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 Civil&nbsp;registration&nbsp;records&nbsp;are&nbsp;records of births, marriages, and deaths kept by the government. German terms for these records include ''Standesamtsregister'', ''Zivilstandsregister'', or ''Personenstandsregister''. They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths. These records are kept by the civil registrar [German: Standesbeamte] at the civil registry office (Standesamt). Because they cover about 98% of the population and often provide more information than church records, civil registration records are important sources for German genealogical research, especially after 1876 when the entirety of Germany established civil registration. <br><br>
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-*Civil registration in Germany began between 1792 and 1876, depending on the locality:
+During the Napoleonic time period, many areas of modern-day Germany were invaded and annexed by the French Empire. In annexed areas, civil registration was fully implemented.
-*'''Alsace-Lorraine''' started in 1792, since it belonged to France at the time.
+After Napoleon's defeat, areas east of the Rhine river stopped civil registration and returned to church records as the primary means of recording their populations, mainly because these areas were annexed very late (as late as 1811) and had only been keeping civil records for a few years. Areas west of the Rhine river continued keeping civil registration records, mainly because these areas had been keeping them for upwards of 15+ years. The following list of principalities indicate the time frame civil registration records began, and if and when they ended:
-*'''Hamburg, Hannover, Hessen, Lübeck, Oldenburg, and Westfalen''' established civil registration between 1799 and 1811 due to French influence. However they did not necessarily retain it after regaining independence.
+*'''Alsace-Lorraine''': 1792
-*'''Anhalt''' began keeping civil registration in 1850.
+*'''Rheinland (west of the Rhine)''': 1798
-*'''Hamburg'''  began keeping civil registration again in 1866.
+*'''Hessen, province of Rheinhessen (west of the Rhine)''': 1798
-*In '''Prussia''', civil births, marriages, and deaths were kept again beginning in October 1874.
+*'''Grand Duchy of Berg''': 1806-1815
-*'''Civil registration became mandatory in all German states on 1 January 1876.'''
+*'''Kingdom of Westphalia''': 1807-1815
+*'''Hamburg''': 1811-1815
+*'''Hannover (parts)''': 1811-1815
+*'''Hessen-Kassel''': - 1811-1815
+*'''Lübeck''': 1811-1815
+*'''Oldenburg''': 1811-1815
+==Civil registration in all of Germany==
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+[[Image:Civil_reg_1875.jpg|thumb|<center>Areas where civil registration was instituted between 1798 and 1815.</center>]]
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+Between 1850 and 1876, all territories instituted civil registration. The two main time periods were October 1874, when all of Prussia begain their registers, and 1 January 1876, when the rest of the constituent members of the German Empire followed. The list below includes areas that established civil registration before this time period:
+*'''Anhalt''': 1850
+*'''Hamburg''': (restarted) 1866
 *To learn more about when German Civil Registration began in individual provinces or states, [[German Civil Registration Time Periods|'''click here''']].
 [[Image:Herne Stadtarchiv Standesamt Baukau.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<center>Herne Stadtarchiv Standesamt Baukau<center>]]