Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Rhineland – Trier & Kingdom of Bavaria, Province of the Pfalz, by Kevan Hansen, 293 pp.

 

Volume 13 of the German Map Guide series was published in June 2007. Written in English by Kevan Hansen, the volume, listing 4,200 places, was principally written to help family historians resolve where their family may have gone to church – and left vital records behind that may be seen today (many available on Family History Library microfilm). This is the thirteenth of a series of 45 volumes, covering all of Germany. The series is ongoing. Note that Rhineland in its entirety is covered in three volumes. The Pfalz (Palatinate) is included in this volume with Rhineland, since its geographic location is such that it made more sense to include it with Rhineland than Bavaria. The Rhineland Trier portion of the book includes 2,505 places, while the Bavarian Province of the Pfalz includes 1,695 places. Even the smallest places are listed in this series – some with as little population as one person! These places are as of about 1870. If the place existed prior to that date, it will most likely be listed. If the place was named after that date, the chances drop.

Each volumes of the series does the following:

There are three volumes that cover all of Rheinland - Rhineland. Volume 11 covers Regierungsbezirks Aachen & Düsseldorf; Volume 12 covers Regierungsbezirks Köln & Koblenz; while Volume 13 covers Regierungsbezirk Trier as well as Kingdom of Bavaria, Province of the Pfalz (Palatinate).

For detailed information about the Map Guide to German Parish Registers series, see www.GermanMapGuide.com

The following is a partial index to this book - from Aach through Heilbach. For some reason, the Website is truncating my indexes and I haven't yet figured out a fix. However, full indexes are available at the German Map Guide website. To search the index for Rhineland Trier, go to: GermanMapGuide - Rhineland II-Trier for the full index. To search the Palatinate (Pfalz), go to: GermanMapGuide - Rhineland II - Trier for the full index. In those indexes will be found all the towns located in these areas including those from letter H through Z not included in the following index.