Thuringia (Thüringen), Germany Genealogy

Go to one of the following articles to learn how to search for your family that lived in Thuringia (Thüringen). Germany was unified into the German Empire in 1871. This Research Wiki, the FamilySearch Catalog, and FamilySearch Historical Records are organized by the localities and place names as of 1871. In 1871, the area of the modern state of Thuringia (Thüringen) belonged to: Reuss Elder Line (ältere Linie), German Empire Genealogy Reuss Younger Line (jüngere Linie), German Empire Genealogy Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg), German Empire Genealogy Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha), German Empire Genealogy Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen), German Empire Genealogy Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach), German Empire Genealogy Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German Empire Genealogy Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, German Empire Genealogy The Thuringian States in the 1871 German Empire For a larger map, click here. For the best information on which of these small states your ancestors' town was in, find the town in Meyer's 1871 Gazetteer Online.