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<br>'''Online German church records:'''<br>This is a new source in the development stage. Not all German archives are participating, not all records have been digitalized, and it has protestant church records only. There is a cost associated with accessing records through this site. You can browse the record titles free of charge and be aware that only the records on a green background have been digitalized. Most of the records on the archion site are the same records available through your local family history center. It is just easier and more convenient to access these records at home if possible.<br>https://www.archion.de/<br> <br> '''Ancestry.com '''<br>  

There is a collection of online German church records. These are the same microfilmed records that may be available at your local family history center::<br>Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1550-1985<br>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61023&amp;path= Ancestry.com]<br><br> '''Family History Library Catalog:'''<br>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has microfilmed many church records. To see which towns have been microfilmed, you can use their catalog:<br>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog]<br>A “place” search will bring up the microfilmed records for a town.<br>Be aware that many small town records were kept in nearby larger towns. These towns cannot be searched in the catalog; the names only appear in the notes section of the larger town. For example, you will see below the notes for the town Hohenstaufen. One of the towns mention in the notes is Breitfelderhof. If you try to do a “place” search for Breitfelderhof, it will return “no matching places”. However, as you can see, there are records for Breitfelderhof, they are included in the Hohenstaufen records.<br>If the “place” search is not successful, you can use an online map to help find the records. Locate your town on the online map and then try inputting the names of nearby towns into the catalog until you bring up the correct town and associated records.<br> [http://maps.google.com/ Google Map]<br>[http://www.mapquest.com Map Quest]<br>The catalog will give the microfilm number and exactly what records are included on that particular microfilm:<br>The microfilms may be available to be viewed at your nearest Family History Center. If you’ve never visited one, you can locate the nearest one at:<br>[https://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search]locations