German Jewish Records: Difference between revisions

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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ www.jewishgen.org].
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ www.jewishgen.org].


=== General Historical Background  ===
===   General Historical Background  ===


The earliest German Jewish records are synagogue records, but these were not kept by all congregations.  
The earliest German Jewish records are synagogue records, but these were not kept by all congregations.  
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Information Recorded in Jewish Civil Registration Records  
Information Recorded in Jewish Civil Registration Records  


Jewish civil registration records contain the same birth, marriage, and death information as civil registration records for Christians. They are used in the same way as church records or other civil registration records. See the search strategies included in the “Church Records” and “Civil Registration” sections.  
Jewish civil registration records contain the same birth, marriage, and death information as civil registration records for Christians. They are used in the same way as church records or other civil registration records. See the search strategies included in the “Church Records” and “Civil Registration” sections.


=== '''Other Records'''  ===
=== '''Other Records'''  ===
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