I had a request for help from a researcher recently and thought the
following might also be of interest to those on this mailing list:
The University of Wisconsin has on their website a fully scanned copy of
Atlas des Deutschen Reichs [Atlas of the German Empire] by Ludwig
Ravenstein (Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1883)
<
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/#Overview>. It is a good
resource, but be forewarned, the pages seem to load very slowly.
Another site that may be of value to you, in your searches for Prussian and
German place names, is Kartenmeister (
www.kartenmeister.com) a database of
Prussian place names (including both German and Polish place names).
There is also a resource on the Marquette County pages for those who are
somewhat new to Prussian genealogy, written by Daryl Weishaar and myself:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/prusinfo.html We do not claim to know
everything there is to know about German genealogy but have tried to
produce a brief "Prussia 101" overview to help you in your search. At the
end of the article a number of helpful resources are listed to assist you
in learning more about Prussian history and geography.
Joan
Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm
and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm
"Remember me in the family tree -- my name, my days, my strife; Then I'll
ride upon the wings of time and live an endless life."
(Goetsch)