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Civil registration records were kept at the local civil registration office (Standesamt). Most civil registers are still located at the local civil registration offices, but some are collected in city or state archives.<br> | Civil registration records were kept at the local civil registration office (Standesamt). Most civil registers are still located at the local civil registration offices, but some are collected in city or state archives.<br> | ||
=== | ===Determine the Standesamt (Civil Registry Office) Location=== | ||
Research your town name in [http://www.meyersgaz.org '''MeyersGaz.org'''] to find the location of the Standesamt. It is indicated by the abbreviation '''"StdA"'''. However, some of the offices were merged in 1970's, so the record location might be different than that listed in MeyersGaz. | |||
*For a municipality: | |||
:*To find the '''current Standesamt''', go to the [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite '''German Wikipedia'''], and enter the name of the town in the search box. An article about the town will start with a first line such as: "Besse with about 3200 inhabitants is the largest district of the municipality Edermünde in Hessian Schwalm-Eder-Kreis ." It is probable that the Standesamt is now located in the '''municipality''' (in this example Edermünde). | |||
:*Email the municipality to '''verify that the civil registry for your town is there'''. From the town article, click on the name of the municipality that links to that article. There will usually be an infobox on the page that lists the address and the website of the municipality. From the website, look for Kontakt (Contact) information with an email address. | |||
*For a town: | |||
:*Follow the same instructions as for a municipality. However, in this case, the first line will read, for example: "Borken is a '''town''' in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis with about 13,000 residents.''' | |||
:*The infobox with the website will appear directly on a town page. <br> | |||
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