records

British University Women Holocaust Records (1938-1951)

An index to minutes concerning meetings helping Jewish women immigrate to the UK.

Altenburger Land District Occupation & Business Records

Germany State Government Directories (1802-1929)

Books recording the names of military officers and civil servants.

Crane's Directory & Buyer's Guide (1899-1900)

A directory listing manufactures in Britain, Europe and Australasia.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Altenburger Land District

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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Lineages of Medieval Pomeranian Nobility (1100-1637)

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Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

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Altenburger Land District Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

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FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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Heraldry Clipart (1189-Present)

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Lineages of Medieval Pomeranian Nobility (1100-1637)

The lineages of Pomeranian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Altenburger Land District Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Altenburger Land District Reference Works

Heraldry Clipart (1189-Present)

A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Most Common Surnames in Altenburger Land District

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Thuringia
1Müller2,1741:426.00%1
2Schmidt1,2201:743.53%2
3Köhler1,0251:8811.29%9
4Fischer6421:1414.24%3
5Schulze5661:16011.22%30
6Richter5271:1726.31%10
7Gerth4951:18356.51%368
8Wagner4831:1873.94%5
9Weber4521:2005.57%12
10Kirmse4451:20457.35%404
11Franke4261:2137.02%20
12Schumann4251:21311.15%47
13Jahn4221:2158.65%34
14Hoffmann4101:2213.58%7
15Schneider4011:2263.20%4
16Günther3941:2306.29%17
17Lange3911:2326.85%23
18Werner3851:2355.04%13
19Thieme3771:24022.72%165
20Rauschenbach3681:24683.83%773
21Wolf3621:2505.17%14
22Krause3551:2556.61%27
23Hofmann3441:2634.17%11
24Pohle3341:27136.42%337
25Walther3311:2746.28%28
26Kühn3241:2806.51%31
27Vogel3171:2869.19%63
28Bachmann3121:29010.97%76
28Winkler3121:29010.41%73
30Kröber3061:29663.75%692
31Winter3031:29913.21%108
32Lorenz3001:3028.43%56
33Petzold2911:31119.25%193
34Heilmann2891:31341.17%449
35Riedel2801:3239.91%78
36Bauer2701:3354.41%19
37Voigt2691:3374.46%21
38Kahnt2671:33960.54%765
39Graichen2581:35176.79%1,028
40Erler2541:35740.51%519
41Quaas2481:36561.08%850
42Beer2451:37020.85%257
42Etzold2451:37087.19%1,226
42Teichmann2451:37018.39%221
45Dietrich2431:3737.95%71
46Kluge2411:37623.63%303
47Burkhardt2401:37711.43%122
47Heinke2401:37765.40%938
47Lehmann2401:3775.68%41
50Taubert2351:38519.68%253
51Wittig2341:38715.10%185
52Heinig2321:39053.83%788
53Schubert2281:3975.07%39
54Schulz2251:4023.43%16
55Simon2231:4067.87%77
56Becker2161:4194.01%26
56Kresse2161:41972.24%1,153
58Seifert2141:4235.86%50
59Gentsch2121:42776.26%1,237
60Kratzsch2091:43383.27%1,371
61Reichardt2041:44412.63%175
62Schnabel2031:44630.80%483
63Albrecht2011:4515.33%48
63Böhme2011:4516.76%74
63Kunze2011:4517.26%84
63Neumann2011:4514.10%33
63Nitzsche2011:45143.79%732
68Junghanns1971:46066.78%1,174
69Seidel1961:4625.26%49
70Zimmermann1951:4643.50%24
71Hiller1911:47429.52%503
71Lindner1911:4747.39%94
73Naumann1881:48214.45%227
74Gerhardt1871:48415.06%243
74Helbig1871:48415.02%241
76Rothe1851:4909.69%140
76Scholz1851:4904.59%43
78Berger1821:4987.78%106
78Kaiser1821:4985.26%61
80Eichler1801:50321.66%390
80Fleischer1801:50315.50%261
82Schröder1761:5153.72%37
82Wunderlich1761:51520.21%371
84Fritzsche1741:52015.45%268
84Fröhlich1741:5208.80%134
86Baum1721:52711.47%197
86Löffler1721:5278.99%139
88Bräutigam1701:53315.45%280
89Pröhl1671:54277.67%1,610
90Gabler1661:54648.40%1,001
91Meyer1651:5492.64%18
92Rudolph1631:5565.77%79
92Schellenberg1631:55622.15%428
94Oehler1621:55923.68%461
95König1611:5622.31%15
96Beyer1601:5664.48%54
97Meinhardt1591:57014.11%267
98Kipping1581:57379.00%1,709
98Krüger1581:5735.60%80
100Götze1551:5849.54%170
100Saupe1551:58436.05%790
102Barth1541:5887.19%119
103Bock1511:6006.64%111
104Friedrich1491:6083.74%44
104Große1491:6087.39%130
106Thiele1461:6207.95%148
107Gräfe1451:62513.54%287
107Porzig1451:625100.00%2,285
109Ebert1431:6338.32%157
109Schäfer1431:6332.91%32
111Mehlhorn1421:63832.13%764
111Otto1421:6382.99%36
113Arnold1411:6425.17%86
113Hartmann1411:6422.61%25
115Haase1401:6476.43%116
116Hermann1391:6527.85%152
117Thomas1381:6565.60%99
118Zetzsche1361:66662.10%1,578
119Fiedler1351:6713.82%59
120Böhm1341:6764.29%68
120Dietze1341:67636.71%945
120Walter1341:6763.88%61
123Schwarz1301:6972.95%40
124Siegel1281:70813.60%331
124Starke1281:70819.57%492
126Dittrich1271:71310.85%258
126Heimer1271:71378.88%2,086
128Hußner1261:71998.44%2,538
129Heinrich1251:7246.41%136
130Schade1241:7307.41%164
130Schaller1241:73012.05%300
132Jakob1231:7367.77%180
132Mahn1231:73669.10%1,904
132Meister1231:7369.17%218
135Arndt1221:7428.73%211
136Klein1211:7483.48%60
136Opitz1211:74813.63%359
138Weise1201:7554.54%89
139Pohl1191:7615.42%114
140Kertscher1181:76767.05%1,914
141Pester1161:78169.05%2,002
142Keller1141:7947.59%195
143Engert1121:80969.57%2,086
144Meier1111:8164.63%100
145Menzel1101:8238.47%228
146Hahn1091:8313.30%65
146Kraus1091:8317.90%213
148Pfeifer1081:8395.38%131
149Bauch1071:84620.90%651
149Quellmalz1071:84698.17%2,896
151Bergner1061:8546.47%169
151Eichhorn1061:8544.48%104
151Mäder1061:85411.10%325
151Schirmer1061:8548.83%250
155Baumann1051:8625.06%126
155Herrmann1051:8622.31%38
157Kaufmann1031:8792.91%57
157Kretzschmar1031:87916.30%515
159Langer1021:8887.05%204
160Funke1011:8976.65%191
160Lippold1011:8978.31%246
162Jung1001:9062.77%52
162Lenk1001:90615.27%488
164Busch991:9156.12%173
164Thurm991:91535.23%1,226
166Meißner981:9244.89%132
167Koch971:9340.84%6
167Schuhknecht971:93484.35%2,770
169Fabian961:94337.65%1,347
169Göpel961:94315.61%529
169Steinert961:94314.08%467
169Wießner961:94368.09%2,342
173Martin931:9743.33%83
173Rieger931:97416.58%597
173Uhlig931:97416.55%595
176Enke911:99514.02%498
176Grimm911:9953.65%96
178Penndorf901:1,00660.00%2,218
178Schiller901:1,0068.04%271
178Speck901:1,00643.48%1,666
181Hummel891:1,01824.18%935
182Kirchner881:1,0291.73%29
182Schnelle881:1,02940.37%1,584
182Sporbert881:1,02990.72%3,169
185Kramer871:1,0415.70%190
185Wirth871:1,04111.21%404
187Döhler861:1,05319.50%765
187Fuchs861:1,0532.39%53
187Klöppel861:1,05326.96%1,086
187Sonntag861:1,05316.01%628
191Schuster851:1,0656.43%223
191Seiferth851:1,06533.86%1,371
191Seyfarth851:1,0654.58%145
194Jäger841:1,0782.19%46
194Ludwig841:1,0781.47%22
196Benndorf831:1,09147.98%1,950
196Peter831:1,0912.65%67
196Steinbach831:1,09113.54%536
199Jacob821:1,1044.85%161
199Piehler821:1,10421.75%911
199Schröter821:1,1042.72%72