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 ==Parish Inventories==
 A parish inventory is a reference book which lists all the localities in a region and then identifies the Catholic or Protestant parish that served them. Some are available online.
-== Determining the Location of a Civil Registration Office ==
-Research your town name in [http://www.meyersgaz.org '''MeyersGaz.org'''] to find the location of the registry office (''Standesamt''). It is indicated by the abbreviation '''"StdA"'''. <br>
-'''However, some of the offices were merged in 1970's, so the record location might be different than that listed in MeyersGaz.'''
-*For a small town within a larger 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 right side of page that lists the address and the website of the municipality.
-::*From the website, look for Kontakt (Contact) information with an email address. Send a message asking whether you have the correct office for your ancestors' home town.
-*For larger towns:
-:*Follow the same instructions above.
-:*The infobox with the website will appear directly on a this page.