Greatly expand your German research opportunities in just the time it takes to read the fourth edition of In Search of Your German Roots by Angus Baxter (Genealogical Publishing Co.). Whichever German-speaking area of Europe your family called home — from Liechtenstein to Lithuania — you'll get pointers on researching through traditional correspondence and e-mail, using the Internet and tapping resources at libraries, archives and churches. Baxter also covers the 1850-to-1934 Hamburg passenger lists, microfilmed Nazi files at the US National Archives, and digitized International Tracing Service records pertaining to Holocaust victims.

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