THE GERMAN RESEARCH COMPANION is a one-of-a-kind reference work created to meet the needs of researchers into German family history & culture. It is designed for German family historians to carry in their research bags, to consult in preparation for a research trip, & to determine "where to look next." This big book covers just about every facet of knowledge relating to German family history research - the only collection of its kind to be published between the covers of one book. The numerous & diverse topics in the COMPANION, organized almanac-style, include dates; tables & charts; microfilm numbers; chronologies; German, Latin & French research vocabularies; glossaries; archive addresses; abbreviation keys; military resource lists; holdings of special libraries; German correspondence aids; family relationship terminologies; help with the old German script; religious faith resources; locality aids; historical jurisdictions; resource lists; bibliographies; German-focused libraries & institutions; aids for solving calendar problems; special directories; & much more. Because many German family historians must make use of records in the United States in order to determine the immigrant ancestor's place of origin, the book also provides considerable information about United States resources.