Meyers-Ort Gazeteer, online (https://www.meyersgaz.org).: Our Family History

Short Title	Meyers-Ort Gazeteer, online (https://www.meyersgaz.org).
Source ID	S5773
Text	Meyers-Ort Gazeteer, online; Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs, 1912. (https://www.meyersgaz.org).
Linked to (1)	Frederick August HENSCHKE

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Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs. 5th edition. Uetrecht, E. (Erich) Leipzig and Wien: Bibliographisches Institut, 1912.
This is the most important of all German gazetteers. The goal of the Meyer’s compilers was to list every place name in the German Empire (1871-1918). It gives the location, i.e. the state and other jurisdictions, where the civil registry office was and parishes if that town had them. It also gives lots of other information about each place. The only drawback to Meyer’s is that if a town did not have a parish, it does not tell where the parish was, making reference to other works necessary.