Germany Church Records: Difference between revisions

A church record inventory is a reference book that lists existing parish records and their years of availability.

*The new [http://www.kirchenbuchportal.findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3708 '''Kirchenbuchportal'''] (church book portal) has been created by the Association of Church Archives, ecumenical organization, to facilitate access to German-language church records. Details about the participating archives, including links to posted inventories, are found [http://www.kirchenbuchportal.de/visit.htm here]. A database of all inventoried records, arranged by archive, is found [http://www.kirchenbuchportal.findbuch.net/php/main.php?ar_id=3708 here]. The immediate goal is to facilitate access to parish registers by making it easier to see which records are available at a given archive and what years they cover. This is accomplished through online inventories and church records database.

Church record inventories are essential tools for finding German records. They identify what records should be available for a specified parish and where to write for information on these records. They list the church records, their location, and the years they cover. Sometimes inventories explain which parishes served which towns at different periods of time. For example, an inventory may state that the village of Schönberg belonged to the parish in Prinzbach before 1696 and to the parish in Schönberg after that date. For more information, see [[Germany Church Directories|Germany Church Directories]].  

The following source contains a helpful list of German church record inventories with Family History Library call numbers and English annotations:  

 

Blodgett, Steven W. ''Germany: Genealogical Research Guide.'' Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. (FHL book 943 D27bs; film 1,573,115 item 2; fiche 6,001,630.)