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 '''However, some of the offices were merged in 1970's, so the modern record location might be different than that listed in MeyersGaz. <span style="color:DarkViolet"> When writing for records, first find the modern registrar for your town.'''</span>
 *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).
+:*To find the '''current S:tandesamt''', 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''''' ...."  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'''.
+*For a larger town, the description will not name a larger municipality, because the town itself has municipality status.
-::*From the town article, click on the name of the municipality that links to that article.
+:*The infobox with the website will appear directly on this page.
-::*There will usually be an infobox on the right side of page that lists the address and the website of the municipality.
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-::*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:
+Next, consult this address list for the exact contact information:
-:*Follow the same instructions above.
+*[https://www.standesamt.com/ '''Stancesamt.com''']. In the horizontal menu bar, hover over "+registry office" or "+Standesämter", then the modern state, for a drop-down list of links to modern cilvil registrars.<br>
-:*The infobox with the website will appear directly on a this page.
 ==Determining the Location of Churches==