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$34.95 plus $4.90 p&h; Visa
and MC accepted on the website;
library purchase orders
also accepted at the website.
This volume is also produced
in a hardbound edition at
$65—see the website for details
and ordering. There is a
town index at the website—just type the name of
your town in the search engine to find its location.
Published by Family Roots Publishing Company,
Volume 14 of the German Map Guide series was published
in the summer of 2007. Written in English
by Kevan Hansen, the volume, listing 1,872 Unterfranken
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 14th of a series of
45 volumes, covering all of Germany. The series is
still in process. Note that Bavaria (including the
Pfalz, found in the Rhineland III Volume 13 book) is
covered in its entirety in nine volumes, plus an index
(Map Guides 13 through 23). 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:
• Identifies the parish where an ancestor worshipped
based on where they lived.
• Gives the FHL microfilm number for the family’s
parish records. However, it should be noted
that very few of the Bavarian records have been
filmed, so not many FHL film numbers are
given.
• Identifies nearly every city, town, and place that
included residents.
• Visually identifies church parishes for Lutherans
& Catholics in each district.
• Identifies adjoining parishes in case an ancestor
attended an alternate parish.
• Aids in area searches, particularly across district
or regional borders.
• Provides visual identification of search areas in
which to look for a family.
• Helps in determining proximity of one area to
another.
• Aids in determining reasonable distances of
travel from one area to another.
• Identifies population centers in each parish.
• Identifies archives, repositories, and other
resources.
• Aids in identification of the location of minority
religions.
Map Guide to German Parish
Registers Volume 15—Kingdom
of Bavaria II—Oberfranken
By Kevan M. Hansen; 2007;
228 pp; softbound; indexed;
Item # FR0029; ISBN: 978-1-
933194-18-9. Order from the
publisher at: Family Roots
Publishing Co., PO Box 830,
Bountiful, UT 84011; 801-
992-3705; Fax: 815-642-0103;
www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/product
view.
phpid=27; $34.95 plus $4.90
p&h; Visa and MC accepted on the website; library
purchase orders also accepted at the website. This
volume is also produced in a hardbound edition at
$65—see the website for details and ordering. There
is a town index at the website—just type the name of
your town in the search engine to find its location.
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