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German genealogical societies often don't care to have overseas members, because they
join foronly ayearor so, and cause the societiesalotof transacrioncosts whenthey don't
renew their subscriptions on time.
There is an umbrella organization (the DAGV) in whose lists of members you will find
the addresses and particulars of regional genealogical societies.
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Ruth Hoevel (comp.). Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft genealogischer VerWe (4.). I
Mirgliederverreichnis 1980 und Sarzung, Akmelle Themen zur Genealogie. 9
(Neustadt: Degener 1980).
All inquiries addressed to DAGV will be passed on tothe appropriate regional sociev,
although you must count on some delay.
(d) Archives
The main function of archives is organizing their documents and looking after the people
whocome mlook atthedocuments. Nonnally archivcs will answer written inquiriesonly i
with information about what documents they have; they undertake only limited research I
jobs, and are expensive.
Addresses and information about archives can be found in thc following books:
Minerva Handbflcher Archive. Archive imdeutschspmchigenRam. 2nd ed. 2 vols.
(Bcrlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1974). - Contains the addresses and
information about the holdings oi all archives in the German-speaking area.
Wolfgang Rihk, Eckan Hennmg. Tarchenbu<h/rcr t'oN'lrengrs<hi~hrr-p,whmg.
9th ed. rNcustadt. Deeensr. 1980.1 - R, 359-400 contaln the aJdrcssr, of the
archivesin Germany. kustria and Switzerland.
Clifford Neal Smith. Anna Piszczan-CzajaSmith, American GenealogicalResources
in Germnn Archives (AGRIGA): A Handbook. (Munchen: Verlag Dohmentation,
1977.) -Descriptionsofthedocuments relating toemigration in the West German
archives.
(e)Privatelocal genealogists(oftenretiredpeop1e) canbevery helpfuland oftenaskonly
for reimbursement of their expenses or a amall fee. Their names and addresses can be
obtained from parish offices, regional genealogical mieties, and from the following
publications:
Johann Glenzdorf (4.). Gienzdnrfs Intemrio~Ies Genealogen-Lerikon. 3rd ed.
(Bad Munder am Dcister: Wilhelm Rost, 1984.) -A list of German genealogists
with derails of their research areas.
Familientundliche Nachrichfen (a journal published every two months by Verlag
Degener, Postfach 1340,8530NeustadtfAisch, West Germany), consistingonly of
advertisements and read by almost all German genealogists.
(0 God profess~onal genealogrsrs are rwamptd u lth requcstr and nard lo find Some (a
very few) profewiondsjun seegenealogical workasa ua) of mhgaqu~ck Deutschmark.
(g) One-name societies are not as eornmon in Gemny as in America: you can find them
in the same way as you find genealogists (see above) or in the following book:
Heinz F. Friederichs, Familie~rchive in offenflichemdprivatem Besirz. Vol. 2.
Genealogische Informationen, 6. (Neustadt: Degener, 1977.) - Acmally a list of
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family archives, bur also contains many addresses of one-name societies.
(h) All you can expect from a library is toget photocopies from journals and bwks if you
can tell them title and page numbers.
(i) Anexcellent source of German genealogical addresses and information is the following
book:
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