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 If you believe a marriage took place but cannot find a marriage record, search records that indicate the couple's “intent to marry.” Various records may have been created to show a couple's intent to marry:
-*'''Proclamations'''[Aufgebote or Eheverkündigungen] were made a few weeks before a couple planned to marry. The couple may have been required to announce their intentions in order to give other community members the opportunity to object to the marriage.
+*'''Proclamations&nbsp;'''[Aufgebote or Eheverkündigungen] were made a few weeks before a couple planned to marry. The couple may have been required to announce their intentions in order to give other community members the opportunity to object to the marriage.
 *'''Marriage Supplements''' [Heiratsbeilagen] were often filed by the bride or groom to support their marriage application. Information included may document their births, their parents' deaths, and the groom's release from military service. Sometimes the records contain information about earlier generations.
 *'''Contracts'''[Ehekontrakte] are documents created to protect legal rights and property of spouses. These may give the same information as the marriage supplements noted above. They also list property and are usually found in court records rather than in civil registration records.
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 === Locating Civil Registration Records  ===
-Civil registration records are kept at the local civil registration office [Standesamt]. You must therefore determine the town where your ancestor lived before you can find the records. In a few places, such as Detmold and Speyer, duplicates have been gathered into a central archive.
+Civil registration records were kept at the local civil registration office (Standesamt). To find the records, you need to first determine the town where your ancestor lived, then determine the location of the civil registration office for that town. &nbsp;The civil registration office may have been located in the same town or,&nbsp;for smaller towns and villages, the civil records may have been kept in a larger nearby town. Use gazetteers to help identify the place where your ancestor lived and the civil registration office that served it (see [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany_Gazetteers Germany Gazetteers]).&nbsp;Large cities often have many civil registration districts. City directories can sometimes help identify which civil registration district a person lived in. &nbsp;
-If your ancestor lived in a small village, the civil records may have been kept in a larger nearby town. You may need to use gazetteers and other geographic references to identify the place where your ancestor lived and the civil registration office that served it (see [[Germany Gazetteers|Germany Gazetteers]]). You also need to know at least an approximate year in which the birth, marriage, or death of your ancestor occurred.
+Most civil registers are still located at the local civil registration offices, but some are collected in city or state archives.<br>
-Large cities often have many civil registration districts. City directories can sometimes help identify which civil registration district a person lived in. The Family History Library Catalog lists books showing registration districts for street addresses in Berlin, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Breslau, and Stettin.
+==== Records on FamilySearch Microfilm ====
-=== Records from Towns now in Poland  ===
+FamilySearch has microfilmed many civil registration records. &nbsp;To find civil registration records in the Family History Library Catalog, search the Place Search under:
-Extracts of German records requested from towns now in Poland will be written in Polish. Addresses of civil registration offices in formerly German areas of Poland, along with an inventory of available German civil registration records, are found in:<br>Brόzka, Tomascz. Deutsche Personenstandsbücher und Personenstandseinträge von Deutschen in Polen 1898 bis 1945. Frankfurt a/Main und Berlin: Verlag für Standesamtswesen, 2000. [[/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=3801956741|ISBN 3-8019-5674-1]]. (Int’l Ref area 943.8 V23b copy 3).<br>[http://www.usc.pl/s_urzedy.php?akcja=info1&id=2405074 The addresses of Civil Registration Offices in Poland can be found online at this link.]
+&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION
-=== Records on FamilySearch Microfilm  ===
+==== Online German Civil Registration Records ====
-The FamilySearch has microfilmed civil registration records up to around 1900 for Alsace-Lorraine, and from 1874 to approximately 1884 for various parts of Prussia, as well as various records from the Napoleonic era and a few sets that go beyond 1900. The use of sets containing post- 1900 records may be restricted.<br>In Hannover, Hessen-Nassau, and Westfalen the filmed civil registration records mostly cover 1808 to 1812, and sometimes 1874-1875. In the Pfalz [Palatinate] early 19th century marriage supplements are often cataloged under "[town name] - civil registration".
+FamilySearch has digitized civil registration records from Hessen. Follow this link to learn more about these records.
-The Family History Library has records from many towns and states. However, the library does not have records that were destroyed, have not been microfilmed, were not available in the registrar's office at the time of microfilming, or are restricted from public access by the laws of the country. You may use the records at the library for your family research, but you must contact the civil office holding the records if you want an official certificate for living or deceased individuals.
+*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Germany,_Hesse,_Civil_Registration_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Germany, Hesse, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]
-To find civil registration records in the Family History Library Catalog, search the Place Search under:
-GERMANY - CIVIL REGISTRATION<br>GERMANY, [STATE], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION
-The library's collection continues to grow as new records are microfilmed and added to the collection. Do not give up if the records you need are not available. The Family History Library Catalog is updated regularly. Check it periodically to see if the records you need have been added to the library's collection.
+The collections of FamilySearch continue to grow as new records are microfilmed or digitized. Do not give up if the records you need are not available. FamilySearch.org is updated frequently and new historical collections are being added continuously. Check it periodically to see if the records you need have been added.
-Learn more about [[Germany locating civil registration records not at the Family History Library|Locating Records Not at the Family History Library]]. {{Place|Germany}}<br>
+==== Locating Records not on Microfilm or Online ====
+Civil registration records from many towns and states are available on microfilm or online. However, many civil registration records, especially those created in 1876 or later, are still only available in the local civil registration office or archive in Germany that has the originals. &nbsp;To learn about how to access these records, see the article:&nbsp;[[Germany locating civil registration records not at the Family History Library|Locating Records Not at the Family History Library]].
+{{Place|Germany}}<br>
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