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IAQ Question: Re the Ahnenstammkartei reference text, you state: "Because of the
extensive length of the computer CD-ROM summary, the Register to the Ahnenstammkartei Des
Deutschen Volkes is being published as a reference text." Tell me more...
Answer: "Yes. It is a detailed directory of all the microfilm reels. But it is not an
everyname index, which could easily exceed 20,000 pages. This register is a virtual
pre-requisite to being able to effectively use this massive pedigree collection."
IAQ Question: How do I order it? And does this "reference text" include the
explanations necessary to convert one's name into the "Soundex-like" version, and other
explanatory information otherwise found on FHL microfilm found in the English-language
"introduction"?
Answer: While the full summary of all 1,221 reels is extensive on the FHLC CD ROM,
the Germanic Soundex-like conversion is on the first part of the first reel. Thus you don't really have
to buy the book if you have reasonable access to the computer or fiche version of the FHLC at your
nearby FHC and only have a surname or two to search for. However to use the Ahnenstammkartei
collection extensively, it is very useful to have Tom Edlund's book available.
While a copy of this book can be found at the reference desk of the FHL (Level
B-1) and in the stacks at the Sacramento Multi-Regional FHC (Eastern Avenue),
it is currently thought to be out of print. The first edition was published by
theGermanic Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 16312,
St. Paul, Minnesota 55116-0312.
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