The Family Tree Historical Atlas of Germany

by James M. Beidler

Delve into your German heritage! With these 100-plus full-color maps, you can view German border changes throughout the centuries, allowing you to find your German hometown and records of your German ancestors.

Genres: Reference, History, Nonfiction, Germany, Historical, Maps

240 pages, Hardcover

Published June 18, 2019

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought I'd check this out. I'm not currently researching my German ancestors but I still like maps. This book has plenty of old maps to look at, plus a timeline.

[Linda Hartlaub · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love maps! I love scanning them, finding odd town names, seeing the rivers and railroads, finding towns where my ancestors lived. James Biedler has comprised a book that includes maps from the 6th century (not too accurate when Vienna is West of Italy) to present day, maps in English and German, maps that show the language distribution over present-day Germany, religious distribution, topographic and political. All of these maps are paired with the history of Germany from small independent states and duchies to the major political force that is Germany today.

A great book for genealogists, history buffs and cartophiles.

[Fred Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reference book. If you are looking for old maps and political boundaries (which are complex to say the least) for Germany, this is for you. Condenses quite a bit of history into a small space. A good starting point but you may need more detail.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve gone from knowing nothing to having a faint clue! So intricate is German history that the best I could do was connect with scanty terms from friends, other reading, and international historic news since the 50s. This is a huge help with finding ancestors.

[Marcy Kludt Belles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference book to have for genealogical research of German ancestry.

[Jane Irish Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This profusely illustrated book details the development of the areas of Europe that were to become the modern state of Germany, as well as other counties with a strong element of German population. My only quibble is that there is very little coverage of Schleswig-Holstein, where some of my ancestors came from.

[Darlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Was able to answer some questions I had about places that kept changing their names throughout the 19th and 20th centuries!