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== '''Special German Archives''' == | == '''Special German Archives''' == | ||
Researchers who identify the German, French, Swiss, or Austrian town of origin of their German-speaking ancestors who settled in Russia can find information about significant archives and how to contact them in the “[[ | Researchers who identify the German, French, Swiss, or Austrian town of origin of their German-speaking ancestors who settled in Russia can find information about significant archives and how to contact them in the “[[Germany_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” page of the Germany Wiki. Four German archives in particular are important for researching Germans from Russia: | ||
'''''German Center for Genealogy''''' [[http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/wiki/German_Central_Office_for_Genealogy ''Zentralstelle für Genealogie'']] was founded as an archive for genealogical materials. It has an extensive collection of German church records from Poland, Russia, Lithuania, and other east European German-speaking settlements. The Family History Library has microfilms of these records, but if you need more information, you can contact the center. For a fee, employees of the center will try to find genealogical sources. But as a general rule, research must be done in Leipzig by the researcher. The address is: | '''''German Center for Genealogy''''' [[http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/wiki/German_Central_Office_for_Genealogy ''Zentralstelle für Genealogie'']] was founded as an archive for genealogical materials. It has an extensive collection of German church records from Poland, Russia, Lithuania, and other east European German-speaking settlements. The Family History Library has microfilms of these records, but if you need more information, you can contact the center. For a fee, employees of the center will try to find genealogical sources. But as a general rule, research must be done in Leipzig by the researcher. The address is: | ||
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:Potsdamer Str. 1<br> | :Potsdamer Str. 1<br> | ||
:D-70173 Koblenz<br> | :D-70173 Koblenz<br> | ||
:GERMANY | :GERMANY | ||
A sixteen page inventory of this collection is: | A sixteen page inventory of this collection is: | ||
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'''''Archive, Library, and Museum in the House of Germans from Russia''''' [''Archiv, Bibliothek und Museum im Haus der Deutschen aus Rußland''] is an active cultural preservation organization. | '''''Archive, Library, and Museum in the House of Germans from Russia''''' [''Archiv, Bibliothek und Museum im Haus der Deutschen aus Rußland''] is an active cultural preservation organization. | ||
Archiv, Bibliothek und Museum im Haus der Deutschen aus Rußland<br> Raitelsbergstr. 49<br> D-70188 Stuttgart<br> GERMANY | Archiv, Bibliothek und Museum im Haus der Deutschen aus Rußland<br> Raitelsbergstr. 49<br> D-70188 Stuttgart<br> GERMANY | ||
== '''Other Archives Outside of the CIS''' == | == '''Other Archives Outside of the CIS''' == | ||