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This article will teach you about some geographical reference aids that will help you find the location of genealogical records for your ancestors' town in Germany. | |||
==Important Questions== | ==Important Questions== | ||
There are important details you will need to know about your ancestors' town before you can actually find the records. Once you have learned the name of the town in Germany where your ancestors lived, there are several questions you need to answer: | There are important details you will need to know about your ancestors' town before you can actually find the records. Once you have learned the name of the town in Germany where your ancestors lived, there are several questions you need to answer: | ||
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# Where are the Lutheran church and the Catholic church that would have records for the town? | # Where are the Lutheran church and the Catholic church that would have records for the town? | ||
# |If the churches have placed the records in archives for safekeeping, which archives have jurisdiction for the area? | # |If the churches have placed the records in archives for safekeeping, which archives have jurisdiction for the area? | ||
'''Why are these questions important?''' | |||
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*So you went through a variety of United States records, and finally found the name of the town in Germany where your ancestors lived. Hopefully, along the way, you saw other clues to the region of that town, such as Saxony, Prussia, Hessen, or Bavaria. Sometimes those regions are easier to find than the town, and they can be important if there are several towns of the same name. But your job might not be done. | *So you went through a variety of United States records, and finally found the name of the town in Germany where your ancestors lived. Hopefully, along the way, you saw other clues to the region of that town, such as Saxony, Prussia, Hessen, or Bavaria. Sometimes those regions are easier to find than the town, and they can be important if there are several towns of the same name. But your job might not be done. | ||
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*Your town might have had a civil registration office of its own, or it was too small and had to report births, marriages, and deaths in another closeby town. Your town might have had its own civil registrar until the 1970's when all the offices were consolidated into fewer offices to save money. So to continue with your research, there is a little more detective work you need to do about your town. | *Your town might have had a civil registration office of its own, or it was too small and had to report births, marriages, and deaths in another closeby town. Your town might have had its own civil registrar until the 1970's when all the offices were consolidated into fewer offices to save money. So to continue with your research, there is a little more detective work you need to do about your town. | ||
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==FamilySearch Catalog--Online Records== | ==FamilySearch Catalog--Online Records== | ||