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introduction
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Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern, is a state of Germany,
located in the southeast of Germany. Bavaria's capital and largest city is Munich,
the third largest city in Germany. One of
the oldest states of Europe, it was established as a duchy in the mid first millennium. In the 17th century, the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Kingdom of Bavaria existed from 1806 to 1918, and Bavaria has since
been a free state (republic). Modern Bavaria also includes parts of the
historical regions of Franconia and Swabia. Bavaria
shares international borders with Austria
and the Czech Republic as well as with Switzerland
(across Lake Constance). Because all of these countries are part of the Schengen Area, the
border is completely open. Neighbouring states
within Germany are Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Thuringia
and Saxony.
Two major rivers flow through the state, the Danube (Donau) and the Main. The Bavarian Alps
define the border with Austria, (including the Austrian federal-states of
Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Salzburg) and within the range is the highest peak in
Germany, the Zugspitze. The Bavarian Forest and the Bohemian Forest form the vast majority of the frontier with the
Czech Republic and Bohemia. The major cities in Bavaria are Munich (München), Nuremberg
(Nürnberg), Augsburg, Regensburg, Würzburg, Ingolstadt, Fürth and Erlangen. |
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Surname
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The following are
surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having
been either born, married or
died in this ancestral location. Names in dark red
denote direct ancestral lines. |
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Arnold; Dellinger;
Katterman |
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Click on this link to find out more about each surname listed
above as well as other surnames found within our three family databases. |
This link will also lead you to surname resources at Rootsweb, and information about
the world-wide distribution of a surname. |
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Use this free genealogy site to help
you get the best
genealogy searches from Google™ by using
your family tree, for your research. It will create
a series of different searches using tips or
"tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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Click
on the LINK to the right to see more
information about the World distribution of any surname. You can get greater |
detail
for any of the maps by clicking on the area, i.e
state, county that you are interested in. |
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Use the “verwandt.de“ LINK to find specific information about the distribution of
over one million names in Germany. A color-coded map showing all of the
districts (kries) in Germany will |
display the absolute distribution of names in a county, as well as the relative
distribution of that name indicating how many persons there are in proportion
to the population of a county. |
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research location
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1 = Dillingen;
2 = Erlangen-Höchstadt See Below
For Complete Listing Of Numbered Districts. |
Our Ancestral Districts
The following named districts are associated
with the history of our DIRECT ancestors. To select a specific ancestral county, go
to our ANCESTRAL
LOCATIONS home page. Here you will
find additional links to our district pages where you can obtain information
about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in
our database, who have lived in the selected district. To find out more about
each county listed here use the following LINK |
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County Research
(General)
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Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project
based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on a Link
(below) will take you to the Wikipedia article about the county. Here you will find additional links to
guide the user to related pages with additional information. |
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Landkreise/kreisfreie cities
These administrative regions consist of 71 administrative districts (called Landkreise, singular Landkreis) and 25 independent cities (kreisfreie Städte, singular kreisfreie Stadt). |
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Regierungsbezirke
(administrative regions)
Administrative Regions of Bavaria Bavaria is divided into 7 administrative regions called Regierungsbezirke (singular Regierungsbezirk). 1. Upper Franconia (German: Oberfranken) 2. Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken) 3. Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) 4. Swabia (Schwaben) 5. Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz) 6. Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern) 7. Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) These
administrative regions consist of 71 administrative districts (called Landkreise, singular Landkreis) and 25 independent
cities (kreisfreie Städte,
singular kreisfreie Stadt). |
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Bezirke
Bezirke (districts) are the third communal layer in Bavaria; the others are the Landkreise and the Gemeinden or Städte. The Bezirke in Bavaria are territorially identical with the Regierungsbezirke (e.g. Regierung von Oberbayern), but are a different form of administration, having their own parliaments, etc. |
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Gazetteer
of Places
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The following Links will take you to
gazetteers that identify places within this ancestral location. These resources feature profiles of cities,
towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions.
In addition this site contains maps, data and directions for a wide
variety of physical, cultural and historic features. |
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· Geographical features in Bavaria |
· Cities and Communes in Bavaria ·
Bavaria Maps,
Atlases & Gazetteers |
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Where in the World are My
Ancestors?
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Resources which enhance
our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as their names. The LINK |
to the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and
other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering Ancestral
Locations. |
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Internet resources
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The Google search engine button
and following web sites
may provide you with |
additional information to assist with your research about this Ancestral
Location. |
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Germany Research – Genealogy.net ·
German Genealogy Resources – Genealoger ·
German Genealogy & Family History Resources ·
Online German Genealogy
Records & Databases ·
German Genealogy Resources
on the Internet ·
Basic Research Outline for
German Genealogy ·
Historical
Record Search: Germany ·
German
Genealogy Info. & Resources |
· SGGEE -German genealogy in eastern Europe ·
Ancestry.com Germany Data Base
Collections($) ·
World Archives Project:
Deutsche Artikel ·
German Genealogy by MyGenealogist.com · German Genealogy - Yahoo discussion group |
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Locality
Specific Resources
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Bavaria
Genealogy – Looking for
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Genealogy
Reference Library
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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This Link will take you to our |
collections of reference
books. |
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About thiswebpage
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CONTACT INFORMATION -- Email us with your comments or questions. We do like to hear from others who are researching the same people and
surnames. We need your help to keep growing!
So please Email us your photos, stories,
and other appropriate information about this topic. RULES OF USE We only ask that if you
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