Resources

Joy Erickson of Sarasota, Florida goes over family history with a resident of her ancestral town in Germany.

Genealogy Related Sites

Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet -- Cyndi features thousands of links to genealogical web sites. A great starting point for the beginner or a source of new information for the experienced researcher.

Out of print books, hard to find published genealogies and detailed, high quality historic map reproductions and much more. Visit the online store for Martlet Books and Jonathan Sheppard here.

Barnette's Family Tree Bookstore -- you can order books and have them sent to you from my friend Mic's huge inventory.

Family Tree Magazine -- A high quality magazine that featured an article about European Focus Private Tours in their June, 2000 issue. Back copies can be ordered from the magazine's publishers.

German Life Magazine -- user of European Focus photography.

Restoration of heirloom photographs by Just Black and White

Family History Magazine -- formerly Evertons Genealogical Helper

National Archives and Records Administration

National Genealogical Society (NGS)

Swedish Genealogy

Czech Republic web sites, for help in researching Bohemia and Moravia and more.

The Poland site is very helpful, especially in helping you translate the old German name of a town to the current-day Polish name.

Italian Genealogy Home page

Palatines to America Home page

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild -- This web site is really fascinating. It's not only packed with information about ship's passenger lists and the like, but it also features a wonderful link to online dictionaries in many European languages that is very easy to use.

Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE) -- This web page is devoted to the study of those people with German ancestry (generally of the Lutheran, Baptist, or Catholic faiths) who lived in present-day Poland (including those lands known previously as West and East Prussia, Posen, Silesia, and Pomerania), and also those people who lived in the western part of present-day Ukraine, in the old pre-World War II province of Volhynia.

Finding Your German Ancestors -- an interesting and helpful article that everyone doing German research can benefit from.

Resources for German Genealogy on the Internet from German Roots

The pulpit in the church of Scherneck, Germany.

Top German Sites

Professional Genealogy Researchers

Research in Italy -- This is the web site for Giulio C. Salemme, acclaimed researcher with a long track record of success. We've personally worked with him on several projects. Giulio lives in La Spezia, in northern Italy, but he works throughout the mainland. Giulio speaks English.

The ProGenealogists research group researching at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Simple record searches, ancestry research, immigration research.

Professional Services

Chapters from BioFiles Create a Personal Biography. Your words, your voice, your photographs, your home movies, combined into permanent, user-friendly CD-ROM format. Leave a legacy your descendants will treasure!

German Research -- specifically in Baden-Württemberg, e-mail Brigitte Burkett, C.G.R.S.

Professional translations of Polish and other Slavic languages. Dorota Rzymska, Ph.D., P.O. Box 34-1197, Los Angeles, CA 90034

Professional translations of German to English and vice versa, Petra Haynes, German Language Communications at 6556 Odell Street, St. Louis, MO 63139 (636) 451-5115 or fax (636) 451-5594. They also have a web site.

Sites Worth Exploring

Find Towns Anywhere in the World

Interactive Currency Table -- convert dollars to Deutschmarks or a wide variety of other World currencies. Very easy to use.

German Post -- a good site in case you are looking for people in Germany with your surname.

Colleagues

The Night Watchman of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

"European Focus lives up to all the promises made, including visiting the churches where ancestors worshipped, the charming villages that show us how they lived, plus the delightful experiences in historic hotels and restaurants."
— Clara Harsh, Ohio

"We have gone on several package tours to Europe, they cannot even begin to compare with the attention and detail that Jim goes through to provide a most pleasant trip."
— Bob and Marlene Rokicki, Michigan

"Traveling with Jim is like traveling with your best friend plus with his knowledge, expertise, and language skills you see more and learn more. You can't find a better way to travel."
— Ralph & Marge Kroehler, Illinois

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— Nancy Sauers, California

"We saw and did things we never imagined were possible, and we were truly spoiled the entire trip. The only problem with James is that he did such a great job, we would not want to travel again without him."
— Pete and Judy Hildebrandt, Oregon