The two Usenet newsgroups of interest to German genealogists
    are soc.genealogy.german and de.sci.genealogie.

    If you are trying to understand something, find a resource, get
    advice, or find relatives, post to soc.genealogy.german.

    If you prefer to read German-language postings only, then read
    de.sci.genealogie.

    Soc.genealogy.german is an unmoderated Usenet news group for queries
    and discussion of all matters relating to German genealogy.  "German"
    here refers to language, and thus explicitly includes German, German-
    American, Austrian, Swiss, Alsatian, Luxembourger, Liechtensteiner
    and Eastern European German genealogy.  The newsgroup is available at
      <news:soc.genealogy.german>
    and its original charter can be found at
      <http://www.genealogy.net/faqs/cfv>
    When posting, only simple text should be used; MIME, HTML, enclosures,
    binaries, and pictures should be avoided.  Commercial postings
    should go to soc.genealogy.marketplace, not soc.genealogy.german.  New
    posters automagically receive a warm and informative welcome e-mail.

    For those without news access, soc.genealogy.german is mirrored to
    e-mail lists in digest, message, and index mode.  Subscription requests
    should be sent to GEN-DE-D-request@rootsweb.com if you want individual
    postings combined into circa 32KB digests as MIME attachments (normal
    digest mode), to GEN-DE-NMD-request@rootsweb.com if you want the 32KB
    digests sent as one long message (non-MIME digest mode), to
    GEN-DE-L-request@rootsweb.com if you want messages sent individually
    (mail mode), or to GEN-DE-I-request@rootsweb.com if you want only
    message subject lines in a daily index (index mode).  Put the word
    "subscribe" in the message body, no quotes.  You will receive a
    confirmation and additional instructions.  To unsubscribe, send the
    message "unsubscribe" instead, with no quotes, to the request address
    for which you are subscribed, from the account that is subscribed.
    Postings by e-mail (not subscription requests) go to
    GEN-DE-L@rootsweb.com.  See also
      <http://www.genealogy.net/misc/listserv-e.html>

    The gen-de archives from 8 Dec 1995 onwards may be searched online at
      <http://searches.rootsweb.com/gen-de.html>
    Postings may also be viewed online in threaded format at
      <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEN-DE/>
    There have been short periods when the gen-de to soc.genealogy.german
    mirror has failed, resulting in the existence of a few messages only
    in the newsgroup and others only in the e-mail lists.  Thus you may
    also wish to consult a Usenet archive such as Google.com:
      <soc.genealogy.german">http://groups.google.com/groups?group=soc.genealogy.german>

    Soc.genealogy.surnames.german was an automoderated Usenet newsgroup
    with strict subject line requirements.  It has not functioned since
    22 June 2000.  Its archives are still useful, however.  See
      <http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/>

    De.sci.genealogie is an unmoderated German-language-only Usenet
    newsgroup for genealogy and related subjects, regardless of
    geographical region or ethnicity.

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