European Resources in the Genealogy & Local History Room

Europe -- General Sources
Following the paper trail : a multilingual translation guide

In search of your European roots : a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in every country in Europe


Where once we walked : a guide to the Jewish communities destroyed in the holocaust

Austria
Handy guide to Austrian genealogical records

Belgium
Searching for Flemish (Belgian) ancestors

Czech Republic
Genealogical research for Czech and Slovak Americans

Denmark
The beginner's guide to Danish genealogical research

The Danish genealogical helper

Genealogical guidebook & atlas of Denmark

Finland
The beginner's guide to Finnish genealogical research

Finnish genealogical research

Germany
Address book for Germanic genealogy

American genealogical resources in German archives

Ancestors in German archives : a guide to family history sources

The Atlantic bridge to Germany

Encyclopedia of German-American genealogical research

German-English genealogical dictionary

A guide to olde German handwriting of the mid-1800's

If I can, you can decipher Germanic records

In search of your German roots : a complete guide to tracing your ancestors in the Germanic areas of Europe

Map guide to German parish registers

The Mecklenburg genealogical handbook

Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs (German gazetteer)

Pomerania : Atlantic bridge to Germany

Hungary
Genealogical gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary

Ireland
Basic guide to Irish records for family history

Clans and families of Ireland and Scotland : an ethnography of the Gael, A.D. 500-1750 

Erin's sons : Irish arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1863

Families of County Cork, Ireland : over one thousand entries from the Archives of the Irish Genealogical Foundation

Irish genealogy : a record finder

A new genealogical atlas of Ireland

General alphabetical index to the townlands and towns, parishes, and baronies of Ireland : based on the census of Ireland for the year 1851

The Scotch-Irish

Scotch-Irish family research made simple

Italy
Finding Italian roots : the complete guide for Americans

Italian genealogical records : how to use Italian civil, ecclesiastical & other records in family history research

Our Italian surnames

Netherlands
Scots-Dutch links in Europe and America, 1575-1825

Norway
Genealogical maps & guide to the Norwegian parish registers

Norwegian connections : from Arctic fjord to American prairie

Poland
Going home : a guide to Polish-American family history research

In their words : a genealogist's translation guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian documents. Volume one, Polish

Polish roots = Korzenie polskie

Polish surnames : origins & meanings

Pomerania : Atlantic bridge to Germany 

A translation guide to 19th-century Polish-language civil-registration documents : including birth, marriage and death records

Romania
Romanians in the United States and Canada : a guide to ancestry and heritage research

Russia
In their words : a genealogist's translation guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian documents. Volume two, Russian

Slovakia
Genealogical research for Czech and Slovak Americans

Spain
Hispanic American genealogical sourcebook

Switzerland
Tracing your Swiss roots

Ukraine
Ukrainian genealogy : a beginner's guide

United Kingdom & British Isles
A beginner's guide to British reference works

Clans and families of Ireland and Scotland : an ethnography of the Gael, A.D. 500-1750 

A genealogical gazetteer of England; an alphabetical dictionary of places, with their location, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, population, and the date of the earliest entry in the registers of every ancient parish in England

Genealogical research in England's Public Record Office : a guide for North Americans

A genealogist's guide to discovering your English ancestors : How to find and record your unique heritage
How to locate and use manorial records

Huguenot and Scots links 1575-1775

Marriage, census, and other indexes for family historians

Record offices : how to find them

The roll of Battle Abbey

Scots-Dutch links in Europe and America, 1575-1825

Scottish ancestry : research methods for family historians