http://archive.archivauskunft.de historical research service in Berlin Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:46:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a tip of the month in 2004 we've drawn your attention to the print and CD-Rom edition of a geographic dictionary for the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries (Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich). Meanwhile 15 volumes of the print edition are available online at ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/geographical-dictionary-eastern-europe/ Spines of early prints at Thurn und Taxis Hofbibliothek Regensburg (Foto: A. Genest) Published annually from 1785 onwards until 1944 by Justus Perthes Publishing House in Gotha the Almanach de Gotha (Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender) was regarded as an authority in the classification of monarchies, ducal houses, families of former rulers, and ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/almanach-the-gotha/ The Jewish collections departement at the Library of Johann Christian Senckenberg University in Frankfurt a. M. in cooperation with the Library of Germania Judaica in Cologne developed a fulltext database of Jewish periodicals, which are a rich source for research in the field of Judaism in the modern era. ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/compact-memory/ The online database Berlin-Bibliography, which is provided by the Center of Berlin Studies at the Central and Regional Library Berlin, contains bibliographical references to literature (monographs and articles) about Berlin from 1985 onwards. Predecessors of this database are printed series, that were published in both parts of the divided city ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/berlin-bibliography/ Historical adress books are an important reference for research in the field of regional, social and economic history as well as for genealogy. Libraries, archives and non profit-projects make these sources accessible for online use. We would like to draw attention to the Breslau Address Book from 1935, which is ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/breslau-address-book-1935/ The Munich Digitisation Centre (MDZ) handles the digitisation and online publication of the cultural heritage preserved by the Bavarian State Library and by other institutions. It provides one of the largest and fastest growing digital collections in Germany. The Digital Collections reflect the traditional special collection ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/munich-digitisation-centre/ At the occasion of the upcoming "Tag der Archive" several German archives open their doors to the public on the first weekend in march (6-7 March 2010). This years motto is "In Search of Clues". But also on weekdays it is possible to visit guided tours and exibitions featuring treasures ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/5th-open-door-day-in-german-archive/ OAIster provides access to free academic content like digitized books, articles, audio & video files, photographic images, theses and research papers. It has grown to become one of the world's largest aggregations of records pointing to open archive collections with more than 23 million records contributed by over 1,100 institutions ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/oaister/ The “Biographical Portal” is a cooperative project of the Bavarian State Library, the Historical Committee at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Foundation Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. A joint index makes available the following biographical dictionaries: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2010/biographical-portal/ Technical support: Nico Knoll Foto: Wikimedia Commons, GNU-Licence , Author: OTFW Berlin's white-blue plaques commemorate a link between a certain location and a notable person or an event. The current scheme was founded in 1987, in the run-up to the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The plates are designed by Wieland Schütz and ... http://archive.archivauskunft.de/2009/advent-riddle-berlin-commemorative-plaques/