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 === Local Churches===
-If the records you need are not at the Family History Library, you may find baptism, marriage, and burial records by contacting or visiting German parishes or archives.
+If the records you need are not at the Family History Library, you may find baptism, marriage, and burial records by contacting or visiting German parishes.
-Germany has no single repository of church records. The present location of a church record depends on several factors, including national borders, religion, and local history. Records may be located in one or more or the following places:
+Most church registers are still maintained by the parish. You might obtain information by writing to the parish. Parish employees will usually answer correspondence written in German. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to a central repository.
-*'''Local parishes'''. Most church registers are still maintained by the parish. You might obtain information by writing to the parish. Parish employees will usually answer correspondence written in German. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to a central repository.
 ====Evangelical Lutheran (Protestant) Parish Addresses====
 [https://www.ekd.de/Gemeindesuche-10746.htm Towns search: Address list of the Protestant church]
 ====Catholic Parish Addresses====
 [http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=show_country&country=de '''The Catholic Directory''']
 ===State Archives and central Church Archives===
 *Duplicate records from some parishes are in the '''state archives.''' Many of these records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library. However, for records that are not microfilmed, you can sometimes write to the state archives to request searches of the duplicates. For more information, see [[Germany Archives and Libraries|Germany Archives and Libraries]].