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Presenter: Charlotte Noelle Champenois

In U.S. family history research, the first record to turn to is the census. The same does not hold true in German research, but censuses were taken in Germany as well?and about half of these records still exist. Of the thirty-eight states of the German Empire, every single one has conducted censuses. Dr. Roger P. Minert?s book German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, and How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource, published in 2016, helps identify which German states have censuses from which years. Learn how to locate existing German census records, including what German words and phrases to look up when in search of German census records (the variety will surprise you!).