Research links for Saxony (Sachsen)

Note: There are three different states in Germany with the word Saxony in their name.

The German word is Sachsen. The there states are Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, including the Kingdoms of Hannover, Brunswick or Braunschweig, Oldenburg, and Schaumburg). It is important to locate the correct "Saxony" for your ancestors.

This page also lists links for Thuringia and the Kingdoms of Reuss.

Comprehensive list of towns in Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, and Thuringia

NEW: SAXONY ROOTS AT:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~saxonyroots/

• Saxon Genealogy
• Saxony and Its History
• Photograph Album of Saxony
• Dresden
• Genealogie: Sachsen
  in German language only
  ask Richard if you need help
• The Free State of Saxony
• Universität Leipzig
• Sachsen Ahnenforschungs-Forum
  Saxon Ancestor Forum: in German,
  but you can post in English
• HJG: Genealogy in Saxony
  English language discussion list for Saxony research
• Sächsische Landesbibliothek
• Stadtbibliothek Chemnitz
• Leipziger Volkzeitung
  Leipzig People's Newpaper
• Other Links for Saxony
  Most of these are in the German language

Sachsen Anhalt

• Sachsen Anhalt at World GenWeb
• Sachsen Anhalt Message Board at Rootsweb
• Genealogie: Sachsen-Anhalt
• Anhalt
• History of Anhalt
• Genealogy and the Hessian Soldier
  with a discussion of soldiers from Brunswick and Anhalt-Zerbst,
  some of whom settled in Canada.
• The Prussian Province of Saxony

Niedersachsen

• Genealogical Society of Lower Saxony
• Genealogy: Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
  Niedersachsen is also called Hannover
• HANNOVER GEMEINDE INDEX
  Background and Index
  covering Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, called Hannover)
  Braunschweig (Brunswick), Schamburg-Lippe
  and Oldenburg from Volume X of the
  Atlantic Bridge to Germany
• Forschungsstelle Deutsche Auswanderer in den USA - Dausa
  Immigration Society for Niedersachsen
• Jüdischen Gemeinden in Niedersachsen und Bremen
• Diocese Archive of Osnabrueck
• Landeskirchliches Archiv Wolfenbüttel
• Landeskirchliche Archiv ist das zentrale Archiv der Ev.- luth. Landeskirche Hannovers
• Die niedersächsische Archivverwaltung
• Niedersächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv in Hannover
• Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv in Bückeburg
• Online index of emigration documents in the state archives of Hannover,
  Osnabrueck and Wolfenbuettel near Braunschweig
• Schaumburg-Lippe
• Bueckeburg
• History of the Jewish Community in Bueckeburg
• Stadthagen
• Schaumburg- Lippischer Heimatverein
• Genealogie im Oldenburger Münsterland

Thuringia and Reuss

The Modern State of Thuringia

Thuringia at World GenWeb

Thuringia message board at Ancestry.com

Thuringian Tourism and Genealogy

Genealogy and Tourism in Erfurt

Thuringia at genealogienetz.de

Landkreis Nordhausen

The Kingdoms of Reuss

Reuss-Gera and Reuss-Greiz

Royal Flag of Thuringia