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Wisconsin
Marathon County Historical Society
Address: 410 McIndoe Street, Wausau, WI, 54403.- Tel: (715) 848-0378, call for an appointment.
Marathon County Courthouse
Address: 500 Forest Street, Wausau, WI, 54403. - Tel: (715) 261-1000 or (800) 236-0153 - Register of Deeds Office: (715) 261-1470 - Register of Probate Office: (715) 261-1260
Marathon County Public Library
Address: 300 North First Street, Wausau, WI, 54403. - Tel: (715) 261-7240 or (800) 236-0153 - Reference Desk: (715) 261-7230
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Address: 816 State Street, Madison, WI, 53706 - Tel: (608) 264-6400, Library: (608) 264-6535, Archives: (608) 264-6460
Wisconsin Historical Society (UW-Stevens Point ARC)
Area Research Center (ARC) at Stevens Point for Lincoln, Langlade, Marathon, Portage, Wood, Waupaca, Waushara, Adams and Juneau
Address: Room 506, Learning Resource Center, UW-Stevens Point
Tel: (715) 346-2586 - Always telephone ahead to verify hours.
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German & Pomeranian Genealogy
Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reiches
This is the most important of all German gazetteers. The goal of the Meyer's compilers was to list every place name in the German Empire (1871-1918). It gives the location, ie the state and other jurisdictions, where the civil registry office was and parishes if that town had them. It also gives lots of other information about each place. The only drawback to Meyer's is that if a town did not have a parish, it does not tell where the parish was, making reference to other works necessary.
Pommern History by Gene Maas
This site also has many photos, maps and other interesting artifacts to research. See the Table of Contents for more.
The Foundation for East European Family History Studies
FEEFHS defines Eastern Europe in the broadest, most inclusive manner, taking into consideration current and former political alliances as well as geographic designations.
Pomeranian Special Interest Group - Internet Sites
This is a brief listing of Internet sites from Die Pommerschen Leute (The Pomeranian People),
Heritage Societies
Maps
The Foundation for East European Family History Studies Map Library
Kartenmeister for West Prussia (and Ost/East Prussia) and Schlesien (Silesia). The maps are from the Ludwig Ravenstein series. His company made very detailed maps of the entire Prussian Empire for decades. The maps at the Kartenmeister site are from about 1905.
Ravenstein Atlas des Deutschen Reichs is relatively rare in libraries of the United States. Besides Germany, the maps of this atlas also cover the bordering portions of present-day Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, and Switzerland.
CompGen Interactive Name Distribution Map can be used to show where a particular surname occurs most frequently. The search works with either present-day (e.g. Polish) names or old German names. The map display is in present-day (Polish) terms.
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